Ricky Gervais gave new Golden Globes host a humbling piece of recommendation
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This year’s Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has revealed the advice she was given by former host Ricky Gervais.
Gervais, 63, fronted the awards show for three consecutive years in 2010, 2011, and 2012 before returning to compère in 2016 and 2020. Last year, Jo Koy presented the ceremony and was heavily criticised.
Glaser will make history as the first woman to host this year’s awards show and the comedian reached out to Gervais to hear his words of wisdom on how to do a good job.
Speaking on CBS Morning, Glaser said Gervais called her back “right away” and told her to just “‘be yourself’”.
He added: “‘You’ve not one of them. Don’t try to walk out there acting like you’re an A-lister. Just because you’re invited—you wouldn’t be if you weren’t the host.”
Glaser called this a “very valid point”. However, the comedian is also nominated for a Golden Globe for her latest stand-up special Someday You’ll Die.
She will be competing against other comedy heavyweights such as Jamie Foxx, Seth Meyers, Adam Sandler, Ali Wong and Ramy Youssef.
Past Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler offered more practical advice for Glaser ahead of the ceremony.
“‘The room is super noisy, they’re all talking, don’t try to quiet them down because the audience at home can’t hear them,’” they said.
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The 2025 Golden Globes ceremony will take place on January 5. When it was announced Glaser would front the ceremony, she described the role as “truly a dream job”.
“Some of my favourite jokes of all time have come from past Golden Globes opening monologues when Tina [Fey], Amy [Poehler], or Ricky [Gervais] have said exactly what we all didn’t know we desperately needed to hear. I just hope to continue in that time-honoured tradition (that might also get me cancelled),” she said in August about taking on the gig.
A slew of popular 2024 films received multiple Golden Globe nominations earlier this month. Brady Corbet’s epic drama The Brutalist — which was hailed a “masterpiece” after its festival premiere — received seven nominations, and Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora received five nominations.
Edward Berger’s Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, has also received several nominations, as well as the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars nominees Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton. However, it was Netflix’s divisive musical drama Emilia Pérez that led the pack with ten nominations.
