After earning accolades as one of the most memorable hosts in the history of the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser is returning to the stage, much to the anticipation of viewers eager for her bold and humorous monologue.

The 41-year-old comedian made waves with her fiery opening remarks last year, taking aim at Hollywood icons with her sharp wit. Her jokes touched on topics ranging from Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leaving audiences both shocked and entertained.

Glaser made history as the first woman to host the awards solo, and she embraced the spotlight with fearless comedy, famously dubbing the event as “Ozempic’s biggest night.”

Reflecting on her experience, she described it as “the most fun I have ever had in my career,” humorously adding, “I can’t wait to do it again, and this time in front of the team from The White Lotus, who will finally recognize my talent and cast me in season four as a Scandinavian pilates instructor with a shadowy past.”

As this year’s ceremony approaches, both critics and Hollywood insiders are on tenterhooks to see which hot topics and controversies Nikki will tackle. Known for her fearless approach, she is sure to deliver another unforgettable performance.

And with critics and Hollywood on edge for what scandals and controversies she will pick apart in this year’s speech, Nikki is by no means afraid of raising some eyebrows and saying what she thinks. 

Speaking in an interview on CBS Mornings earlier this week, Nikki was asked whether she had reached out to anyone this year ahead of her jibes. 

She confirmed: ‘Not yet, but I was wondering if anyone there had Sean Penn’s number because I would like to get his approval.

‘Last year I was able to reach out to Benny Blanco. I had a friend of a friend who knew him and he seemed like someone I could kind of cold text, but I don’t even know if Leo [DiCaprio] has a phone.’

‘There’s certain people that I don’t even know what I would say. It’s almost like some of these jokes you think about, “OK, if I got their number, would I write them and ask them?” And then I go, “You know what, they might say no.” And I know the joke isn’t that mean. 

‘I would rather ask for forgiveness later at the after party when they’re drunk.’

She added: ‘You have to be very delicate about making jokes that aren’t going to ruin anyone’s night, but you also want to give the people at home something to laugh at, and you want to poke fun at the people that they’re dying for you to make fun of.’ 

Ahead of her second hosting stint, Daily Mail takes a look at Nikki’s biggest scandals. 

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Last year Nikki left the superstar audience and viewers reeling as she mentioned Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ ‘freak-offs’ and the viral 1,000 bottles of baby oil claims. 

The reference about Diddy came as she made mention of Zendaya, as she said, ‘Zendaya is here – Zendaya, you were incredible in Dune. Oh, my God, I woke up for all of your scenes. You were so good.

‘And Challengers, girl? Oh, my God, that was so good. That movie was more sexually charged than Diddy’s credit card.’ 

The star continued: ‘I’m sorry, I’m upset, too. The afterparty isn’t gonna be as good this year. But we have to move on – “Stanley Tucci freak-off” doesn’t have the same ring to it – no baby oil this year, just lots of olive oil.’

Nikki also made reference to Trump’s presidential election victory – despite Hollywood’s overwhelming support for Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris as well as a sex joke about Ben Affleck.

She said: ‘Some of you may know me as a stand up comedian, and from my appearances on roasts. But I’m not here to roast you. I want you to know that. How could I, really? You’re also famous, so talented, so powerful. You can really do anything, except tell the country who to vote for, but it’s okay.’

The joke about Kennedy, Trump’s health secretary nominee, centered on the activist’s admitted dietary quirks.

She joked, ‘The Bear, The Penguin, Baby Reindeer – these are not just things found in RFK’s freezer!’

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Viewers were left outraged and disgusted by Nikki’s SNL monologue in November as it appeared to make light of rape, incest, pedophilia and sex trafficking.

Many said her jokes went too far as she gave a nod to trafficking by referring to New York City as ‘[Jeffrey] Epstein’s original island.’

She continued: ‘There’s always a poster on the back of the stall asking you if you’re being trafficked.

‘Men’s restrooms do not have these signs. I don’t know what signs you have, maybe like: “Want a slave? Text TRAFFIC to 6969.”‘

The star said that her friends who are in their 20s are terrified of being trafficked, but she does not share their concerns.

‘And I don’t relate,’ Nikki bluntly said, garnering a buzz of hesitant laughter from the live audience. ‘In my 20s, I just feared like, good old-fashioned rape.’

‘I didn’t think it would be a career,’ she continued. ‘We didn’t think it was anything more than a temp job on a frat-house futon.’

Later she joked about contemplating pedophilia while staying at her sister’s house as she told the crowd that while she was going to take a shower, her nephew came running into the room.

‘I want to take a shower with you! I want to take a shower with you!’ she mimicked her sister’s son in a high-pitched, childlike voice.

‘He’s 18. I was like, “What’s going on with his voice?” Something’s wrong,’ she said before clarifying that he is actually only four years old.

She went on: ‘My sister was like, “He can take a shower with you, it’s fine, he does it with us.”

‘And I’m like, “Ok, that’s fine for you guys, but are you really ok with an adult showering with your child?”‘

‘Because what if I molest him?’ she jarringly asked. ‘I don’t even trust myself, I don’t want to go in there. How do you become a pedophile? You don’t get to choose what you’re into, dude.’

Nikki’s brazen show intro caught immediate backlash, with critics bashing her material and calling out SNL for even allowing her to go on her wild tangent.

Body shaming Taylor Swift amid her eating disorder 

In 2020, Nikki made a public apology to Taylor Swift after she was seen body shaming the singer in her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana.

