The awards season is back, kick-starting the new year with the Golden Globes 2023, which returned to screens after laying low since 2021 due to a racial-exclusion scandal among the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). This year also marks the 80th edition of the popular award ceremony.Golden Globes 2023 was aired live on Tuesday night, January 10, 2023, at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT, only on NBC. It was hosted by popular comedian Jerrod Carmichael. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostWhile fans and viewers back home were happy for most of the winners, they were upset with the results of a few award categories. One among them turned out to be the award under the category of Best Director - Motion Picture.The nominees were Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans, James Cameron for Avatar: The Way of Water, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Baz Luhrmann for Elvis, and Martin McDonagh for The Banshees of Inisherin. While all the nominated movies were great, ultimately there could only be one winner, and that was Steven Spielberg, for his work in The Fabelmans. Upon witnessing Spielberg bag the award for Best Director - Motion Picture, fans were upset and shocked. Many took to social media and claimed that James Cameron was robbed and deserved the win for his latest movie, Avatar: The Way of Water.Mr.M@M19633964MThere ain’t no way avatar and everything everywhere all at once lost to the God Damn Fabelmans #GoldenGlobes31There ain’t no way avatar and everything everywhere all at once lost to the God Damn Fabelmans #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/ARBQcdUaEfFans accuse Golden Globes 2023 of being "rigged" as James Cameron does not win award for Best Director - Motion PictureTaking to Twitter, many fans claimed that James Cameron was robbed. Some also questioned if the Golden Globes 2023 was rigged. A few fans also claimed that the movie should've waited and been submitted next year. Fans also shared that there was no way The Fabelmans was better than Avatar.❤️@holiday2024#GoldenGlobes is rigged?! Avatar the way of water should have won at least one award tonight?!2#GoldenGlobes is rigged?! Avatar the way of water should have won at least one award tonight?!𝓲𝓼𝓷𝓽𝓭𝓪𝓿𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 🫶@IsntDaveOne☹️ James Cameron was robbed! Those #Avatar movies are never winning awards. #GoldenGlobes twitter.com/goldenglobes/s…Golden Globe Awards@goldenglobesA huge congratulations to Steven Spielberg on his WIN for Best Director - Motion Picture for @thefabelmans! #GoldenGlobes1444A huge congratulations to Steven Spielberg on his WIN for Best Director - Motion Picture for @thefabelmans! ✨🎬 ✨ #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/mb5W7gy3zi☹️ James Cameron was robbed! Those #Avatar movies are never winning awards. #GoldenGlobes twitter.com/goldenglobes/s…Charlene M@chika1sg0ldenAvatar should have waited till next year to submit. #GoldenGlobes1Avatar should have waited till next year to submit. #GoldenGlobespat coyle-simmons@NVProfoundFilmI enjoyed The Fabelmans, but man this should’ve gone to James Cameron for Avatar: The Way of Water or The Daniels for Everything Everywhere All At Once in my opinion. #GoldenGlobes2023 #GoldenGlobes11I enjoyed The Fabelmans, but man this should’ve gone to James Cameron for Avatar: The Way of Water or The Daniels for Everything Everywhere All At Once in my opinion. #GoldenGlobes2023 #GoldenGlobesEddie@eddieb2I get the King getting the award and love Spielberg and really like The Fablemans. But James Cameron should’ve won that award! Avatar was literally something we’ve never seen before #GoldenGlobes11I get the King getting the award and love Spielberg and really like The Fablemans. But James Cameron should’ve won that award! Avatar was literally something we’ve never seen before #GoldenGlobesHaru⁷ ✨ semi IA✨@Destinyislosthow the hell did avatar not win #GoldenGlobes11how the hell did avatar not win #GoldenGlobesisabella 🐇@arisfeelsmbSNUBBED WR WANT AVATAR #GoldenGlobes1SNUBBED WR WANT AVATAR #GoldenGlobesCinéskank@_mmoonay80% of me wanted Avatar TWOW to win #GoldenGlobes1180% of me wanted Avatar TWOW to win #GoldenGlobesHaru⁷ ✨ semi IA✨@Destinyislostnot saying he didnt deserve it but james Cameron killed itnot saying he didnt deserve it but james Cameron killed itHere's what Steven Spielberg said during his acceptance speech for the Best Director - Motion PictureDuring his acceptance speech, Steven Spielberg shared: "I’ve been hiding from this story since I was 17 years old. I put a lot of things in my way of this story. I told this story in parts and parcels all through my career. ‘E.T.’ Has a lot to do with this story. ‘Close Encounters’ has a lot to do with this story. But I never had the courage to hit this story head-on until Tony Kushner and I were working on ‘Munich’ a long time ago, and he started telling me about all these stories about his life."Golden Globe Awards@goldenglobesAn amazing moment for Steven Spielberg! Congratulations on your WIN for Best Director - Motion Picture for the film @thefabelmans! Tune in to the #GoldenGlobes LIVE on NBC and Peacock!1773419An amazing moment for Steven Spielberg! Congratulations on your WIN for Best Director - Motion Picture for the film @thefabelmans! 🙌 Tune in to the #GoldenGlobes LIVE on NBC and Peacock! https://t.co/M7xT6HkDdwHe continued: "Everything I’ve done up to this point has made me ready to finally be honest about the fact that it’s not easy to be a kid. The fact that everybody sees me as a success story… But nobody really knows who we are until we’re courageous enough to tell everyone who we are. And I spent a lot of time trying to figure out when I could tell that story and I figured out when I turned 74 years old. I said, ‘You better do it now.’ And I’m really, really happy I did."The Golden Globes 2023 aired only on NBC.