Emmy Awards host Anthony Anderson has weighed in on Joy Koy’s widely panned performance at the Golden Globes.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, the 53-year-old comedian shared his thoughts on the criticism that Koy has faced after hosting the 81st Golden Globes on Jan. 7. The backlash that Koy received prompted Kevin Hart and Michael Che to warn fellow comedians against hosting future awards…
There’s been plenty of critiques directed at Jo Koy’s Golden Globes hosting gig, but some are coming to the comedian’s defense. Koy, who was asked just weeks before host the January 7th Golden Globe Awards, has been criticized for his jokes, particularly those aimed at Taylor Swift and Barbie; some have called Koy’s commentary misogynistic and…
Steve Martin understands the pressure of hosting an award show and is giving Jo Koy some grace after his stint at the Golden Globes.
The Only Murders in the Building star, took to social media to defend Koy amid the backlash over his hosting duties that included a mention of Taylor Swift that didn’t land well.
“I tip my hat to anyone who steps out on stage to host a live awards show. It’s a very difficult job and not for the squeamish,” Martin wrote on Threads. “I know because I’m still throwing up from the last time I did it in 2010.”
Martin has hosted the Oscars three times, two times as the solo host and a third round with Alec Baldwin. After all the criticism, Martin feels that Koy could use this experience for his stand-up.
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Greta Gerwig says she got the joke when Jo Koy told the Golden Globes audience on Sunday that Oppenheimer was based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book but Barbie is about “a plastic doll with big boobies.”
The writer-director addressed the quip he delivered during his first Globes hosting gig while appearing on BBC Radio 4 Today. The joke has been criticized by some for being reductive or sexist, but Gerwig offered host Martha Kearney a different take on Koy’s joke.
“Well, he’s not wrong. She’s the first doll that was mass-produced with breasts, so he was right on,” she said. “And you know, I think that so much of the project of the movie was unlikely because it is about a plastic doll.”
Gerwig went on…
Whoopi Goldberg and Steve Martin are both defending Jo Koy after his Golden Globes hosting gig earned him a wave of criticism from viewers, industry members and TV critics.
While hosting The View on Tuesday, Goldberg expressed that in Hollywood, “hosting gigs are just brutal.” “If you’ve not been in these rooms before, and you’re sort of thrust out there, it’s hit or miss,” Goldberg said. “I love Jo Koy. He makes me just crazy because he’s funny. I don’t know whether it was the room. I don’t know whether the jokes. I didn’t get to see it. But I do know that he is as good as it gets when it comes to standup.”
The actress, host and comedian pointed to her own challenges hosting events as an example of the difficulty nailing these…