Norman Lear is making his thoughts known.
On Sunday evening, ahead of becoming the third-ever recipient of the Carol Burnett Award at the 2021 Golden Globe Awards, the 98-year-old actor shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding the Hollywood Foreign Press Association s lack of Black members. Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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Sharing his thoughts in a candid video posted on Instagram, Lear began his message by detailing his excitement to be a part of the ceremony, before he also noted, I m thinking too about the Hollywood Foreign Press and the fact, as they will talk about tonight it s on everybody s mind that they have been existing all these years without so much as an African American leader among them. There hasn t been one.