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Nikki Glaser is aware of that in the event you're going to dish it out, you want to have the ability to take it. However that hasn't made it any simpler for her to be on the receiving finish of jokes.
Throughout a current podcast look, the comic, superstar roast knowledgeable, and upcoming Golden Globes host admitted that she hates being roasted herself. "I actually can't take criticism," Glaser said on The Run-Through With Vogue." I don't like all suggestions."
Glaser, 40, made a reputation for herself within the comedy world largely because of her unforgettable performances in superstar roasts — however one joke at her expense from the 2016 Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe nonetheless stings to this present day.
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"Pete Davidson had one about how I don't have an ass," she recalled. "I imply, I knew I didn't, and I do know I don't, however the truth that Pete Davidson had taken that in and sat with it, and I sat with it too. It hurts, as a result of I don't have an ass. However the truth that he had actually considered it, or possibly somebody wrote the joke for him and he didn't have to consider it in any respect, however he no less than needed to be like, 'That works for her.' It identical to, it damage me."
A consultant for Davidson declined to touch upon Glaser's remarks.
Glaser recounted the joke from the Saturday Night Live alum with good humor, however she additionally emphasised that roasts should not a completely pleasurable expertise to be part of.
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"I nonetheless take into consideration a few of the jokes which were made about me from roasts six years in the past, they usually nonetheless hang-out me," she stated. "I nonetheless see them after I look within the mirror. They may uncover issues about you that you simply don't even find out about your self. Or it's a factor you've all the time been like, 'Yeah, I feel this about me, however I'm simply actually imply to me. Nobody else has seen that.' After which it's like, 'Oh f—, they did too.'"
Glaser stated that exterior affirmation of your internal insecurities is likely one of the hardest elements about being roasted, proper up there with observations you hadn't even thought-about that the viewers responds to with ecstatic laughter. "It's actually extra in regards to the viewers response to a joke that hurts extra," she defined.
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"Blake Griffin stated I seemed like Larry Chook, and the response from the gang was so overwhelming. Prefer it killed so arduous that I used to be like, 'I can't deny that,'" Glaser recalled. On prime of Griffin and Davidson's memorable jabs, Glaser can nonetheless instantly think of one made by Cybill Shepherd on the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis: "It was like, 'I noticed Nikki backstage. I walked into the lavatory and I noticed her from behind. And I used to be like, 'Oh my God, that's a mannequin.' After which she rotated and I am going, 'Oh, comic.' That was like, oof."
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Glaser is ready to emcee the 82nd Golden Globes ceremony on Sunday, marking the primary main awards internet hosting gig of her profession.
Chatting with Leisure Weekly not too long ago, she teased her internet hosting technique. "I’m a fangirl," Glaser stated. "I’m excited to be there. I don't need something to be phoned in. I don't need something to appear rehearsed. I actually wish to characterize the individuals watching at residence, so I would like it to really feel conversational. I would like individuals to really feel like, 'Whoa, that's possibly how I’d do it.'"
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