Nikki Glaser is killing it as one of the crucial profitable feminine comics of the second after being provided the internet hosting gig for the 2025 Golden Globes.
Since rising to fame for her scathing but good roasts, the Ohio native is gearing up for the function of a lifetime on the awards present stage.
Whereas followers adore her fast wit and scorching jokes, the 40-year-old hasn’t all the time had it straightforward.
Nikki’s psychological well being battle
As with lots of her friends, Nikki has suffered from poor psychological well being and habit all through her life, one thing which she is steadily recovering from.
“I drank each single evening of my life and it was, like, the one factor I seemed ahead to in my life,” she advised CBS in December.
“For me, consuming was the worst of all of them. And it has been type of whack-a-mole with all of these. However these have by no means triggered me as a lot ache as consuming did. So, I am glad that consuming is simply not an choice.”
© FilmMagicOther than alcoholism, Nikki has additionally suffered from consuming issues; whereas she is on the street to restoration, she revealed that throwing herself into work is a distraction from her previous psychological sicknesses.
“The obsession with work is, like, simply not eager to really feel,” she shared.
Dwelling with anxiousness could sound exhausting, however for Nikki, it’s her best motivation. “I like feeling like, ‘Oh, what’s gonna occur?’ I like that feeling. I kill it once I’m anxious,” she mentioned.
Hitting profession highs
© CBS through Getty PhotosThe comic left her mark when she appeared on Netflix’s The Roast of Tom Brady, the place she introduced the home down together with her hilarious set. Earlier than this, she hosted the relationship present FBOY Island, and began her eponymous podcast.
She went on to star within the smash hit HBO comedy particular Sometime You’ll Die, and has since been nominated for a Critic’s Selection Tv Award, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Nikki, who boasts a level in English literature, works intently together with her boyfriend of ten years, Chris Convy; he produces her reveals and will probably be on her Golden Globe writing group. The pair stay collectively in St. Louis.
Gearing up for the Golden Globes
© Kevin MazurNikki revealed to CBS that she has by no means been extra assured for a gig than the most important one in every of her profession, that of the Golden Globes.
“I am gonna nail it,” she advised the outlet. “Possibly I will not nail it in some folks’s eyes, however I’ll have nailed it in my eyes as a result of I’ve arrange a system main as much as it that I could not probably work more durable on it.”
Nikki joked that she had deliberate to get cosmetic surgery earlier than studying the information of her new internet hosting gig.
© Frank Micelotta“So, for January 2025, I used to be going to probably have, like, a forehead carry or some type of, like, actually invasive surgical procedure that I have been, you already know, wanting into getting,” she quipped.
Then, her brokers known as her with some life-changing information: “They’re like, ‘So, this operation, is there any means you would push it ’til possibly the second week of January?'”
As for a way she needs to be seen after the January 5 present, Nikki defined her final objective. “I feel my new problem is, I wanna be identified for being a pleasant movie star,” she mentioned. “I simply wanna be somebody that folks go, ‘Oh, she’s actually nice to work with. She was very nice to us,’ and never in an inauthentic means.”
