Director Greta Gerwig responds to Golden Globes host’s Barbie jibe

Barbie won the first Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement.
Director Greta Gerwig responds to Golden Globes host’s Barbie jibe

Greta Gerwig called it ‘very wonderful and emotional’ to ‘take the stage with the group that made it after Barbie won the first Golden Globe for cinematic and box office achievement (Ian West/PA)

Greta Gerwig has responded Golden Globes host Jo Koy’s gag that Barbie is a movie about “a plastic doll with big boobies”, saying “he’s not wrong.”

The director, who also wrote the screenplay with her now-husband Noah Baumbach, agreed that there had been “sneering” at the film.

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