Is Nikki Glaser about to get canceled?
The comedian has a protracted historical past of pushing the envelope together with her edgy standup performances.
However she worries she would possibly lastly take issues too far when she hosts the Golden Globes tonight.
Again in August, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Nikki could be the emcee for Hollywood’s most irreverent award present.
And proper off the bat, the host assured followers that she wouldn’t go simple on Hollywood’s greatest and brightest.
Nikki Glaser Pronounces Golden Globes Gig
“I’m completely thrilled to be internet hosting the Golden Globes,” Glaser wrote in an announcement to the outlet.
“It’s one in all my favourite nights of tv and now I get a entrance row seat (truly, I believe I’ve to host from the stage).
“The Golden Globes is just not solely an enormous evening for TV and movie but in addition for comedy. It’s one of many few instances that present enterprise not solely permits however encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at the very least I hope so),” she continued.
“(God I hope so.) It’s an thrilling, but difficult gig as a result of it’s dwell, unpredictable and in entrance of Hollywood’s largest stars (who additionally is likely to be getting wasted whereas seated subsequent to their current exes).”
Current Globes hosts have generated extra controversy than laughs.
And whereas Nikki is clearly hoping to reverse that pattern, she additionally has no intention of enjoying it protected.
Nikki Glaser Says She May Get ‘Canceled’ For Globes Jokes
“A few of my favourite jokes of all time have come from previous Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina [Fey], Amy [Poehler] or Ricky [Gervais] have stated precisely what all of us didn’t know we desperately wanted to listen to,” she stated in her assertion.
“I simply hope to proceed in that time-honored custom (that may additionally get me canceled).
“That is really a dream job. Plus, I now not need to really feel responsible for each TV present and film I’ve binged over the previous yr. It was all value it. (Beneath Deck: Crusing Yacht Season 4 will likely be nominated, proper?)”
Sadly, the Below Deck franchise will in all probability go un-nominated but once more.
However there’s nonetheless loads to be enthusiastic about, as one of many comedy world’s sharpest and most unpredictable skills prepares to roast Hollywood’s largest stars.
As her work on the current Tom Brady roast reminded us, Nikki is just not a fan of holding again.
So whereas we hope she received’t get canceled, we additionally hope she received’t pull any punches together with her celeb viewers.
