Nikki Glaser reveals ‘insane’ Ben Affleck divorce joke she cut from Golden Globes monologue

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Nikki Glaser pulled some punches from her opening monologue at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night.The celebrated roaster, 40, revealed the zingers while talking with Howard Stern on Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM show.Two of the more head-turning quips that didn’t make the cut included poking fun at Ben Affleck for marrying — and divorcing — two famous Jennifers (Garner and Lopez), and America’s obsession with United Healthcare CEO accused killer Luigi Mangione.Of Affleck, Glaser told the shock jock, 70, that she almost said, “Am I gonna roast or am I gonna toast?

You know what? I’m not roasting. I’m gonna toast.”“And I just did all these toasts that were roasts,” she explained of the cut bit. “Like, ‘Here’s to Ben Affleck, I can’t wait to see which Jennifer you try to ruin next.'”In August, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck two years after marrying and taking their second shot at love.

The pair first got engaged in 2002 before calling it quits in 2004.The “Air” director married Garner in 2005. They announced their separation 10 years later but didn’t file for divorce until 2017.The exact wording of Glaser’s Jennifer joke proved a problem for her and the writers.“I argued like, ‘Oh, I didn’t say ruin them.

I said he tried to ruin them so it’s not against them.’ But I was like, ‘That would have been insane.'”Affleck didn’t come away totally unscathed from the evening, though. “So, tonight, we celebrate the best of film and hold space for television,” Glaser said during the show opener. “Yes, ‘Wicked,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘Nightbitch’: These are not just words Ben Affleck yells after he orgasms.