Brendan Fraser gains first Golden Globe nomination after saying he won't attend the ceremony

Brendan Fraser was nominated for best performance by an actor in a drama for his critically praised role in "The Whale."

• Brendan Fraser has received his first Golden Globe nomination for his role in "The Whale."
• This comes after Fraser said that he wouldn't attend the Golden Globes ceremony next year.
• Last month, he told GQ that he refuses to attend any Hollywood Foreign Press Association events.

Brendan Fraser has received his first Golden Globe nomination after publicly stating that he will not attend the ceremony next year.

On Monday, it was announced that Fraser has been nominated for best performance by an actor in a drama for his critically acclaimed role in "The Whale."

However, last month Fraser told GQ that he "will not participate" in the Golden Globes ceremony even if he was nominated or invited.

"I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than I have respect for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association," Fraser said of the organization that puts on the Globes each year. "It's because of the history that I have with them. And my mother didn't raise a hypocrite. You can call me a lot of things, but not that."

The "history" comment appears to refer to Fraser's interview with GQ in 2018 in which he accused the former president of the HFPA, Philip Berk, of inappropriately touching him.

The "Mummy" actor said the incident occurred during a 2003 luncheon held by the HFPA at a Los Angeles hotel. 

"His left hand reaches around, grabs my ass cheek, and one of his fingers touches me in the taint. And he starts moving it around," Fraser said, which he went on to say left him shaken and fearful, and even contributed to his desire to step back from the spotlight for several years. 

Berk subsequently denied Fraser's version of events in comments to GQ and said that he only pinched Fraser's butt as a joke. GQ reported that a later inquiry by the HFPA found that Berk did, in fact, touch Fraser, but the report reiterated that it was meant to be taken as a joke. 

Representatives for Philip Berk and the HFPA could not immediately be reached for comment.