Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser opened the night time by mocking the celebrities over their previous presidential endorsements that appeared to don’t have any impact.
When the awards present started on Sunday night time, Glaser began by complimenting the room of celebrities, solely to shortly shift to roasting them.
“I am not here to roast you tonight. I want you to know that. How could I, really? You’re all so famous, so talented, so powerful. I mean, you could really do anything… I mean, except tell the country who to vote for,” Glaser stated.
As the group laughed, she adopted up by saying, “But it’s okay! You’ll get them next time! If there is one. I’m scared.”
Comic Nikki Glaser took a shot at celebrities who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. (Wealthy Polk)
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A number of main Hollywood celebrities, together with Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Alec Baldwin, Leonardo DiCaprio and Golden Globe nominee Harrison Ford, got here out in help of Vice President Kamala Harris forward of the presidential election.
Regardless of their endorsements, Harris misplaced to President-elect Donald Trump, dropping all seven swing states in addition to the favored vote. Harris additionally didn’t flip any county that voted for Trump in 2020.
After she was introduced because the host in August, Glaser wrote an announcement expressing her pleasure to mock the superstar viewers, citing controversial former host Ricky Gervais as an inspiration.
Harris didn’t win the presidential election regardless of receiving endorsements from main Hollywood celebrities. (Getty Pictures)
“I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes,” Glaser wrote in an announcement reported by The Hollywood Reporter. “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). 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.) 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).”
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Nikki Glaser walked the crimson carpet earlier than internet hosting the 82nd Golden Globes on the Beverly Hilton Resort. (Picture by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
“Some of my favorite jokes of all time have come from past Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina [Fey], Amy [Poehler] or Ricky [Gervais] have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear,” she added. “I just hope to continue in that time-honored tradition (that might also get me canceled). This is truly a dream job. 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?)”
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