Nikki Glaser Warns ‘Everyone Is Fair Game’ As Golden Globes Hosting Nears

Nikki Glaser is as soon as once more getting into one in all Hollywood’s most high-pressure roles as she prepares to host the Golden Globe Awards for the second 12 months in a row, and she or he’s making it clear that no celeb within the room is off-limits. The 41-year-old comic, who earned reward for her Golden Globes internet hosting debut final 12 months, is returning to the stage tonight, Sunday, January 11, and says she plans to strategy the evening with the identical fearless humor that made her first flip a hit.

Glaser acknowledged that sure celebrities are sometimes considered as untouchable, however she isn’t letting that dictate her strategy. “Everyone seems to be truthful recreation. I actually really feel that approach,” Glaser informed PEOPLE. “I used to be even pondering, like, ‘Oh, I’ll depart plus ones alone, they don’t deserve it. They’re not there being honored,’ however I really feel like (that’s truthful).”

She continued, “There’s some individuals which might be protected figures, and, like, different individuals may get upset on their behalf, however that’s actually none of my enterprise, and if the individual that I’m doing the joke to laughs, I feel that’s a cause sufficient for me to do it.”

Whereas she’s not holding again, Glaser additionally emphasised that her humor isn’t rooted in cruelty. “I’m not gonna be so imply that anybody goes to hate me for the remainder of their careers, or I’m gonna need to keep away from them the remainder of mine,” she defined. “I’m writing from a spot of affection, and I wouldn’t do a joke about somebody that I really didn’t like.”

In accordance with Glaser, any celeb who turns into the topic of her jokes ought to take it as a praise.

“So if I do write a joke about you or do a joke to you, it’s as a result of I love you and I feel you’re in all probability cool and have humorousness,” she stated. “I don’t do jokes about individuals who I simply don’t assume are cool, and that I don’t actually even care to speak to or give the time of day.”

In the course of the roast, Glaser took direct intention at Tom Brady’s private life, significantly his highly publicized divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen. The previous couple filed for divorce in October 2022 after 13 years of marriage, a topic Glaser wasted no time turning into punchlines. “Tom Brady, five-time Tremendous Bowl MVP, most profession wins, most profession touchdowns, you might have seven rings − effectively, eight now that Gisele gave hers again,” Glaser stated through the roast.

She then doubled down with one other sharp jab that rapidly went viral. “Do you guys find out about his weight loss program program? It’s so strict. However in case you comply with it precisely as he does, you can also lose your loved ones,” she joked.

With Glaser making it clear that “everyone seems to be truthful recreation,” hypothesis is already swirling about which headline-making figures may find yourself as punchlines throughout this 12 months’s Golden Globes.

One title producing latest controversy is Nicki Minaj. The rapper has confronted renewed backlash following her look at Turning Level USA’s AmericaFest on December 21 in Phoenix. Within the aftermath, an online petition calling for Minaj’s deportation gained traction, amassing tens of 1000’s of signatures. The petition criticizes her alignment with Turning Level USA and the Trump administration and urges that she be despatched again to Trinidad, her dwelling nation.