Mark Ruffalo, Wanda Sykes and Jean Smart declared their stance against ICE at the 2026 Golden Globes after Renee Good was killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent on Wednesday.
The “Task” actor, “Hacks” actress and comedian all wore “Be good” pins on their lapels to protest ICE at the awards show Sunday.
Sykes, 61, spoke to Variety about her statement accessory on the red carpet.
“Of course this is for the mother who was murdered by an ICE agent,” the actress told the outlet of the “really sad” shooting, which took place in Minnesota.
“I know people are out marching and all today, and we need to speak up,” Sykes continued. “We need to be out there and shut this rogue government down because it’s just awful what they’re doing to people.”
The “Upshaws” star rocked the white pin with black lettering on her shiny silver jacket, with Ruffalo’s pin on a cream suit.
Before Smart won her female actor in a television series — musical or comedy award, she told Entertainment Tonight that “everything’s kind of overshadowed by everything that’s going on right now in our country.”
“I feel like we’re kind of at a turning point in this country,” she said in the red carpet interview. “I hope people can keep their heads because that’s actually, really the hardest thing, I think, is to keep our heads. It’s going to take a lot of courage and concerns, but I think that’s important.”
Smart — who wore the pin on her white gown — defended her decision to speak out, saying, “I know that there are people who find it annoying when actors take opportunities to talk about social and political things, but I’m not here right now speaking as an actor. I’m here speaking as a citizen and a mom, and I hope people understand that.”
In another chat with Variety, she reiterated, “I don’t think my opinion matters more than anybody’s. That’s not at all what I’m doing. I feel like if you feel strongly about something, and you have the chance to share your feelings or encourage people or cheer somebody on, you should do it.”
Smart added during her acceptance speech, “There’s just a lot that could be said tonight. I said my rant on the red carpet, so I won’t do it here. But, thank you. Let’s all do the right thing. I think everybody in their hearts knows what the right thing to do is, so let’s do the right thing.”
The #BeGood campaign, organized by Marmot, Move On, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Working Families Power and “leaders from every sector of the entertainment industry,” is also meant to honor Keith Porter, who was killed by an off-duty ICE agent in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve.
The campaign’s goal is to remind people “to be good to one another in the face of such horror – to be a good citizen, neighbor, friend, ally and human.”
The ACLU has endorsed #BeGood, writing in a statement that “ICE is not making our communities safer” and, instead, “bringing chaos into our streets.”
While Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin characterized Good’s death as self-defense against an act of “domestic terrorism” — Good allegedly “attempting to run over … law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them” — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey hit back at this claim.
“Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bulls – – t,” the politician, 44, said in a press conference earlier this week. “This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying, getting killed.
“Get the f – – k out of Minneapolis,” he told ICE. “We do not want you here.”
One year before his “Be good” pin made headlines, Ruffalo — who lost the Golden Globe to Stellan Skarsgård on Sunday — similarly used the red carpet as a protest opportunity.
The “Spotlight” star, 58, along with Billie Eilish, Ava DuVernay and more A-listers, wore Artists4Ceasefire pins on the Oscars 2024 red carpet.
“The pin symbolizes collective support for an immediate and permanent cease-fire [in the Israel-Hamas war], the release of all of the hostages and for the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza,” the collective wrote in a statement last year. “Compassion must prevail.”
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