Nikki Glaser on Feeling ‘Deeply Unlovable,’ Her Addiction to Approval and Burning Desire to Host ‘SNL’
variety.comNikki Glaser in a very good, pivotal way. Her set roasting Tom Brady in May was hailed by just about everybody watching both at home and in the audience, an experience she said is never going to happen to her again.
And while in the moment it looked effortless and as if she was as calm as a cucumber, inside, her motor was racing. “I know this is going well, but ride this wave.
And you can’t relax. I can’t celebrate anything until it’s officially over,” her head was telling her as she whipped out one razor-sharp quip after another during Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.” “You have this really short amount of time where you have to be excellent, and there is no room for error because it’s live.
And just the amount of eyes on you, the amount of detail there was involved in each joke. It felt like a balance beam routine, honestly.
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