Hollywood is fortunate that Ricky Gervais isn’t internet hosting the 2025 Golden Globes.
The 63-year-old comic hosted the award ceremony 5 instances earlier than, however this 12 months Nikki Glaser is emceeing Sunday’s present.
Nonetheless, Gervais took to X (previously on Twitter) on Friday to disclose the jokes he would’ve informed if he was the host.
“Sat in the bath wondering about what I would say if I were hosting The Golden Globes on Sunday,” Gervais wrote alongside a selfie of him within the bathtub.
“It’s been a pretty good year for material,” he added with a laughing emoji.
Gervais then revealed his deliberate monologue: “Hello, and welcome to the 82nd Golden Globe awards. What a year it’s been. Hundreds of entertainers jumped at the chance to go to The Vatican to meet The Pope. Many from Hollywood. Obviously they weren’t content with only being part of the 2nd biggest pedo ring in the world…”
He continued, “Justin Timberlake was convicted of [drunk driving]. If he’d have gone to jail he’d have heard the words ‘Sexy Back’ a lot more often.”
Gervais additionally went after Sean “Diddy” Combs, writing, “Kevin Hart said that being at one of Diddy’s parties was uncomfortable, as he wouldn’t leave him alone. Eventually he had to shout ‘Imma Midget, not a child.’”
Followers praised Gervais’ jokes on X and likewise expressed their disappointment that he’s not internet hosting the present.
“You never disappoint. HILARIOUS!” one fan tweeted.
“Omg, keep them coming. So funny,” one other particular person mentioned.
A 3rd fan wrote, “You are on a roll! Hit us again!”
“them globes missing good material tonight,” a unique fan added.
“I really wish you were hosting the Golden Globes again,” another person mentioned.
Gervais hosted the Golden Globes in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2020.
Throughout his final internet hosting stint, Gervais roasted Hollywood in his wild opening monologue. He went after Leonardo DiCaprio for relationship youthful girls, the failed “Cats” film, and Martin Scorsese’s feud with Marvel.
He additionally introduced up Jeffrey Epstein’s loss of life and the faculty admissions scandal, which had been big information tales on the time of the January 2020 ceremony.
In 2021, Gervais informed The Guardian why he goes after celebrities whereas internet hosting award reveals.
“Do I pander to the 200 billionaires in the room or the 200 million people at home sitting in their [underwear] drinking beer who aren’t winning awards, who aren’t billionaires? It’s a no-brainer for a comedian,” he mentioned. “I’m a jester. I play to the other peasants in the mud.”
Forward of her historic 2025 Golden Globes internet hosting stint, Glaser, 40, mentioned on CBS Morning that Gervais gave her recommendation, together with to only “be yourself”
Glaser mentioned Gervais additionally informed her, “You’ve not one of them. Don’t try to walk out there acting like you’re an A-lister. Just because you’re invited—you wouldn’t be if you weren’t the host.”
In an interview with Yahoo Leisure, Glaser mentioned, “I’m not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended. 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,” she added.
The 2025 Golden Globes start airing at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
