Simu Liu gained’t be creating any dangerous blood with Taylor Swift when internet hosting the Folks’s Alternative Awards subsequent month.
“There will probably be no Taylor [Swift] slander on the 2024 PCAs,” the actor, 34, wrote via X (previously Twitter) on Thursday, January 11. “That’s a private assure.”
Liu’s promise got here simply hours after it was introduced he would emcee the awards present this yr, which is able to happen on February 18 on the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. The ceremony will air reside on NBC, Peacock and E!.
“I’m so grateful to have been requested to step as much as the internet hosting plate for the 2024 Folks’s Alternative Awards,” Liu mentioned in an announcement on Thursday. “It’s thrilling to have a good time this unbelievable yr in popular culture, and to take action with the unbelievable followers that make what we do attainable.”
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic One other yr, one other probability for followers to vote for his or her favourite motion pictures, TV exhibits and celebrities on the Folks’s Alternative Awards. Simu Liu, who’s nominated for The Film Efficiency of the 12 months for his position as one of many Kens in Barbie, will tackle internet hosting duties for the 2024 awards ceremony […]
Liu has loads of internet hosting expertise beneath his belt. He offered the final two editions of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ Juno Awards and likewise hosted the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences’ SciTech Awards in 2023.
“We’re thrilled to have Simu Liu host the 2024 Folks’s Alternative Awards,” Jen Neal, government vp of reside occasions and specials at NBCUniversal, mentioned in a Thursday assertion. “As a fan-favorite tour de drive in Hollywood, Simu’s limitless allure and connection to followers completely embody the spirit of this awards present.”
Previous to accepting the gig, Liu beforehand gained Motion Film Star on the PCAs for Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. This yr, his position as one of many Kens in Barbie earned him a nomination for Film Efficiency of the 12 months. He’s up towards his fellow Barbie costar America Ferrera for the trophy, in addition to Charles Melton (Might December), Danielle Brooks (The Colour Purple), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn), Melissa McCarthy (The Little Mermaid), Natalie Portman (Might December) and Viola Davis (Ai).
Barbie can also be up for Film of the 12 months and Comedy Film of the 12 months, whereas Ryan Gosling and Margot Robbie scored nods for Male Film Star of the 12 months and Feminine Film Star of the 12 months, respectively.
Liu’s remark about what’s truthful sport – and what isn’t — on the subject of his jokes on the PCAs stage comes simply days after Golden Globes host Jo Koy acquired backlash for his opening monologue on the 2024 ceremony. Along with controversial feedback about Barbie, Robert De Niro‘s private life and Barry Keoghan‘s NSFW scene from Saltburn, one specific quip about Swift, 34, struck a nerve with viewers.
“The massive distinction between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we’ve fewer digital camera photographs of Taylor Swift. I swear,” Koy mentioned throughout one in every of his segments, referencing Swift being proven always on TV throughout boyfriend Travis Kelce’s soccer video games. “There’s simply extra to go to.”
Wealthy Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 through Getty Pictures Jo Koy‘s internet hosting debut on the Golden Globes left lots to be desired. The comic, 52, took the stage on Sunday, January 7, after a prolonged seek for a number. Koy adopted within the footsteps of different comedians together with Jerrod Carmichael, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, […]
After the joke was met with silence, the digital camera minimize to Swift, who was clearly unimpressed by the dig and could possibly be seen within the viewers sipping her champagne with a clean stare.
Koy, 52, addressed the awkward second throughout his look on GMA3: What You Must Know the next day, noting that it was the Globes joke he felt most dangerous about.
“I feel it was when the Taylor one was just a bit flat,” he recalled. “It was a bizarre joke, I assume. It was extra on the NFL. I used to be making an attempt to make enjoyable of the NFL utilizing cutaways and the way the Globes didn’t have to try this. So it was extra of a jab towards the NFL. But it surely simply didn’t come out that means.”
A number of days later, Koy admitted throughout an interview with the Los Angeles Instances that he wasn’t positive why the quip about Swift didn’t land — and claimed he’s even an enormous fan of the pop star.
“What hurts probably the most is me simply supporting Taylor, I assist her, I really like her work. I obtained nieces that I purchased tickets for. There’s no ailing intent in that joke,” he informed the outlet. “The joke is concerning the NFL and the way they maintain utilizing cutaways to [her]. And it’s an apparent motive why. I’m not saying something that nobody’s saying,and it’s apparent what that joke was. It’s concerning the NFL. It’s like out of every little thing that has occurred that is the one you select to go after.”
