Canadian darlings Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara were big hits at the 82nd annual Golden Globes, but they weren’t the only ones who enjoyed the spotlight.
The Studio co-stars were onstage together at the Beverly Hilton Hotel to present the award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Eagle-eyed viewers and animal lovers were quick to notice that Dick Clark Productions, producers of the annual awards show on CBS and Paramount+, included a unique fact about Rogen during his introduction.
Each presenter had a piece of trivia shown onscreen as they walked up to the microphone. For Rogen, it was the fact that the Vancouver Aquarium named an octopus after the Neighbors star.
The naming occurred in 2018 when the Aquarium announced that it needed the public’s help to name its newest cephalopod-in-residence.
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Vancouver-born Rogen chimed in with a suggestion on Twitter. “Please vote for me to have an octopus named after me at the aquarium I grew up going to,” he tweeted to his millions of followers.
Rogen ended up meeting his namesake sea animal during an episode of Chef David Chang’s Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner for Netflix.
Vancouver Aquarium
Back onstage at the 2025 Golden Globes, Rogen and O’Hara had what some have called the funniest presentation of the evening.
Rogen started by calling out the “very weird” camera angle.
“This whole half of the room can see my bald spot, I would have filled that in,” he said to roars of laughter.
O’Hara added, “What an honour it is to be here, at one of America’s most prestigious award shows” before her co-presenter explained that the two of them were more acclaimed for their Canadian work.
whoever decided to pair Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara together is a genius #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/aqecJ22rm3
— Natalie ❁ (@livelyackles) January 6, 2025
They are both so funny!
— Staci Bagel (@yentacat) January 6, 2025
The best part of the show!!!
— Linda Thompson (@searcher4) January 6, 2025
“It’s stuff you haven’t heard of,” Rogen explained. “Catherine won not one, but two Golden Antlers as Mama Morissette in The Alanis Morissette Story.”
O’Hara replied, “It’s very intense, I’m still just letting go.”