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Church of Satan congratulates Christian Bale on Golden Globes win after acceptance speech shoutout

The Church of Satan lauded Christian Bale’s “talent and skill” as they congratulated him on his Golden Globe win, for which he thanked Satan.

Bale scooped the gong for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the ceremony for his role as Dick Cheney in biopic Vice.

Stunned by his win, the actor reeled off tributes to his wife, children and co-stars in his acceptance speech but left the room stunned when he gave a nod to Satan for “giving him inspiration”.

Revelling in the mention, the Church of Satan later tweeted: “To us, Satan is a symbol of pride, liberty and individualism, and it serves as an external metaphorical projection of our highest personal potential.

“As Mr. Bale's own talent and skill won him the award, this is fitting. Hail Christian! Hail Satan!”

In his speech, Bale thanked Adam McKay for casting him in the hit film, joking that he had to be “charisma free and reviled”.

Loved up: Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Loved up: Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The actor said: “Thank you to that geezer over there Adam [McKay]. He said I have to find somebody that can be absolutely charisma-free and reviled by everybody so we wanted Christian Bale in it. Thank you.

“And for all the competition I will be cornering the market on charisma-free a********. What do you think, Mitch McConnell next? That would be good, wouldn't it? Thank you to Satan for giving me inspiration for playing this role.”

Other Brits to triumph at the awards include Bodyguard actor Richard Madden and A Very English Scandal’s Ben Whishaw.

Olivia Coleman also won Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her role in The Favourite.