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On Howard Stern, Nikki Glaser Reveals Why She Cut Dozens of Golden Globes Jokes

She says topical jokes risked the wrong tone for a live gala after recent tragedies.

Overview

  • Glaser used her Jan. 13 Stern interview to share the cut material and explain why her Globes monologue stayed largely apolitical.
  • A planned ICE double‑entendre was dropped because it felt trivial in light of recent fatal ICE shootings, which she said made tone especially hard to calibrate.
  • She said Steve Martin submitted a "Trump Beverly Hilton" gag, then urged her not to use it, and she chose to avoid saying the president’s name altogether.
  • Club testing and attendee realities drove edits, including scrapping a Sydney Sweeney Christy joke that wasn’t landing and a Julia Roberts line that bombed in rehearsals.
  • She removed Tilly Norwood and Epstein‑related bits over sexual‑assault sensitivities and limited Sean Penn jabs to keep the room receptive.