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After a montage of Freeman's work, it was time for the actor to head to the stage and accept his award. Moreno playfully ribbed Morgan about his baseball hat covering his face, and he teased back, "You got no idea how long I had to put up with that."
And after thanking SAG/AFTRA for bestowing the honor on him, Freeman paused for a moment before saying, "I wasn't going to do this; I'm going to tell you what's wrong with this statue."
"It works from the back, but from the front, it's gender specific," he noted, which was met with laughter from the audience. "Maybe I started something," he quipped to applause.
Change starts NOW. Equality for all #sagawards https://t.co/aqE6gt86c2— SAG Awards® (@SAG Awards®) 1516588100.0
Now, Freeman wasn't talking about the Lifetime Achievement Award, which depicts the traditional comedy/tragedy masks, but rather the award given to other recipients, which is simply called "The Actor."
You can see that the statuette is clearly male:
Morgan Freeman calls out #SAGAwards statue for being "gender-specific" from the front. https://t.co/gVAKWylRnK— Jillian Sederholm (@Jillian Sederholm) 1516587451.0
Many were happy that Morgan called out the statue for being sexist:
Ohhhh watch out!! Not to be undone, #MorganFreeman calls out @sagawards “actor” trophy, stating “from the back it w… https://t.co/N4EhZkSXTt— 🟣Lizza Monét Morales #LovebugNation #Clubhouse (@🟣Lizza Monét Morales #LovebugNation #Clubhouse) 1516587471.0
Thank you #MorganFreeman for "starting something" #Maestro 👏🏻👏🏿👏🏾👏🏼 #SAGAwards #KM😈 https://t.co/lWtXfKZI9M— Fernanda Kelly (@Fernanda Kelly) 1516597422.0
When Morgan Freeman is out here dropping knowledge bombs that even award show statues are sexist #SAGAwards https://t.co/Cqxpv5RU7R— Xavier Harding (@Xavier Harding) 1516588123.0
Others seemed to think that notion of a statue being sexist was a bit extreme:
@JillianSed Thoughts on the emmys clearly being a female? https://t.co/1ISIMsbpXo— Thomas (@Thomas) 1516623855.0
@JillianSed Well, it looks like we've lost Morgan. RIP.— ꜱᴍᴇɢ🗿 (@ꜱᴍᴇɢ🗿) 1516623827.0
But perhaps the most important revelation is that Morgan wasn't actually the first person to point out the gender specificity of the statue. And in fact, it was a woman: Dame Helen Mirren.
The Oscar winner noted in her win last year for the TV movie Phil Spector that the statue was male, but joked about it in a lighthearted way, saying, "I love this little guy. He's so sexy, isn't he? You know, sort of naked, but not quite. And...quite exciting."
MORGAN FREEMAN: "I'm going to tell you what's wrong with this statue, from the back it works but the front is gende… https://t.co/QRjBVyfM8T— FLARE (@FLARE) 1516587803.0
We'll have to wait and see how the SAG Awards responds to Freeman's observation. We may be seeing a decidedly less-masculine statue at next year's awards.
To see the rest of Freeman's introduction and speech, check out the video below: