Jerrod Carmichael

Jerrod Carmichael had a pitch for Tom Cruise and Church of Scientology in one of his Golden Globes jokes.

Shelly Miscavige is the wife of Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige. [ Leah Remini raised concern publicly that Shelly Miscavige had not been seen out in public for some time, ](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-leah-remini-scientology-shelly-miscavige-missing-persons-report-20130808-story.html)the Los Angeles Police Department said detectives had made contact with Shelly Miscavige and [found her to be alive and safe](https://www.lapdonline.org/newsroom/lapd-responds-to-comments-made-by-leah-remini-nr22330jl/). [The church issued a statement ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/scientology-calls-leah-reminis-hunt-603461/)at the time accusing Remini of “creating this unnecessary burden for law enforcement,” adding it “was even more irresponsible given the entire episode was nothing more than a publicity stunt for Ms. Cruise returned the best actor Globes he won for his performances in “Jerry Maguire” in 1997 and “Born on the Fourth of July” in 1990, and the best supporting actor award for “Magnolia” in 2000. CNN has reached out to representatives for Cruise and the Church of Scientology for comment. Cruise is a longtime member of the Church of Scientology.

During his opening Golden Globes monologue, Jerrod Carmichael made a reference to Whitney Houston's tragic 2012 death.

[wrote](https://twitter.com/leqtepie/status/1613048514698690560) one. Others demanded that Carmichael issue an apology for the remark. That’s destructive and distasteful!" [wrote](https://twitter.com/Elliott_Bull2/status/1613016484380577793) one. During his opening monologue, the former star and creator of “The Carmichael Show” greeted the A-list audience members with a reference to Houston's tragic 2012 death. ](https://twitter.com/PAISLEYGIRL68/status/1613016573811245060)

The Whitney Houston Estate was “disappointed” Jerrod Carmichael joked about the late singer's death during the 2023 Golden Globe Awards.

“He really said the hotel that killed Whitney Houston… I see ppl praising that he cracked on Tom Cruise but with Whitney Houston nobody cares #GoldenGlobes,” another wrote. “I really don’t think Jerrod Carmichael is gonna make many fans out here making jokes about Whitney Houston on this platform.

Jerrod Carmichael made room for silence. The Golden Globes made the room a party. A review of the stand-up comedian's performance at the 2023 awards ...

By the end, whatever weird distinctive Carmichael magic he’d built in that opening had dissipated and it became the Golden Globes it was always going to be: an awards show — no less but also no more. In one return from commercial break, Carmichael was situated in the middle of the room glancing off to the side at a security person as if wishing they would help him still the ever-increasing uproar. “This is an evening where we get to celebrate, and I think this industry deserves evenings like these.” It was a straw-man transition, a sudden appeal to decorum that somehow suggested that everyone should be happy not because of the HFPA but somehow in spite of them. Eventually, as Carmichael casually sat down on the stage steps and started telling the story of his involvement in the show, he got to the sound he seemed most interested in trying to elicit. “I look out into this room, and I see a lot of talented people — like, people that I admire, people that I would like to be like,” he said. But for worse (and for better, because ultimately Carmichael wanted those silences), a large segment of the in-room Globes audience and viewers at home were not prepared for his total disinterest in the usual awards-monologue format. The audience gasped, but it was a gasp of pleasurable outrage, not of quiet wariness. It was a mode of frank disclosure, in which he aimed to create a sense of intimacy with the audience, quickly naming all the elephants in the room but notably refusing to turn them into easy, dismissive joke lines. The trouble for Carmichael was that the Globes were never going to give him the time. Carmichael’s opening, seven-minute monologue was the closest the Globes got to the mood the stand-up seemed to want to establish. Let’s be a little quiet here, everybody.” He strode across the stage like a well-seasoned high-school teacher trying to regain control in the first class back after a lunch break, waiting for the raucous group to come down to his energy level rather than trying to talk over them. [at the Golden Globes](https://www.vulture.com/article/golden-globes-2023-review.html) begins several seconds in with the standard “Welcome to the 80th annual Golden Globe awards,” but in the first moments when the cameras went live to the ballroom at 8 p.m.

