Last year, Nikki Glaser set the right tone with her 2025 Golden Globe Awards monologue. It followed a less-than-stellar reception to Jo Koy’s hosting stint, and Nikki’s success has cemented her as the host again in 2026.
Tune into Paramount+’s live coverage of the awards show from 11 am on Monday, 12 January 2025.
Coming out in a fabulous red gown with Taylor Swift’s ‘Style’ blaring, Nikki was bringing strong girl energy, which is what we need as a balm for the news, particularly over in the United States.
Nikki addresses the news in her monologue after welcoming the crowd to what she sarcastically says is the “most important thing that’s happening in the world right now.”
The monologue and show were as entertaining as always. Here are our favourite moments from her monologue and hosting throughout the night.
Nikki Glaser’s opening monologue
As mentioned, Nikki addresses the news over in the United States. She gets ahead of the real awards announcement by saying that “Best Editing goes to the Justice Department” and “Most Editing” to CBS News, where we go to “See B.S news.”
She also addresses the Warner Bros. sale and acknowledges that it’s so right that they are holding the awards in Los Angeles, where “No TV or film has been filmed for six years.” Which is true. In fact, more and more are filming overseas, including here in Australia.
Nikki then goes on to do the classic ploy of poking fun at the nominees, from Frankenstein to Marty Supreme and all the actors involved. She praised Sinners for saving the film industry and Wicked: For Good for its musical stylings (while also saying it was way too long).
She teases George Clooney, who she says plays himself in his latest feature, Jay Kelly, which follows an actor who is looking back on his career. Nikki’s not wrong there! She also asks if he could help her out with her Nespresso Machine, as her espresso is coming out too runny. George has famously been the brand ambassador for the coffee machine for decades. He mouths that they will chat after.
Nikki also teases comedy duo Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Kevin Hart, calling them her favourite comedy duo. She says they are the Steve Martin and Martin Short for “those with an IQ under 50.” Sean Penn also gets a shoutout for ageing like a “sexy leather handbag”.
Leonardo DiCaprio was also the subject of Nikki’s teasing quips. He is up for Best Actor for his role in One Battle After Another. She commends him on his previous wins and teases that he achieved all of that “before your girlfriend turned 30.” She apologised for the joke, saying that that’s all she knows about him, “we don’t know anything else about you.”
Leonardo is quite a private celebrity, and the only personal interview she could find out about him included his favourite food “pasta pasta pasta”, and reggae was his favourite music. Leonardo confirmed it was still his favourite food from the crowd.
Nikki gives The White Lotus a shoutout for bringing incest back to primetime TV. She pleaded with filmmakers, including Guillermo Del Toro and James Cameron, for making “weird monster sex movies” and Hans Zimmer for making movie scores that all sound like “baaaamm” and Martin Short and Steve Martin for proving “you are never ever too old to still need money.”
Fran Drescher’s surprise interjection
About a quarter of the way into the event, Nikki changed to a sequined mini dress. However, it was quickly ripped off on stage for her “viral” dance number inspired by Marty Supreme.
Complete with a paddle microphone, a sword, and a letter jacket with Marty’s name emblazoned on the back.
She got to the chorus when Fran Drescher rushed on stage shouting “stop!”
“You have to stop singing, your voice is so annoying,” she continued to booming laughs from the crowd.
Nikki’s hosting hits the right mark again
We reckon Nikki is going to be a regular host of the show. From fun bits and teasing quips that never hit too far below the belt, she hit the right mark again.
Another outfit change comes with another sequined number with a black bow. She checks in with the top searches around tonight’s event and gets in about dig at Leonardo DiCaprio, Hamnet (isn’t it spelled Hamlet?) and Snoop Dogg.
