After the Golden Globes ceremony, the movie's stars were forced to contend with the film's reputation. Backstage, Ali was asked to respond to Shirley's family's allegations. “I will say that my job is always the same, and I have to look at what I’m responsible for doing and all the prayers, the energy, the time, the work, I am not one who is going to necessarily throw all that away over things I had no control over and had nothing to do with,” he said.