On Sunday, January 11th, 2026 in Beverly Hills, California, the Golden Globes award ceremony was held, with celebrities from all over the world in attendance to celebrate the occasion. However, while all of this is going down, ICE attacks are growing greater both in the public eye, and in scale. Many actors stepped up to speak their peace about the calamity that is the department of ICE, and they used their voice at the award ceremony to do so.
Mark Ruffalo
When famous Marvel actor Mark Ruffalo arrived at the event, he was spotted wearing a pin reading “BE GOOD.” This pin was an homage to the late Renee Nicole Good, being used to help spark attention to the fight against the negligent enforcement actions of ICE.
Ruffalo was later interviewed several times throughout the event and took every chance he had to use his voice for good. The actor began his speech by saying, “This is for [Renee Good]. This is for the people in the United States who are terrorized and scared today. I know I’m one of them,” Ruffalo continued to call out President Donald Trump for his actions in the implementation of ice and his actions in office calling him, “the worst human being in the world.”
Celebrity Pins
Similarly to Ruffalo, many celebrities joined in on the idea of these activism pins in order to speak out against the administration and the actions of ICE. Celebrities including Jean Smart, Wanda Sykes, Ariana Grande, and Natasha Lyonne wore pins reading “BE GOOD” for the same reason as Ruffalo. Some also wore pins reading “ICE OUT” to push for ICE to be forced out of our streets and stop their acts of terror on human lives. The creation and use of these pins derive from a coalition of civil rights and immigration groups who created the movement in an effort to honor the memory of Good, titling the campaign “#BeGood.”
ICE Out
Pop star and Wicked: For Good star Ariana Grande dawned an “ICE Out” pin during the ceremony to contribute to the cause. Another star who participated was The Last of Us actor, Bella Ramsey, who also wore a pin for the event.
Jean Smart
Smart, an award-winning actor for her role in Hacks, had lots to say about the events in the past week. Smart first said, “I feel like we’re kind of at a turning point in our country and I hope people can keep their heads, because I think that’s actually going to be the hardest thing, to keep our heads, but that’s going to take a lot of courage and a lot of restraint.” She followed this up with yet another statement, this one on stage saying, “Let’s all do the right thing. I think everybody in their hearts knows what the right thing is to do, so let’s do the right thing.”
Wanda Sykes
After addressing the sadness she felt about the murder of Good by ICE the comedian and actress held nothing back, telling reporters, “I know people are out marching and all today, and we need to speak up. We need to be out there and shut this rogue government down, because it’s just awful what they’re doing to people.”
Numerous people are being abducted from their homes, from work, from school; it doesn’t matter where, as long as you have an accent or have a tan, you’re a target. The matter really rose to the size it is at now with the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot by an ICE agent in the seat of her car whilst trying to drive away from witnessing an ICE raid, something which is completely legal. This, in addition to the murder of Keith Porter, Jr. only days earlier, as well as the shooting of 2 more people only 3 days later led to its current relevance and the public’s state of outrage.
Rather than simply stepping up to the stage and expressing gratitude for an award, these actors used their voices to speak up for all of those who cannot do so themselves.