Nikki Glaser is looking back at her time hosting the Golden Globes and acknowledging that the joke she made about Selena Gomez’s fiancé, Benny Blanco, was “pretty mean.” In a conversation at the Time100 Summit this week,

Nikki Glaser’s comedy rise has continued to be a dynamic one. This year she took on hosting duties for the Golden Globes as part of the 2025 TV premiere list, and though it was a well-received performance,

While Nikki Glaser received high praise from critics, celebrities and fellow comedians like Jon Stewart, who tweeted “Nikki Glaser is very good at this,” for her opening monologue at the 2025 Golden Globes, Glaser recalls some stars were a bit nervous to be put on the spot by her.