What Are the Jokes Too Risqué for Nikki Glaser to Tell at the Golden Globes?

When it was announced that Nikki Glaser would host the 2026 Golden Globes again, the industry collectively held its breath.

Nikki is such a fun comedian and definitely the "Queen of the Roast." I was laughing throughout her opening monologue, but you know, with a comedian like Glaser, there were some risky punchlines that hit the cutting room floor.

Lucky for us, Nikki went on Howard Stern on Monday morning to tell them all.

Let's dive in.

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What Nikki Glaser Told Howard Stern

I love that on Monday after the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser went on Stern to reveal her "Stern File," a running document she has to show him all the jokes she didn't say in front of Hollywood.

Listening to the jabs, I do think she kept most of her best material for the broadcast, but I loved that Brad Pitt joke. Since I didn't see him in the audience, I wonder if it got cut because he wasn't there.

One of the things I think most filmmakers can take from Glaser is that she knows exactly where the line is to toe and always makes jokes in good fun. You could see the celebs getting a kick out of her, and also, I don't think she hurt anyone's feelings.

It felt like she channeled the best of Don Rickles and knew how to jab without actually causing any pain.

Some people were upset that Glaser didn't channel politics, but she said she did it actively because it's "not funny."

In her words: “I was going to come in at some point and say, ‘I’m hearing from the bar that we’re out of ice. And you know, we don’t really need ice. And actually, I hate ice,'” Glaser said. But she continued, “It just felt like, oh, even that’s just being too trivial. … It’s hard to strike the right tone.”

Here's a List of the Jokes Glaser Didn't Tell:

• "Chase Infiniti is nominated for best actress tonight, and Chase Infiniti is her real name. And this is true: If you apply now, you can earn 5% cash back on all travel bookings through her through the end of the year. So get on that.”
• “Chase Infiniti Payne is actually her real name. Chase Infiniti Payne, which is also how Sean Penn gets an erection.”
• “Some people have stage names like ‘Hacks’ star Jean Smart, whose real name is Corderoy Dumbass.”
• “Brad Pitt is nominated for his role in ‘F1’ tonight. See, that’s what I love about Hollywood. When a man turns 60, he gets to play a racecar driver. Meanwhile, after 35, every role for a woman is a tired mom who hates her life. And Brad, you were so good I was almost convinced that you’ve driven yourself somewhere in the last 30 years. But Brad did a lot of his own driving in the movie. And Brad, I don’t want to embarrass you, but your blinker was on the whole time there.”
• “Tonight is a night of celebration, but we can’t ignore that it’s a weird time in Hollywood. You know, people just aren’t going to the theaters to see things. If you don’t believe me, there was a movie this year where Sydney Sweeney played a lesbian who just bounced around in tiny shorts for two hours and it made $14.”
• “Everyone’s concerned about AI. Tilly Norwood is the first star to be completely generated by AI and somehow has still been sexually assaulted by three different studio execs.”
• “Sean Penn is nominated tonight, I’m assuming for best neck veins?”
• “Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, and Leonardo DiCaprio are all here tonight for the category Least Eyes. Leo, why are you always squinting? I mean, I assume it’s to read your girlfriend’s ID. Just making sure that the year starts with a two.”
• “Amy Poehler is here for her podcast ‘Good Hang,’ which is what Timothée Chalamet says after sex.”
• “Julia Roberts is nominated for ‘After The Hunt.’ I don’t know what it’s about, but I’m assuming the hunt was to find someone who’s seen it?”
• “Jonathan Bailey is here. Jonathan is the first openly gay man to be named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine, and at first I was like, ‘Do we really need to say openly?’ and then I looked at a list of past winners, and I was like, ‘Oh yeah, we do.'”
• “Jeff Goldblum is here tonight, not because he is nominated — just because they were shooting an ad for Apartments.com down the street, and he just kind of wandered in. Jeff doing ads for Apartments.com is hilarious. You haven’t lived in apartments since you were a fly.”
• “‘Pluribus’ is nominated. Did you guys know that ‘Pluribus’ is Latin for ‘I haven’t seen it’?”

Summing It All Up

I thought the 2026 Golden Globes were pretty funny. And I am definitely an advocate for a long monologue to get everyone in the mood and laughing. Glaser is one of my favorite hosts of all time, and I hope they keep using her to make fun of everyone.

Let me know what you think in the comments.