Meet Nikki Glaser, brutal stand-up comedian and host of Golden Globes 2025, with history of roasting Taylor Swift
Come Monday morning, the world will see a new host in Golden Globe Awards. Nikki Glaser, the stand-up comedian best known for her roasts, is all set to come on stage and deliver a scathing opening monologue. (Read also: Payal Kapadia reacts to her historic Golden Globe nomination for All We Imagine As Light, and fans say she made India proud)
Who is Nikki Glaser?
Nikki, 40, began her career as a comedian when she turned 18. interview“,”I just knew the situations I knew. “I wrote from the point of view of my favorite positions because I didn’t know my point of view yet.” She is known for her own shows – Perfect (2016), Bangin’ (2019), and Roast of Tom Brady (2024), the last two of which are streaming on Netflix.
With 1.7 million followers on Instagram, Nicki became the 22nd most followed comedienne of 2022. She is also an actress who appeared in Gregory Fiennes’ 2009 comedy Punching The Clown, Judd Apatow’s 2015 sex comedy Trainwreck, and Gregory’s Punching Henry (2016), and Abby Kuhn and Marc Silverstein’s I Feel Beautiful (2018). She has also starred in shows like Inside Amy Schumer, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, and Dancing with the Stars season 27. Nikki was nominated for her specials at last year’s Emmy Awards, and at the upcoming Golden Globes and Grammy Awards. Awards.
Taylor Swift roast date
Nicki made headlines in 2020 when her comments about pop star Taylor Swift from a previous TV panel made it into the trailer for Lana Wilson’s 2020 documentary Miss Americana. “She’s very thin; It bothers me, Nicki said, drawing the ire of some Swifties, who sent her death threats.
Nicki subsequently apologized for her remarks on Instagram. “The sound bites were from an interview I did five years ago and I said in a tone like this, ‘She’s too skinny; She is very thin; She is very skinny. ‘It bothers me… all her model friends, and it’s like, ‘Oh cumin!’ This quote should be used as an example of “projection” in PSYCH101 textbooks If you are familiar with my “work” at all, you know that I openly talk about battling some sort of eating disorder for the past 17 years I was probably feeling fat that day And I was jealous.
Nikki is also a self-proclaimed Swifty. According to the Telegraph, she spent $100,000 on airline tickets across the US, and to London, Dublin and Austria, to attend 22 concerts on Taylor’s historic Eras Tour.
Nicki didn’t spare actor Alec Baldwin from her signature roast either. At the 2021 roast, she told Alec: “I want to thank Alec. In his memoirs, he bravely admitted that he once thought about suicide and I just want to say that I also thought about yours. I have some suggestions.” The joke came in light of Alec’s trial over a 2021 incident on the set of his film Rust, when he accidentally shot cinematographer Halina Hutchins.
The 2025 Golden Globe Awards will be streamed in India exclusively on Lionsgate Play at 6:30 AM on Monday, January 6.