In the film, the comedian was heard making a joke about Taylor being ‘too skinny’ and that a person would have to ‘have a thigh gap to hang out’ with the popstar.

She later took to Instagram where she apologised for causing ‘any pain.’

‘I really have no need to post this other than to apologize to someone who seriously means SO much to me,’ Nikki penned.

‘I only got a couple death threats from die-hard Swift fans, which as one myself, I totally get…. I just hope this somehow gets to her so she knows I’m sorry for any pain I caused her and that I’d love to be her friend someday (when I start modeling) and tell her how much her music has influenced my life and comedy.

‘In fact, her song The Man is the inspiration for my new hour of material and I feature the song is multiple iterations during my current tour. I love you Tay, and I can’t wait to watch 99.97 percent of your new doc.’

Surprisingly, Taylor responded to the apology and even sent her a ‘massive hug.’

‘Wow,’ the award-winning country star said. ‘I appreciate this so much and one of the major themes about the doc is that we have the ability to change our opinions over time, to grow, to learn about ourselves.

‘I’m so sorry to hear that you’ve struggled with some of the same things I’ve struggled with. Sending a massive hug.’

Berating a Taylor Swift fan at a Eras Tour concert 

More recently, Nikki was hit with fierce backlash after she meanly ranted about a woman who she had seen at an Eras concert.

Speaking in an episode of The Nikki Glaser Podcast in 2024, she branded the concertgoer a ‘gutter punk bitch’ who gave off ‘twitchy, squirrel with, like, rabies behavior.’

She went on to claim the woman had ‘snuck into’ to the friends and family seated section at the stadium but didn’t fit so was seated in a different row.

‘Her energy makes me sick,’ Nikki declared on the episode.

‘I know I’m being so mean because she’s probably like a struggling person… but I was so wanting to stick a security person on her, but I was like be a better person and just let her enjoy her night.’

She went onto add: ‘This girl probably doesn’t have much to live for.’

Following the episode, Lindsay Perrin identified herself as the woman Nikki was referring to and addressed the allegations in a TikTok video.

In her video, Lindsay explained that she had been hired by Rolling Stone to capture content from Taylor’s performance, and she slammed Nikki for ‘bullying’ her.

‘I am one of the nicest, friendliest, most inclusive people that you will ever meet, if you know me, you know that to be true,’ she said.

‘I am full of joy and excitement and literally love the life that I live.’

Lindsay added: ‘I cannot believe the Golden Globes hired this woman to host. I mean, America needs to stop putting bullies on pedestals.’

Scathing comments about Gisele Bündchen during Tom Brady roast

Nikki expressed regret after ripping into Tom Brady’s ex-wife Gisele Bündchen during the Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix.

In the special, which aired in May 2024, she made a lot of gags at the NFL star and his ex-wife, who he divorced in 2022.

‘Tom Brady, five-time Super Bowl MVP, most career wins, most career touchdowns, you have seven rings − well, eight now that Gisele gave hers back,’ she said.

Nikki also joked about his ‘diet program,’ telling the audience, ‘it is so strict, but if you follow it exactly as he does, you too can lose your family.’

After the star-studded roast, Tom admitted he ‘wouldn’t do that again because of the way it affected’ his family, to which Nikki said he ‘maybe didn’t consider the backlash from his family and how would affect them.’

She also expressed disbelief that Tom wasn’t aware of what he was getting into, noting that he could have prepared by watching footage of previous comedy roasts.

However, Nikki stressed that she would say sorry to Gisele if the two ever crossed paths.

‘If I ever met her, I would definitely apologise for hurting her feelings if she was indeed upset about it,’ she told People.

Demanding her own parents apologise to Julia Roberts 

Nikki demanded her parents apologised for their bad take on Julia Roberts’ interaction with Travis Kelce at a Taylor Swift show in Dublin, Ireland.

‘Uh oh,’ the comedian captioned an Instagram Story screenshot of a news story about her parents’ remarks, writing: ‘My parents are going to issue an apology soon.’

The controversy arose from Nikki’s mom Julie and dad Edward reacting to footage of the Steel Magnolias actress affectionately touching Taylor’s boyfriend Travis’ chest while talking to him.

‘She’s so gross,’ Julie said, adding that it was ‘weird’ that Julia was ‘itching’ the athlete’s chest.

Edward agreed, saying that Travis was ‘trying to get away’ from the Hollywood star.

‘She’s trying to French kiss him right now!’ Julie went on, adding: ‘Just kidding. She would.’

Julie later admitted that she ‘should’ve said something different than the word gross’ in an apology video via Nikki’s Instagram Story.

‘It’s not a nice word… So, I’m issuing an apology right now for using the word — but I think it was really weird.’

Julie went on to say that she ‘meant to say just weird, not [gross] and weird.’ Edward added in that it was ‘too late’ to take back her comments.

In light of her Golden Globes gig this year, Nikki has insisted she won’t be mocking Julia Roberts as she has realised the fans don’t like it . 

Appearing on CBS Mornings, the stars explained: ‘I’m trying out my monologue around LA at the clubs here and just even any joke about Julia Roberts, they are not there for.

‘You cannot make fun of America’s sweetheart,’ she continued. ‘Whatever I end up saying about her, that is the most fine-tuned joke that I’ve worked on so hard, because it is very delicate.’

‘I mean, they were booing, and I was like, “Is she here?” It’s insane.’