Nikki Glaser is able to tackle the largest evening of her profession.

After a breakout 2024 — one which noticed her incomes awards consideration for her HBO comedy particular “Sometime You’ll Die” and dominating the discourse for her excoriating efficiency on Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady” — the stand-up has been tapped to host the 2025 Golden Globes. Glaser had been within the comedy trenches earlier than Could’s Brady roast, through which she took the soccer legend to job for his failed relationships and for delaying his retirement, all with a smirkingly abashed supply.

Now, she’s emceeing in awards season’s most raucous room. The potential upside is big, however the dangers are actual: Ricky Gervais after which the internet hosting pair of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler grew to become iconically related to the Globes over a number of appearances, whereas final 12 months, Jo Koy tanked with a crude joke about Barbie’s breasts. Talking in New York some three weeks out from the Jan. 5 ceremony, Glaser says, “I really feel actually prepared. I simply comprehend it’ll be killer.”

So what’s the Nikki Glaser tackle the Golden Globes? How is it completely different from what we would have seen earlier than?

The best way I really feel in regards to the Globes is like, What are we doing right here? We’re treating this such as you guys are all nominated for Nobel Prizes. I don’t suppose I might be as trustworthy as I need to be, to speak my emotions about a few of these nominees that I don’t suppose deserve it. That’s the argument my writing staff is entering into: Will this fly? Can we make enjoyable of “The Bear,” or is “The Bear” going to take itself too critically? It’s about determining the place the road is.

Is your critique that “The Bear” shouldn’t be thought-about a comedy, on condition that it’s not significantly jokey?

That’s one thing that’s been tackled by different exhibits; the Emmys had a pair actually good jokes about that. It’s been completed. I’m attempting to strategy from one other angle — what else is there to say about “The Bear”? You don’t need to beat a useless bear with the identical jokes.

Have you ever been watching this 12 months’s films?

Sure! I’ve watched “Conclave” twice. Ralph Fiennes is the best actor. I like the film; I fell asleep lots throughout the first watch — it’s a darkish, gradual film — but it surely’s one in every of my favourite films of all time. I noticed “Emilia Pérez” — I don’t even know what I used to be watching. Then somebody goes, it’s French. And I’m going, “Oh, OK. This jogs my memory of the Paris opening ceremony.”

That one’s enjoyable as a result of there’s a number of fodder there. To begin with, not many individuals have seen it. Then, due to the subject material — there are particular issues that culturally, we’ve all determined we don’t joke about. It’s delicate. In order that’s a troublesome one to sort out, however not unattainable: I welcome the problem.

After which “Depraved” is the one which we’re actually attempting to nail. It has that “Eras Tour” power — I need to respect the fandom and never trash it, as a result of as a Swiftie, there isn’t a joke you can also make about Taylor Swift that’s OK to me. I relate to individuals who love “Depraved” that a lot. Nevertheless it’s so good to have “Depraved,” as a result of everybody’s seen it.

What else is there? I’ve been speaking about “A Full Unknown.” Individuals are like, “Huh?” Or “Nightbitch.” Individuals are like, “What’s that?” It’s type of surprising. The individuals at dwelling don’t know these movies, so I’ve to offer the plot a bit of bit.

Final 12 months, Jo Koy was the host, and viewers might inform on TV he wasn’t a success within the room. He made a joke about “Barbie,” in case you bear in mind —

Oh, I bear in mind.

I’m curious in case you took something from watching that.

It taught me the significance of contextualizing your self to the room as a comic. Comedians, we might like to be considered in the identical gentle as these A-listers, however we simply aren’t. His monologue would have gone lots higher had he acknowledged, “Who am I?” He’s a man that kills more durable than anybody I’ve seen kill earlier than — to his viewers. So I feel he thought that may be the vibe there. And it was a bit of naive.

I’m going the opposite approach and never assuming anybody is aware of who I’m, and ensuring they’re launched to me earlier than I begin making jokes about them.

You’re additionally a nominee in a stand-up comedy class, which places you in a humorous place: You’re deflating the vanities of the night, however it might in all probability really feel like an enormous honor in case you received, proper?

