There’s nothing more boring than an awards show that goes exactly according to plan, and while that was more or less the case at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards (except, perhaps, for the not-so-great opening monologue), the night still managed to feel exciting and downright sexy thanks to the participation of a few very pro-PDA celebrities.
I love public displays of affection, especially when extremely famous people are engaging in them. Sure, naysayers may claim that virtually all celeb-on-celeb contact is pre-choreographed by a bevy of publicists, but I, for one, truly believe that sometimes the Hollywood glitterati just get tipsy and forget they’re being watched. (Stars: They’re just like us! They make out in public!) Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck, always a reliable source for high school–style red-carpet make-outs that still manage to maintain a touch of class, were in their usual fine form at the Globes. Now that’s my homecoming king and queen!
The newly minted mega-couple of Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner were no slouches in the PDA department themselves on Sunday night, with the award-show camera catching them exchanging more than a few kisses.
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As if that weren’t enough, Ali Wong and Bill Hader totally smooched before Wong went onstage to accept her win for best actress in a limited series, anthology series, or a motion picture made for television.
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And just when you thought you had maxed out forever on celebrity PDA, Benny Blanco and Selena Gomez (who could be seen cuddled up with pal Taylor Swift throughout the night) reinvented the practice into an art form.
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Even celebrities who aren’t actually capital-T together got in on the lovefest vibe of the Globes, which did, after all, take place just over a month before Valentine’s Day. Personally, I would like to see Robert Downey Jr. kiss Meryl Streep on the cheek—or Meryl Streep kiss Amanda Seyfried!—every day for the rest of my life.
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Listen to Vogue editors talk about this year’s winners, biggest moments, and best red-carpet fashion on this episode of The Run-Through here.