The out “New Yorker” critic was not a fan of Carmichael's performance hosting the Golden Globes.

in his verdict on Carmichael: “To paraphrase the wonderful Tiffany Haddish: Jarrod, he ain’t ready.” That’s the joy and vulnerability inherent in performing, which is an honor, not an occasion for contempt.” [Emmy-winning comedy special](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/major-lgbtq-winners-2022-emmys-lot/) Rothaniel, in which the comic came out publicly. “The point is you do not tell your elders to shut up, you do not say a hotel is responsible for Whitney Houston’s death, you do not drag dear Niecy Nash through your contempt-slime and call it gay fraternity, and you do not sell race as something that can be sold, or should be. “Bitter smugness is not really a style, but it can be part of one’s self-proclamation, especially if you’re bathing in the privilege of lines like, ‘And so my publicist called again and said again,’ etc.” The New Yorker writer [took to Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSXksnuQ0e/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) Wednesday to deliver his blistering critique.

COMEDIAN Jerrod Carmichael was able to add "Award Show Host" to his resume following the 2023 Golden Globes.While he was hosting the gig, he took shot.

[Cruise returned his Golden Globes](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2866998/tom-cruise-golden-globes-trophies-nbc-diversity/) last year after the [Hollywood Foreign Press Association's scandal](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2394741/golden-globes-under-fire/) began. “Sadly, rather than move on with her life and career, Ms. Remini, cooked up with unemployed, anti-religious zealots, such as Tony Ortega, who blog on the fringe of the Internet.” [David Miscavige](https://www.the-sun.com/news/3152053/scientology-david-miscavige-father-gofundme-funeral/), [Cruise](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1516429/tom-cruise-kids-son-connor-daughters-bella-suri/) is a [prominent member](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1979161/tom-cruise-scientologist/) of the [highly-controversial religious organization](https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/3625444/what-is-scientology/). [Miscavige's whereabouts](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/where-are-they-now/) and well-being have been the subject of [several conspiracy theories](https://www.the-sun.com/news/3299290/scientology-church-scandals/). [church](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/religion/) later issued a statement, claiming that [Remini's concerns](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/6849675/kirstie-alley-leah-remini-feud-scientology-career/) were "nothing more than a publicity stunt." [Leah Remini](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5538898/who-is-leah-remini/) expressed concerns about Miscavige, which launched an investigation by the [Los Angeles Police Department](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/police/). [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/11/entertainment/shelly-miscavige-jerrod-carmichael-cruise/index.html). [Top Gun](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5226411/top-gun-maverick-cast-tom-cruise/) actor [Tom Cruise](https://www.the-sun.com/who/tom-cruise/), and now fans want to know if the stars have [beef](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/celebrity-feuds/). [Carmichael](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5032203/jerrod-carmichael-hbo-special-rothaniel-gay/) continued: “I say we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige.” [The joke took shots](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7104013/golden-globes-host-shelly-miscavige-scientology-leader/) at both [Cruise](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/3840700/tom-cruise-face-surgery-fillers/) and Miscavige, who is a [high-profile member](https://www.the-sun.com/news/1129880/scientology-famous-members-from-kirstie-alley-and-elisabeth-moss-to-tom-cruise-and-leah-remini/) of [Scientology](https://www.the-sun.com/topic/scientology/) and hasn't been seen in public since August 2007, according to [The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/golden-globes-jerrod-carmichaels-shocking-tom-cruise-and-shelly-miscavige-scientology-joke?ref=scroll). [Jerrod Carmichael](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/4945953/who-jerrod-carmichael-show/) served as the host of the [2023 Golden Globes](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7099911/golden-globes-2023-live-updates-nominations-streaming-red-carpet/) meaning he [had a lot of stage time](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7104141/golden-globes-jerrod-carmichaels-whitney-houston-death-beverly-hotel/), which he did not waste. [he cracked several jokes](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7105166/jerrod-carmichael-will-smith-tom-cruise-golden-globes/) and [told numerous stories](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7103620/golden-globes-host-jerrod-carmichael-rips-racist-awards-monologue/) but it was his cracks about [Tom Cruise](https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/7075409/top-gun-star-reveals-tom-cruise-behavior/) that quickly went viral.