The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White took home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, but he wasn’t there to celebrate his win. (Presenter Jennifer Coolidge graciously accepted the award for him.) His co-stars Ayo Edebiri, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach were in the audience, however. The Bear is also nominated for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy.

While White hasn’t explicitly addressed his absence from the Globes, he is in the midst of filming the Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, in which he stars as the music legend. Production is expected to resume this week in New Jersey, which is far from L.A.’s Beverly Hilton, where the Globes are held.

White’s rumored girlfriend, The Bear co-star Molly Gordon, was also not spotted at the ceremony, which means fans will have to wait even longer for the couple to make their red carpet debut. The actors were first romantically linked in September 2024.

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In July 2023, Gordon spoke about first meeting White on The Bear. She had nothing but the highest praise for his acting ability. “Our first day of shooting together was the refrigerator scene,” she told Glamour. “The first time I met him, I felt that excitement of meeting an actor that you admire, but I also felt like I had known him for so long. He’s such a generous, available person, whereas you have to pull so many other actors out of their shells. He was like, ‘I’m in this with you.’ I immediately felt like there was something really good there, and I felt safe in that dynamic. I guess Chris [Storer, The Bear’s creator] knew.”

In June 2023, White offered similar praise of Gordon’s work to Variety. “I also think Molly [Gordon] does such an amazing job,” he said. “She’s so disarming and funny and charming. I think it didn’t allow [my character] Carmy to build up his his regular walls. She knocked them down with ease and allowed Carmy to feel cared for, which must have just been so welcomed because I don’t know the last time Carmy would have allowed himself to be cared for.”

As vocal as the couple has been about each other’s acting, they have kept details of their relationship just to themselves, with tonight [largely] continuing the trend.