Globes: Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg cover all things topical but keep it light

In a breezy hosting affair at Golden Globes 2019, Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg opened the first awards ceremony of the season and went straight for the kill by addressing the new elephant in the room - Kevin Hart's Oscars debate.

The monologue by the co-hosts was volumes lighter from last year's politically heavy-handed content by Seth Meyers, who memorably tore into Hollywood's sexual harassment scandal that started the winds of change from October 2017 in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

Oh and Samberg, however, covered all things that kept the social media buzzing in the last year.

Samberg, who will be back with hit cop comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" this week, told the star-studded crowd that "one lucky audience member will host the Oscars".

He then admitted that "some of you may be wondering why" he and Oh were chosen to host this year's Globes.

To which, Oh added, "... We're the only two people left in Hollywood who haven't gotten in trouble for saying something offensive," in an apparent reference to Hart stepping down from the Oscar gig after his old homophobic tweets resurfaced.

Taking a pot-shot at racism, Samberg turned to Oh and said, "Sandra, that reminds me. You know what race of people really gets under my skin?"
This prompted Oh to faux try and stop him from going ahead with the sentence, only for Samberg to finish the line, saying, "The Hollywood half-marathon... because it messes up all the traffic, you know?"
The actor, who took a sigh of relief, replied, "Oh, yeah. I hate that race... of people."