Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser blasts Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman with jokes that are too provocative for TV
Nikki Glaser enjoyed Monday’s 2025 Golden Globes co-host with Howard Stern and revealed a few jokes that were left on the cutting room floor.
Glaser, 40, told Stern that she “learned every joke by heart” from her opening monologue, in which she celebrated “Ozempic’s Greatest Night,” before riffing on Ben Affleck and Sean “Diddy” Combs.
The comedian, known for her recent roast of Tom Brady, admitted that she was afraid of “getting fired” for some content written for the awards show and decided to tell Stern jokes instead.
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“I’d be remiss if I didn’t ask you what jokes you left out of your monologue last night. I’m always interested in that process,” Stern said. “So there were jokes you liked but couldn’t fit in or avoided doing for some reason. Do you have some examples?”
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“Yeah, I have a lot of examples, but feel free to interrupt me anytime,” Glaser said.
“I put together a little mini setlist for you because, yeah, some of them are like they’ve been in the writers’ room. They’d get a show and they’d be like, ‘We can’t say that on TV. We can’t say that to these people’s faces .’ So I’d say, ‘Move it to Stern’s file. We can do it on Stern.'”
The 57-year-old actress, who was nominated for a Golden Globe for her role in “Babygirl,” had a joke about her that was overlooked, according to Glaser. “This one … we shot it for promotion, and they almost aired it on CBS, and then we said I’m going to cancel it,” Glaser admitted.
“‘Wild Robot’ is nominated tonight, and I mean that Nicole Kidman after two white wines.”
Glaser also admitted, “I wish we had done it, but if she makes a face… I think she’d be cool with it, but you never know.”
Baldwin, 66, was not at the 82nd Golden Globe Awards, but a joke about him also went viral.
“Michael Keaton was so great in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.'” Alec Baldwin Unfortunately, he didn’t come back to play the ghost because he was too busy making it.”
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Cage, a multiple Golden Globe winner, presented the award for best motion picture – musical/comedy on Sunday and could have been on the receiving end of Glaser’s jokes.
“Nicolas Cage is here tonight looking rested after a night in Elvis’ coffin.”
“Nicolas Cage is here, as is the skeleton band that accompanies him playing ragtime jazz.”
Shepard, 50, joined his wife Kristen Bell at the 2025 Golden Globes and avoided a joke about his celebrity-filled podcast.
“The Golden Globes is the only show where you can see the biggest stars in film and television come together with the same goal: get out tonight before Dax Shepard asks them to do his podcast.”
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs he did not attend the awards ceremony and is currently in jail in Brooklyn on charges of extortion, sex trafficking and transportation to participate in prostitution.
“This is the last time you’ll all be in the same room together before Diddy’s trial.”
Stern asked, “Why didn’t you use that joke?”
“We had another Diddy reference that worked better and led us to other jokes. You only get one Diddy reference,” Glaser said. “Which you don’t want to do because you’re accusing people in the room of being involved in it, and they might turn on you for it.”
Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez were nominated for Golden Globes at Sunday’s ceremony. Martin and Short, as well as their co-star Meryl Streep, could be made fun of, but the joke was left out of Glaser’s monologue.
“‘Only Murders in the Building’ is amazing, and I think it’s so cool that legends like Steve Martin, Martin Short and Meryl Streep are still working with her, giving some of the best performances of their careers. She’s so inspiring and it just shows you that you are never too old to need money. Please don’t get caught in the crypto scheme Hawk Tuah?”
