As Nikki Glaser prepares to host the 82nd Golden Globes, she’s staying away from politics and the most recent Hollywood drama.
The comic, whose particular Sometime You’ll Die is nominated for Greatest Stand-Up Comedy Efficiency, lately defined that she’s “not gonna go so laborious that anybody’s gonna be offended” throughout her internet hosting gig on Sunday’s awards present, airing stay at 8pm ET on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
“I’ve made some extent to not, and that’s to not disappoint anybody who’s hoping I’m going to tug a Ricky Gervais,” Glaser informed Yahoo Leisure. “I’m not Ricky Gervais. This isn’t my final Golden Globes, that is my first one. He actually went laborious on his final one. He was able to burn some bridges [because] it didn’t matter anymore.”
After Blake Full of life formally filed a lawsuit towards It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni, accusing him of sexual harassment and retaliation, Glaser defined that she’s staying away from the behind-the-scenes controversy in her jokes.
“I believe the Blake Full of life-Justin Baldoni factor is such a hot-button factor proper now that even a mere point out of it would look like I may very well be on the incorrect facet of issues, despite the fact that I’d by no means be,” she mentioned. “I additionally don’t wish to give his identify any — I’m mad I even know his identify, to be sincere with you, so I don’t must say it anymore.”
Blake Full of life and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us (2024) (Nicole Rivelli/Sony Photos Releasing/Courtesy Everett Assortment)
Sony Photos Releasing /Courtesy Everett Assortment
Glaser additionally plans to keep away from the subject of politics after Donald Trump secured presidential re-election towards Vice President Kamala Harris, explaining that “persons are simply uninterested in listening to about it, despite the fact that it’s looming and it’s within the air.”
“There will probably be a nod to it, nevertheless it won’t be too heavy-handed,” mentioned Glaser. “I’ve made a superb level to not go too laborious.”
Following her breakout efficiency on Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady, Glaser was introduced as a first-time Golden Globes host in August. In November, she was additionally introduced as a first-time nominee.
