“We cannot say that to people’s faces.”
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Nikki Glaserunderstands the art of playing to your audience.
The comedian and roastmaster is currently basking in a wave of favorable notices for herGolden Globeshosting performance last night.

Nikki Glaser at the Golden Globes in 2025.Credit:Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty
We cannot say that to people’s faces."
Glaser developed a system for weeding out the cracks that went too far.
We can do it on Stern.'"

Nikki Glaser hosting the 82nd Annual Golden Globes.Rich Polk/GG2025/Penske Media via Getty
Others were deemed inadmissible for the opposite reason: implicating too many celebrities in a single dig.
Glaser also split the difference, focusing not on individuals or collectives, but ensembles.
“Only Murders in the Buildingis amazing,” one cut joke began.
“That one was just too weird,” Glaser laughed.
Oh wait, no sorry that’s this show."