Sure — you actually like me. My Sally Area second. However I simply love being nominated. I used to be nominated for an Emmy; I’m nominated for a Grammy. I didn’t win an Emmy. Who is aware of if I’ll win. I simply actually just like the nomination. I don’t like successful issues. I prefer to be hungry and get shut: It retains me going.

Additionally, after my class, I’m going to speak about what simply occurred. And the funnier factor is to lose.

Simply this previous weekend, you had been enjoying exhibits in New England. Does working your monologue out on the street provide you with a bonus?

It’s such a bonus! Ricky is a stand-up, so he is aware of the membership circuit — he might have labored it out, and I’m certain he did. And Jo Koy additionally might have completed that, and I don’t know that he did. I’m certain some individuals fear in regards to the jokes getting out; I simply know from doing roasts that that is a part of my course of.

The cool factor is that, as a result of I understand how the jokes do for regular individuals, I already know that I will likely be killing at dwelling. Even when it doesn’t go within the room, there’s part of me that can go, “Nicely, the individuals in Burlington, Vermont, are dropping their minds.”

Is there a notoriously troublesome movie star whom you need to needle, only for the problem of it?

There’s sure individuals everyone knows who don’t have a humorousness about themselves, and if I had been to make that particular person snicker, it exhibits the individuals within the room, “OK, it’s protected to snicker.”

I had a joke that I don’t suppose goes to make the ultimate monologue: “The digital camera goes to be on you. Professional tip: Simply snicker. It’s a very great way for the viewers at dwelling to love you.” I don’t perceive why publicists haven’t advised them this. While you snicker at a joke about your self, it makes you look so pleasant, so cool, so personable. I’m attempting that will help you out. This fashion you don’t must play Hip-Hop Hopscotch with Jimmy Fallon to look relatable.

You’re a enormous Taylor Swift fan. Is there a world through which she would come up in your monologue?

Not except it’s a really favorable approach. She was on the Golden Globes final 12 months — I’d have beloved for her to be within the viewers this 12 months. I’m hoping this turns right into a gig that I can do a number of instances, and I can carry out for her, as a result of I’ve watched her so many instances.

What number of instances did you see “The Eras Tour”?

Twenty-two.

Large quantity in Swiftie numerology.

It was alleged to be 24, however the Vienna exhibits had been canceled. So it ended up being good that I bought that quantity — 22.

Do you could have a relationship with Swift?

I met her after “The Pink Tour,” however I used to be not a Swiftie but. I met her backstage, and he or she was so regular and good. It wasn’t similar to, pose subsequent to her and don’t make eye contact — we had a second.

However I’m very joyful simply staying a fan. I in all probability like her an excessive amount of — it might be type of bizarre to be pals with me. In the interim, there’s been no try for me to fulfill her. I would like it to occur naturally.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did this present 4 instances; Ricky Gervais did it 5 instances. So would you want to return again?

I would like this. A lot of being a humorist is transferring from city to city. I actually like the concept of getting a gig yearly for some time, and I like stay, high-pressure TV. So it’s a gig that nobody’s going to must persuade me to do 12 months after 12 months.

The Oscars have introduced Conan O’Brien as their host this 12 months; it looks like these exhibits are so completely different, however each are actually leaning into pure comedy.

The Globes takes itself approach much less critically; I imply, the Oscars is the Oscars. There’s more cash behind it and extra star energy. Hopefully, that’s a gig for me down the street too. Lots of people watch the Golden Globes, however the Oscars warrants a musical quantity, a dance sequence. I’m actually wanting ahead to seeing what Conan does with it. He’s at a spot in his profession the place we’re seeing him take these dangers, like his “Scorching Ones” efficiency — essentially the most stunning, chaotic factor I’ve ever seen.

How will you understand in case your internet hosting gig is successful? What will likely be your metric?

I’m doing Howard [Stern] the subsequent day — he’ll completely be trustworthy. However actually, I don’t learn something. I’ll know based mostly on the way in which I knew from the Tom Brady roast. The stage supervisor, after I’d gone on, goes, “You killed.” And once I walked by the stage, the crew was like, “Oh my God.” While you get the sound guys and the digital camera guys mouthing “You killed” — that’s how I knew.