Nikki Glaser is ready to sort out the biggest night of her occupation.
After a breakout 2024 — one which seen her incomes awards consideration for her HBO comedy explicit “Someday You’ll Die” and dominating the discourse for her excoriating effectivity on Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” — the stand-up has been tapped to host the 2025 Golden Globes. Glaser had been inside the comedy trenches sooner than May’s Brady roast, by means of which she took the soccer legend to job for his failed relationships and for delaying his retirement, all with a smirkingly abashed provide.
Now, she’s emceeing in awards season’s most raucous room. The potential upside is massive, nonetheless the risks are precise: Ricky Gervais after which the web internet hosting pair of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler grew to develop into iconically associated to the Globes over plenty of appearances, whereas ultimate 12 months, 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 actually really feel really ready. I merely understand it’ll be killer.”
So what’s the Nikki Glaser sort out the Golden Globes? How is it utterly totally different from what we’d have seen sooner than?
One of the best ways I actually really feel regarding the Globes is like, What are we doing proper right here? We’re treating this similar to you guys are all nominated for Nobel Prizes. I don’t suppose I could be as reliable as I must be, to talk my feelings about just a few of those nominees that I don’t suppose deserve it. That’s the argument my writing employees is getting into into: Will this fly? Can we make gratifying of “The Bear,” or is “The Bear” going to take itself too critically? It’s about figuring out the place the street is.
Is your critique that “The Bear” shouldn’t be thought-about a comedy, given that it’s not considerably jokey?
That’s one factor that’s been tackled by totally different reveals; the Emmys had a pair really good jokes about that. It’s been accomplished. I’m making an attempt to technique from one different angle — what else is there to say about “The Bear”? You don’t must beat a ineffective bear with the an identical jokes.
Have you ever ever been watching this 12 months’s movies?
Certain! I’ve watched “Conclave” twice. Ralph Fiennes is the very best actor. I just like the movie; I fell asleep tons all through the primary watch — it’s a darkish, gradual movie — however it absolutely’s one among my favorite movies of all time. I seen “Emilia Pérez” — I don’t even know what I was watching. Then someone goes, it’s French. And I’m going, “Oh, OK. This strikes a chord in my memory of the Paris opening ceremony.”
That one’s gratifying because of there’s plenty of fodder there. To start with, not many people have seen it. Then, as a result of topic materials — there are explicit points that culturally, we’ve all decided we don’t joke about. It’s delicate. So that’s a hard one to kind out, nonetheless not unattainable: I welcome the issue.
After which “Wicked” is the one which we’re really making an attempt to nail. It has that “Eras Tour” energy — I must respect the fandom and by no means trash it, because of as a Swiftie, there isn’t a joke it’s also possible to make about Taylor Swift that’s OK to me. I relate to people who love “Wicked” that loads. However it’s so good to have “Wicked,” because of all people’s seen it.
What else is there? I’ve been talking about “A Full Unknown.” People are like, “Huh?” Or “Nightbitch.” People are like, “What’s that?” It’s sort of peculiar. The people at dwelling don’t know these films, so I’ve to supply the plot a little bit of bit.
Remaining 12 months, Jo Koy was the host, and viewers may inform on TV he wasn’t a hit inside the room. He made a joke about “Barbie,” in case you keep in mind —
Oh, I keep in mind.
I’m curious in case you took one thing from watching that.
It taught me the importance of contextualizing your self to the room as a comic book. Comedians, we would prefer to be thought-about within the an identical light as these A-listers, nonetheless we merely aren’t. His monologue would have gone tons increased had he acknowledged, “Who am I?” He’s a person that kills extra sturdy than anyone I’ve seen kill sooner than — to his viewers. So I really feel he thought that could be the vibe there. And it was a little bit of naive.
I’m going the alternative method and by no means assuming anyone is conscious of who I’m, and guaranteeing they’re launched to me sooner than I start making jokes about them.
You’re moreover a nominee in a stand-up comedy class, which locations you in a humorous place: You’re deflating the vanities of the night time, nonetheless it’d most likely actually really feel like an infinite honor in case you obtained, correct?
