Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais roasted Apple for its 'Chinese sweatshops' in front of hordes of celebrities as Tim Cook watched from the audience
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- Ricky Gervais tore into Apple at the Golden Globes on Sunday night with Apple CEO Tim Cook present in the audience.
- While the British comedian praised "The Morning Show" – which is made by Apple – as "a superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing," he noted it was "made by a company that runs sweatshops in China."
- Addressing the audience at large, Gervais also quipped: "You say you're woke, but the companies you work for, unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service, you'd call your agent, wouldn't you?"
- "The Morning Show" lost out to "Succession" for Best Drama Series at the awards.
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Ricky Gervais took a bite out of Apple and the entertainment industry at the Golden Globes.
Hosting the annual Hollywood awards ceremony on Sunday night, Gervais touched on Apple's entry into streaming by praising "The Morning Show." But he went on to lambast the company for its Chinese labor practices.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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