Nikki Glaser tells stars attending the Golden Globes 'come ready to

Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has one request for Sunday’s star-studded audience: Don’t take yourselves too seriously.

The comedian will be the first solo female to host the awards show, to be held on Jan. 5, and while she wants to set a light-hearted, “celebratory” tone with her opening monologue, Glaser says she’ll absolutely be bringing the same energy to the Globes that she brought to the Tom Brady roast back in May.

“I am doing what I was hired to do, which is, I got this because of the Tom Brady roast. That is not lost on me,” she told Yahoo Entertainment at Thursday’s Golden Globes red carpet rollout. “So I’m going to bring that to this for sure. It’s not gonna be watered down, [but] the tone will be different for this.”

It’s become expected for hosts to roast celebrities in the audience at the Golden Globes. Sometimes it goes over well (Ricky Gervais during his first four years) and sometimes it’s clear that celebrities believe a line was crossed (Ricky Gervais in 2020.) However, Glaser doesn’t think stars should fear her.

“I’m not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended,” she said. “I’ve made a point not to, and that’s not to disappoint anyone who’s hoping I’m going to pull a Ricky Gervais. I’m not Ricky Gervais. This isn’t my last Golden Globes, this is my first one. He really went hard on his last one. He was ready to burn some bridges [because] it didn’t matter anymore.”

That’s not to say that Glaser, who is also a Golden Globe nominee in the Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television category for HBO’s Someday You’ll Die, is going to “kiss ass up there the whole time.”

“Celebrities shouldn’t be nervous because it’s a great opportunity for them to look cool,” she said. “People at home feel disconnected from celebrities. Although that’s a thing we like about them that we put them on these pedestals, we’re really looking for some humanity from them. And I would really encourage celebrities to just laugh at jokes about you. I know it sucks sometimes. I’ve been on the receiving end of jokes at roasts and I’ve had to laugh through my tears of being hurt. I’m not going to call you an ugly horseface woman, though, which is what I’ve had to laugh through.”

Glaser added, “So if I make a joke about a bad movie you did once that you had nothing to do with, other than that you were great in a bad movie, just laugh. It’s a really easy way to look likable to the public and actually it’s a great PR move. Everyone in your camp should encourage you to laugh at jokes. It doesn’t make you cooler to not laugh. … I’m trying to make you look good. I really am not out to hurt anyone’s career.”

When asked if anything is off-limits, Glaser said she has no interest in wading into the It Ends With Us drama.

“I think the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni thing is such a hot-button thing right now that even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be,” she said. “I also don’t want to give his name any — I’m mad I even know his name, to be honest with you, so I don’t need to say it anymore.”

As for whether she’ll get political, Glaser said “people are just tired of hearing about it, even though it’s looming and it’s in the air.”

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“There will be a nod to it, but it will not be too heavy-handed. I’ve made a good point not to go too hard,” she said.

Overall, Glaser wants to put the audience at ease.

“I think a lot of times we can project our own nerves onto the hosts that we haven’t seen before. Like, ‘Are they gonna be OK? Oh my God, I would be so nervous. Is she stumbling?’ I just want to walk out there and make everyone feel like we’re in good hands because the host really does set the tone for the whole evening,” she said. “The tone is celebratory, but also, let’s laugh about how ridiculous this is with the state of the world that we’re all dressed up and giving out awards for playing pretend. We have to acknowledge that that’s silly, even though it is amazing.”

For anyone wondering, no, there is nothing Glaser is told not to say by the Golden Globes. President Helen Hoehne told Yahoo Entertainment that the comedian has free rein.

“She can say whatever she wants. We have no control over it,” Hoehne said. “[Nikki] doesn’t run anything by us. I don’t even get to hear anything ahead of the show, it’s really all up to her.”

The 82nd annual Golden Globes air Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS and stream on Paramount+ with Showtime.

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