Certain — you really like me. My Sally Space second. Nevertheless I merely love being nominated. I was nominated for an Emmy; I’m nominated for a Grammy. I didn’t win an Emmy. Who’s conscious of if I’ll win. I merely really identical to the nomination. I don’t like profitable points. I choose to be hungry and get shut: It retains me going.
Moreover, after my class, I’m going to talk about what merely occurred. And the funnier issue is to lose.
Merely this earlier weekend, you had been having fun with reveals in New England. Does working your monologue out on the road offer you a bonus?
It’s such a bonus! Ricky is a stand-up, so he’s conscious of the membership circuit — he might need labored it out, and I’m sure he did. And Jo Koy moreover might need accomplished that, and I don’t know that he did. I’m sure some people worry regarding the jokes getting out; I merely know from doing roasts that that is part of my course of.
The cool issue is that, because of I perceive how the jokes do for normal people, I already know that I’ll seemingly be killing at dwelling. Even when it doesn’t go inside the room, there’s a part of me that may go, “Properly, the people in Burlington, Vermont, are dropping their minds.”
Is there a notoriously troublesome film star whom it is advisable to needle, just for the issue of it?
There’s certain people everybody is aware of who don’t have a humorousness about themselves, and if I had been to make that specific individual snicker, it reveals the people inside the room, “OK, it’s protected to snicker.”
I had a joke that I don’t suppose goes to make the final word monologue: “The digital digicam goes to be on you. Skilled tip: Merely snicker. It’s a really good way for the viewers at dwelling to like you.” I don’t understand why publicists haven’t suggested them this. When you snicker at a joke about your self, it makes you look so nice, so cool, so personable. I’m making an attempt that can make it easier to out. This trend you don’t should play Hip-Hop Hopscotch with Jimmy Fallon to look relatable.
You’re a massive Taylor Swift fan. Is there a world by means of which she would come up in your monologue?
Not besides it’s a very favorable method. She was on the Golden Globes ultimate 12 months — I’d have beloved for her to be inside the viewers this 12 months. I’m hoping this turns proper right into a gig that I can do plenty of situations, and I can perform for her, because of I’ve watched her so many situations.
What variety of situations did you see “The Eras Tour”?
Twenty-two.
Giant amount in Swiftie numerology.
It was alleged to be 24, nonetheless the Vienna reveals had been canceled. So it ended up being good that I purchased that amount — 22.
Do you may have a relationship with Swift?
I met her after “The Pink Tour,” nonetheless I was not a Swiftie however. I met her backstage, and she or he was so common and good. It wasn’t just like, pose subsequent to her and don’t make eye contact — we had a second.
Nevertheless I’m very joyful merely staying a fan. I most likely like her an extreme quantity of — it could be sort of weird to be buddies with me. Within the interim, there’s been no strive for me to satisfy her. I would love it to happen naturally.
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did this current 4 situations; Ricky Gervais did it 5 situations. So would you wish to return once more?
I would love this. A whole lot of being a humorist is transferring from metropolis to metropolis. I really just like the idea of getting a gig yearly for a while, and I like keep, high-pressure TV. So it’s a gig that no person’s going to should persuade me to do 12 months after 12 months.
The Oscars have launched Conan O’Brien as their host this 12 months; it appears like these reveals are so utterly totally different, nonetheless every are literally leaning into pure comedy.
The Globes takes itself method a lot much less critically; I indicate, the Oscars is the Oscars. There’s more money behind it and further star vitality. Hopefully, that’s a gig for me down the road too. Numerous individuals watch the Golden Globes, nonetheless the Oscars warrants a musical amount, a dance sequence. I’m really wanting forward to seeing what Conan does with it. He’s at a spot in his occupation the place we’re seeing him take these risks, like his “Scorching Ones” effectivity — primarily probably the most gorgeous, chaotic issue I’ve ever seen.
How will you perceive in case your web internet hosting gig is profitable? What’s going to seemingly be your metric?
I’m doing Howard [Stern] the following day — he’ll utterly be reliable. Nevertheless really, I don’t study one thing. I’ll know primarily based totally on the best way wherein I knew from the Tom Brady roast. The stage supervisor, after I’d gone on, goes, “You killed.” And as soon as I walked by the stage, the crew was like, “Oh my God.” When you get the sound guys and the digital digicam guys mouthing “You killed” — that’s how I knew.
