Hollywood celebrities turned the Golden Globes red carpet into a platform for protest on Sunday, following the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Goode by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.
Mark Ruffalo, Marvel star and Hollywood veteran, delivered some of the evening’s harshest criticism of President Donald Trump.
An ICE agent shot and killed Goode, a 37-year-old American mother and writer, on January 7 during a large-scale federal immigration operation in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area.
The incident occurred after Goode had dropped her youngest child off at school. Approximately 2,000 agents participated in the operation.
Ruffalo and fellow actor Wanda Sykes wore pins reading “BE GOOD” and “ICE OUT” on the red carpet, joining other celebrities in condemning the shooting.
Speaking to an American media outlet, Ruffalo did not mince words about the incident and the president.
“This is for Renee Nicole Goode, who was murdered,” Ruffalo said. He continued his criticism by addressing Trump’s foreign policy, saying, “We’re in the middle of a war with Venezuela that we illegally invaded. He’s telling the world that international law doesn’t matter to him. The only thing that matters to him is his own morality.”
The Avengers star escalated his remarks further. “He’s the worst human being. If we’re relying on this guy’s morality for the most powerful country in the world, then we’re all in a lot of trouble.”
Ruffalo concluded his statement by broadening his focus to Americans affected by current policies. “So this is for her. This is for the people in the United States who are terrorized and scared today. I know I’m one of them. I love this country. And what I’m seeing here happening is not America.”
Sykes also criticized the incident, though she was less direct than Ruffalo.
On January 3, 2026, the United States launched an illegal military strike on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Trump stated that the US would run Venezuela until a proper transition can take place.
Trump also posted on Truth Social an altered image describing himself as the “Acting President of Venezuela” on January 12.