The Tamesis
There’s a special feeling of discomfort that arises when you sit in front of the day’s awards show, getting ready for a night of perfectly calibrated Hollywood mashups, only to… well, witness a failure of the highest order.
But that’s the opposite of what’s happened since Nikki Glaser began hosting the Golden Globes last year, and the 2026 ceremony will be no different. Glaser delivered an opening monologue that wowed, if a little buzzed, the notoriously tough crowd.
Of course, there are some slightly mischievous jokes in Glaser’s set – and at this point, I think we need to put a pause on the Leonardo DiCaprio crush on younger women…we get it! — but her opening joke about the Epstein dossier (“There are so many A-listers… and by ‘A-listers,’ I mean people who are on heavily redacted lists”) was solid, not knock-down — not to make a bold statement. She followed up with another political rant: “Most editorial awards go to…CBS News! Yes, CBS News: America’s newest place to watch BS news.” Catch her again, Nikki!
from Pete Joking (“Noah Wyle has been the only doctor I’ve been seeing regularly for the past 35 years!”) and referring to Sean Penn as a “sexy leather handbag,” Glaser crushed it in a way I’m not accustomed to in awards show history just yet. Of course, there’s something to be said for changing regular hosts frequently, but honestly, I haven’t been this impressed with a recurring host’s performance since the halcyon days of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and — for the first time in years — I’m actually… a little excited (?!) about the upcoming Golden Globes, now with Glaser holding the hosting mic. Long live her reign!
