With one of the vital poorly-received monologues in Golden Globes historical past, stand-up comedian Jo Koy not solely knew he was bombing within the second, however he is needed to endure an onslaught of criticism since — so it have to be good to listen to a number of the finest to ever do it like Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin have his again.

Goldberg has hosted 4 Oscars telecasts and even took the helm of the Tony Awards in 2008. “Internet hosting gigs are brutal,” she stated on The View Tuesday. “If you happen to’ve not been in these rooms earlier than, and also you’re form of thrust on the market, it’s hit and miss.”

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She went on to notice that she loves Koy and believes he is humorous as a stand-up comedian .”I do not know if it was the room. I do not know whether or not the jokes. I did not get to see it. However I do know that he’s nearly as good because it will get in the case of stand-up.”

One second was virtually actually the joke, and we’re not speaking about his quip about Taylor Swift getting much less screen-time on the Globes than she does on the NFL. That joke fell flat, too, but it surely did not so egregiously miss the whole level.

Taking up the Barbenheimer phenomenon, Koy completely missed the mark when he quipped, “Oppenheimer is predicated on a 721-page Pulitzer Prize-winning e-book in regards to the Manhattan Undertaking, and Barbie is on a plastic doll with massive boobies.”

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He doubled down as if to make it clear the entire thrust of the film flew to this point over his head he did not see it move, including, “The important thing second in Barbie is when she goes from good magnificence to dangerous breath, cellulite, and flat toes. Or what casting administrators name character actor.”

After these jokes inevitably flopped, Koy began blaming how quick a span of time he needed to put together his set and even threw his extra writers underneath the bus, saying the jokes he wrote are those the viewers was laughing at.

It is by no means straightforward to try to maintain a room if you’re bombing, and when it is the monologue of an extended present you need to host the entire manner by means of, it is arduous to think about how traumatic that second will need to have been.

Martin, who’s hosted three Academy Award ceremonies himself, took to Threads with phrases of encouragement for Koy’s robust night time. “I tip my hat to anybody who steps out on stage to host a dwell awards present. It’s a really troublesome job and never for the squeamish,” he wrote. “I do know as a result of I’m nonetheless throwing up from the final time I did it in 2010.”

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“So, Congratulations to Jo Koy, who took on the hardest gig in present enterprise, hit, missed, was gentle on his toes, and now has twenty minutes of latest materials for his get up!” Martin continued.

As for Koy himself, he deconstructed his robust night time on GMA3 Monday morning. “I’d be mendacity if it doesn’t harm,” he stated of the response. “I hit slightly second there the place I used to be similar to, ‘Ah.’ Internet hosting is a tricky gig. Sure, I’m a stand-up comedian, however that internet hosting place is a unique model. It’s not the identical model.”

He additionally backed down a bit on throwing the opposite writers underneath the bus through the monologue. “So I sort of went in and did the entire writers factor; we had been all in that room collectively. We simply had 10 days to try to write one thing for this monologue,” he defined. “It was a crash course. I really feel dangerous, however I gotta say that I nonetheless cherished what I did.”

Take a look at all of the highlights from the present right here.