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Nikki Glaser didn’t fairly attain the Tina Fey and Amy Poehler ranges of guffaws in her stint because the host of the Golden Globes, however her monologue was a marked enchancment over final 12 months’s host, Jo Koy. She opened with calling the Globes ‘Ozempic’s greatest evening’ and the tone was set. And whereas Glaser didn’t carry out her trademark ruthless roaster, the comic didn’t maintain again both, roasting everybody and the whole lot from Diddy to Trump. A have a look at a few of her greatest jokes from the 2025 Golden Globes:
On Hollywood’s incapacity to cease Donald Trump
Addressing the massive and highly effective stars current within the room, the comic stated, “You can actually do something … besides inform the nation who to vote for. But it surely’s OK, you may get ’em subsequent time … if there may be one. I am scared.” She then turned in direction of Depraved star Ariana Grande with a request: “Ariana, maintain my finger.”
On Dune, Challengers and Diddy
Whereas addressing Zendaya throughout her monologue, Nikki Glaser praised her in Dune Half Two however not with out roasting the movie. “Zendaya, you had been unimaginable in Dune. I wakened for your entire scenes.” However she saved the most effective little bit of her joke for the opposite Zendaya movie of 2024 – Challengers. “And Challengers! That film was extra sexually charged than Diddy’s bank card,” she stated to some hushed laughter.
Is the afterparty boring with out Diddy?
Rapper and music mogul P Diddy is in jail in reference to intercourse trafficking and assault costs linked with incidents that allegedly occurred at his wild, freak-out events. Poking enjoyable at that, Glaser stated, “Oh no, I’m upset too. The afterparty will not be going to be nearly as good this 12 months. However we’ve to maneuver on. I do know the Stanley Tucci freak-off doesn’t have the identical ring to it. No child oil this 12 months, simply plenty of olive oil.”
The age hole wasn’t spared too
Noting that 2024 was the 12 months of comeback for veteran feminine stars like Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson, the comic quipped, “If you happen to’re a girl over 50 in a lead position, they name it a comeback. If you happen to’re a man over 50 in a lead position, congratulations! You’re about to play Sydney Sweeney’s boyfriend.”
The roast of Joker 2
Speaking about musicals, Nikki Glase turned her consideration in direction of Joker: Folie à Deux, the largest field workplace bomb of 2024. “Some theatres had points with musicals. Some folks complained Depraved was ruined by folks singing. With Joker 2, some folks stated it was ruined by the photographs on the display screen and the sounds that accompanied them,” Glaser stated, earlier than delivering the brutal clincher: “I am sorry Joker 2, the place’s their desk? Oh, they are not right here.”
Ben Affleck takes one too
Ben Affleck has been within the information extra for his private life than his work of late, and Glaser didn’t let that slide. Speaking about a few of the nominated movies, she joked, “Depraved, Queer, Nightbitch – these should not simply phrases Ben Affleck yells [in bed], these are a few of the unimaginable films nominated tonight.”
The 82nd Golden Globe Awards had been held in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles on Sunday evening. Among the many massive winners of the evening had been Emilia Perez, Shogun, and The Bear. The present was streamed stay on Lionsgate Play in India.
