Even earlier than she steps onstage Jan. 5 to host the 82nd Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser is making Hollywood historical past. She is the primary girl to solo host Hollywood’s “get together of the yr.” (Others, like Sandra Oh, Amy Pohler and Tina Fey, did it in tandem.)
Glaser is as much as the problem. “Internet hosting the Golden Globes is horrifying!” she tells the GG web site. “It’s a well-lit room, which isn’t conducive to comedy; there are lots of people I love, which additionally isn’t conducive to comedy. It’s dwell, so you may’t do retakes. The extent of issue is thru the roof. And that’s thrilling to me.”
Glaser is greatest identified for her standup specials about her humorous (and specific) private experiences, and for stealing the present at Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” earlier this yr. The Globes will faucet into her years of standup expertise, but it surely’s a special beast.
Quickly after she bought the job, she reached out to Ricky Gervais, three-time host.
“He stated ‘Be your self. Do what you probably did on the roast and make use of no matter technique you used there. And don’t overlook that you just’re not one in all them. You’re not a film star, you’re not a TV star. You’re on the Globes, you’re the host and also you’re a comic and that’s your job.’ That was actually refreshing to listen to.”
After Glaser’s Brady roast, fan Jennifer Lopez enthused “She annihilated all people!”
Glaser is grateful, however that’s not her aim right here. “I’m referred to as this brutal roast queen who pulls no punches. However I don’t wish to harm anybody’s emotions or set a nasty tone. Everyone seems to be ‘We would like it to be barely caustic. That’s what the Globes means that you can be.’
“It’s Hollywood making enjoyable of itself. Individuals didn’t signal as much as be roasted. What I’ll do on the Globes is a way more acute type of joke-writing, to name out some issues, level out hypocrisy, and make jokes about Hollywood, however you wish to do it with out ruining anyone’s night time. These persons are there to be celebrated.”
It requires numerous work to give you jokes about movies and TV exhibits that received’t be stale by January, and to stroll the fragile line between spoofing Hollywood and annihilating everybody.
Will she get near annihilating all people?
“That’s what Ricky did together with his third time internet hosting, with a tone of ‘I don’t care anymore, that is my final time internet hosting.’ However he had earned that; I haven’t earned the power to annihilate Hollywood. I’m not a family identify. There can be a really completely different method than from a roast. With a roast, I used to be given the job to annihilate, however that’s not the case right here.
“I would love some folks to say ‘You stated what we had been all pondering!’ I hope to say issues that can make folks say ‘Wow, I can’t consider she stated that.’ ”
She additionally is evident on whom she’s concentrating on along with her comedy.
“I’m representing the viewers at dwelling. You wish to kill within the room, however a lot of the viewers is at dwelling. You want to construction the act for them, and bear in mind it is a televised occasion.
“If there’s a battle between interesting to the viewers within the room or the hundreds of thousands of individuals watching at dwelling, the latter group will at all times win. There are such a lot of insider jokes doable, however even jokes about ‘The Bear’ being thought of a comedy — I don’t know that most people cares about this. However there’s a option to serve each.”
She was stunned when her agent and supervisor made a joint cellphone name to ask if she was .
“This was not on my radar in any respect; I didn’t even know this was being talked about. I like that they referred to as me with a query: ‘Would you wish to host the Golden Globes?’ Who would say no to this?” she laughs. “It was a second in my profession I’ll always remember. And everybody has been so constructive and super-supportive.
“This isn’t what I believed my profession would seem like, taking part in in a room stuffed with A-list stars. Generally I’ll have a delusional second like ‘Am I an A-lister?’ And the reply is not any, I’m a comic, I have to do what I used to be despatched right here to do.”
“It’ll be the primary time I see numerous these well-known folks. Assembly Jennifer Aniston has been a aim of my life since I used to be in sixth grade! So being in the identical room can be ‘Whoa.’
“Tina and Amy did some deliberate interplay with celebrities within the viewers; that might be a dream. All these actors are there and I feel a few of them can be recreation to play.”
This previous yr has been explosive when it comes to politics. Will there be political jokes?
“Who is aware of what the panorama can be? The Globes can be proper earlier than the election is, hopefully, licensed. There can be political materials, however I’m not going to go too heavy into it. There’s no query you’ll have to speak about politics. And I don’t know how one can put together for that. These jokes could be written that very same day.”
A part of her homework is to make jokes in the course of the video games previous the awards present. “I took a gig with the NFL the place I’m roasting NFL video games. My workforce and I’ll write jokes in the course of the recreation. I needed to rehearse writing jokes on the final minute in a high-stakes environment.”
She has watched earlier Globes telecasts. “I’ve studied them, these are a few of my favourite monologs of all time. I hope folks will see the affect however assume ‘She did it her personal manner, this isn’t only a ripoff.’
“I’m extraordinarily appreciative of this function I play. It’s the head of my profession to this point. I’ve reached my Everest in attending to host the Globes! I hope it’s one thing I get to do once more.”
Announcement of nominations can be Dec. 9, with the ceremony going down Jan. 5, on the Beverly Hilton. The 82nd annual Golden Globes, the primary main award present of the season, will air dwell on Jan. 5, 2025, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ within the U.S. (dwell and on-demand for Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Important subscribers the day after the particular airs.