She’s feeling golden.
Comedian Nikki Glaser will host the 82nd annual Golden Globes for 2025, CBS announced on Wednesday. This comes fresh off of Glaser’s career getting a new spotlight following her hit set on the Netflix roast of Tom Brady on May 5.
“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front-row seat (actually, I think I have to host from the stage),” Glaser, 40, said in the network’s press release announcing the news.
“The Golden Globes is not only a huge night for TV and film, but also for comedy. It’s one of the few times that show business not only allows, but encourages itself to be lovingly mocked (at least I hope so). (God, I hope so),” she continued. “It’s an exciting, yet challenging gig because it’s live, unpredictable and in front of Hollywood’s biggest stars (who also might be getting wasted while seated next to their recent exes).”
Following Netflix’s Brady special, Glaser, who was a part of the lineup of comedians who roasted the former quarterback, told Vanity Fair, “Tom Brady knows my name now. In his joke, he didn’t say it fully, but he said ‘Glaser.’ He said it right. I will never get this much attention until I die. I have an inkling of what it feels like to be Taylor Swift on a really slow day for her.”
At the time, Glaser, who has been a professional comedian for over 20 years, said, “I ascended in my career more than I ever have, overnight. It just doesn’t happen today with how oversaturated the content is — that all eyes are on something like this.”
Glaser quipped: “Outside of Will Smith slapping me, I don’t think I’ll get this much attention as a comedian in my life.”
Glaser also said in her statement about the Golden Globes that some of her favorite jokes have come from past hosts such as Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, or Ricky Gervais.
They “have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear. I just hope to continue in that time-honored tradition (that might also get me canceled),” she said.
“This is truly a dream job.”
She added, “Plus, I no longer have to feel guilty for every TV show and movie I’ve binged over the past year. It was all worth it. (“Below Deck: Sailing Yacht” season four will be nominated, right?).”
Helen Hoehne, president of the Golden Globes, said in a statement, “Nikki Glaser is a comedic powerhouse whose daring and unfiltered humor is the perfect match for the Golden Globes.”
She added, “She is sure to bring a unique energy and spontaneity to the show that will keep the audience entertained all night.”
The 2025 Golden Globes will air Sunday, Jan 5 at 8 p.m. on CBS.
