At any awards present, it’s the opening monologue that units the tone for the night time. For the 2025 Golden Globes, it was actor and comic Nikki Glaser‘s job to just do that because the host.
Forward of the present, Glaser instructed Yahoo Leisure, “I’m not gonna go so laborious that anybody’s gonna be offended. … I’m not Ricky Gervais. This isn’t my final Golden Globes, that is my first one. He actually went laborious on his final one. He was able to burn some bridges [because] it didn’t matter anymore. … I actually am not out to harm anybody’s profession.” And that’s what she did. General, it was a enjoyable monologue.
Glaser began proper out by calling the Golden Globes “Ozempic’s largest night time. When you’re watching on CBS, hiya. When you’re watching on Paramount+, you could have six days left to cancel your free trial.” She then promised to not roast anybody though that’s what she’s identified for. “How might I? You all are so well-known, so proficient, so highly effective. You might actually do something, besides inform the nation who to vote for, however it’s okay, you’ll get them subsequent time. If there may be one. I’m scared. Ariana, maintain my finger.” Ariana Grande performed it up, with Cynthia Erivo providing her nails. “Tonight, we have fun one of the best in movie and maintain house for tv. Depraved, Queer, Nightbitch, these will not be simply phrases Ben Affleck yells after he orgasms, these are a few of the unbelievable films nominated tonight. The Bear, The Penguin, Child Reindeer, these will not be simply issues present in RFK’s freezer. These are TV reveals nominated tonight.”
Glaser then referred to as out a few of the individuals within the crowd — together with “big film stars” Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, and Colin Farrell, and “big TV stars,” Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, and Colin Farrell. She identified Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne for his work in Day of the Jackal. “It’s a couple of high secret elite sniper that nobody can discover as a result of he’s on Peacock. I feel I’ve seen extra precise peacocks in my life than reveals on Peacock.”
She mentioned Martin Quick was there “as a result of we’ve cameras.” She instructed Zendaya she “awoke for your whole scenes” in Dune and referred to as Challengers “extra sexually charged than Diddy’s bank card,” including, “I’m upset, too, the after celebration’s not going to be nearly as good this yr, however we’ve to maneuver on. The Stanley Tucci freak off simply doesn’t have the identical ring to it, however no child oil this yr, simply a number of olive oil, okay?”
Glaser then turned to Tilda Swinton for being “nominated for her position as Timothée Chalamet. The place is Timothée Chalamet? You have been nice as Timothée Chalamet this yr, too,” she added. “You’ve gotten probably the most beautiful eyelashes in your higher lip. I feel that is such an important look … You have been so good in A Full Unknown as Bob Dylan. In truth, I truly learn that your singing voice was so correct that even Bob Dylan himself admitted it was completely horrible.” She then referred to as him “so nice about enjoying these beloved eccentrics” that she questioned if he’d play Adam Sandler subsequent. (Sandler then joined in after she remarked Chalamet’s identify seemed like one thing he would say.)
Glaser mentioned she cherished Depraved, as did her boyfriend and her boyfriend’s boyfriend. “Some individuals complained that the film was ruined by individuals singing,” she famous, “after which Joker 2, some individuals complain that the film was ruined by the pictures on the display screen and the sounds that accompanied them, however I’m sorry, Joker 2, the place’s their desk? Oh, they’re not right here.”
She then calls out “the legendary Harrison Ford,” joking, “I used to be truly speaking to Harrison backstage, and after he gave me his drink order…” She factors out Nicole Kidman’s nomination for Babygirl is her twentieth. “Thanks a lot for your whole laborious work. And thanks to Keith City for enjoying guitar round the home a lot that she needs to go away and made 18 films a yr.”
Glaser in fact talked to Glen Powell. “What a yr you’ve had. Glen, you have been in all the pieces. Twisters, Hit Man, my head once I’m having intercourse with my boyfriend, thanks a lot for the help. I’ll see you tonight.”
To Selena Gomez, she famous her two nominations for Emilia Perez and Solely Murders, in addition to the truth that her date was her fiancé Benny Blanco, who was “right here due to the genie that granted him that want.” She referred to as the Netflix film “for sure probably the most audacious, groundbreaking movie to ever autoplay after Is It Cake?”
Glaser concluded her monologue with the suggestion that this might be a “very memorable” yr as a result of in 5 years, when persons are watching clips, “you’ll see somebody in one of many crowd pictures and go, oh my God, that was earlier than they caught that man. Like, we might be making historical past tonight and like we don’t even know with who. Like, he is aware of, you understand, however or she, it might be a girl, you understand, I feel 100% of the time it’s a person, however it might be a girl. It gained’t be, it by no means is, sort of like greatest director.”
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