Simu Liu on Hosting the People’s Choice Awards, ‘Barbie’ Oscar Snubs and His Love for Taylor: ‘I Am a Swiftie’
variety.comMarc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Simu Liu’s hosting reel keeps on growing. The “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” star’s past hosting gigs include the Time 100 gala and the Junos.
He also hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2021 and has guest-hosted “Jimmy Kimmy Live!” Now, he’s taking the reins of the People’s Choice Awards. “The PCAs are unique,” Liu tells me. “It’s not an awards show about an academy that votes behind closed doors.
I think it’s important that we have that, but that’s not us. That’s not the PCAs — it’s inclusive by nature.” Fans vote for the PCAs online or by using their phones. “It’s meant to be celebratory.
It’s meant to feel positive,” Liu says. “That isn’t to say that we’ll never make a joke that doesn’t make fun of someone. But we’re not really out there to take anyone down or to make the most offensive joke that we possibly can.
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