Nikki Glaser pulled some punches from her opening monologue on the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday night time.
The celebrated roaster, 40, revealed the zingers whereas speaking with Howard Stern on Monday’s episode of his SiriusXM present.
Two of the extra head-turning quips that didn’t make the lower included poking enjoyable at Ben Affleck for marrying — and divorcing — two well-known Jennifers (Garner and Lopez), and America’s obsession with United Healthcare CEO accused killer Luigi Mangione.
Of Affleck, Glaser informed the shock jock, 70, that she virtually stated, “Am I gonna roast or am I gonna toast? You know what? I’m not roasting. I’m gonna toast.”
“And I just did all these toasts that were roasts,” she defined of the lower bit. “Like, ‘Here’s to Ben Affleck, I can’t wait to see which Jennifer you try to ruin next.’”
In August, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck two years after marrying and taking their second shot at love. The pair first bought engaged in 2002 earlier than calling it quits in 2004.
The “Air” director married Garner in 2005. They introduced their separation 10 years later however didn’t file for divorce till 2017.
The precise wording of Glaser’s Jennifer joke proved an issue for her and the writers.
“I argued like, ‘Oh, I didn’t say ruin them. I said he tried to ruin them so it’s not against them.’ But I was like, ‘That would have been insane.’”
Affleck didn’t come away completely unscathed from the night, although.
“So, tonight, we celebrate the best of film and hold space for television,” Glaser stated throughout the present opener.
“Yes, ‘Wicked,’ ‘Queer,’ ‘Nightbitch’: These are not just words Ben Affleck yells after he orgasms. These are some of the incredible movies nominated tonight.”
As for Mangione, Glaser informed Stern she had a comment prepared in regards to the accused assassin‘s seems to be.
“Glen Powell is nominated tonight for ‘Hit Man,’” the joke started. “Who would have thought that by the end of the year, you’d only be the second hottest hit man in America.”
Glaser tried out all of her jokes at comedy golf equipment earlier than Sunday’s ceremony on the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. The Luigi gag didn’t draw massive laughs from take a look at audiences.
“That one we didn’t do because […] Luigi was a big deal for a while, and then it kind of faded and took awhile for people to get it,” she defined to Stern.
In the long run, The “Someday You’ll Die” comic made a distinct joke about Powell throughout her monologue.
“Glen Powell, what a year you’ve had,” the host stated of the 36-year-old star. “Oh, my God, Glen, you were in everything. “Twisters,” “Hit Man,” my head once I’m having intercourse with my boyfriend.”
“Thank you so much for the assist. I’ll see you tonight,” she added.
Glaser bought optimistic critiques for her Golden Globes efficiency. And regardless of reducing some scathing jokes from her opening monologue, a lot nonetheless walloped — together with ones about Timothée Chalamet, “Wicked” and “Joker 2.”
