During Sunday night’s telecast of the Golden Globes, the awards show took a moment to pay tribute to movie legend Kirk Douglas.

After a montage highlighting a long and successful career, the 101-year-old actor appeared on stage with his actress daughter-in-law, Catherine Zeta-Jones. They presented the award for Best Screenplay.

However, Twitter took issue with the moment. Not necessarily because it was difficult to understand the actor’s speech, but because Douglas is rumored to have raped actress Natalie Wood.

A 2012 Gawker article has been circulating of Robert Downey Jr. reviving the accusation that Douglas repeatedly raped Wood in a hotel room when she was an up and coming actress.

Here’s a sampling of the criticism on social media:

Kind of strange to see #kirkdouglas on that stage tonight. Just did some googling… He doesn’t necessary fit this year’s theme. #GoldenGlobes — Paul Wontorek (@PaulWontorek) January 8, 2018

Isn’t there some questionable alleged assault history with Kirk Douglas and Natalie Wood that makes this tribute somewhat… complicated… on this night? #GoldenGlobes — Heather & Jessica (@fuggirls) January 8, 2018

This is…not a good look to be honoring Kirk Douglas tonight at the #GoldenGlobes considering it’s built on the #WhyWeWearBlack #TIMESUP movements. — Alisha Grauso (@AlishaGrauso) January 8, 2018

Maybe not the night to honor Kirk Douglas https://t.co/5opXtw1zi8 — Kyle Bunch (@bunch) January 8, 2018

Yeah, the Kirk Douglas tribute makes me cringe. Look at Hollywood history to find out why. — Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) January 8, 2018

A particularly bad year for a Kirk Douglas tribute #goldenglobes — Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) January 8, 2018

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Twitter posts disseminate claims that actor Kirk Douglas (aged 101) had been accused in the past of having sexually assaulted actress Natalie Wood when she was 16 years old (c. 1954).