Nikki Glaser on Hosting the 2025 Golden Globes, Learning From Jo Koy Bombing and Roasting ‘Emilia Pérez’: ‘I Don’t Even Know What I Was Watching’
variety.comDaniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Nikki Glaser is ready to take on the biggest night of her career. After a breakout 2024 — one that saw her earning awards attention for her HBO comedy special “Someday You’ll Die” and dominating the discourse for her excoriating performance on Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” — the stand-up has been tapped to host the 2025 Golden Globes.
Glaser had been in the comedy trenches before May’s Brady roast, in which she took the football legend to task for his failed relationships and for delaying his retirement, all with a smirkingly abashed delivery.
Now, she’s emceeing in awards season’s most raucous room. The potential upside is huge, but the risks are real: Ricky Gervais and then the hosting pair of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler became iconically associated with the Globes over multiple appearances, while last year, Jo Koy tanked with a crude joke about Barbie’s breasts.
Speaking in New York some three weeks out from the Jan. 5 ceremony, Glaser says, “I feel really ready. I just know it’ll be killer.” The way I feel about the Globes is like, What are we doing here?
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