Count Jo Koy as one person who thinks his Golden Globes hosting wasn’t a complete disaster. “I think I did well given the circumstances,” he said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
Koy had just 10 days to prepare. He told the Times his writers weren’t picked until eight days before the show; there was no writers room until two days before, and the monologue was done the day before. “We were still writing up until they said we’re live,” Koy said. “Absolute cold reads, never got a chance to work out anything.
And this is not an excuse, I’m just trying to paint the picture because I don’t think people understand, in any situation, how is that geared towards winning?
If you were to write that situation down on a piece of paper and go, ‘Do you want to do this?’ I guarantee everyone would be like ‘No.’ I’m happy I did it because I did accept that challenge.” Koy said, “I’m gonna give myself an A-plus just based on the courage [to host the show].
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