Comedian and Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser has shared some of the jokes which didn't make the cut when it came to her presentation of the awards ceremony on Sunday (11 January), including brutal jabs at Sean Penn, Timothée Chalamet and Sydney Sweeney.
The 41-year-old left viewers in bits after poking fun at a number of Hollywood's elite, including a targeted joke at Leonardo DiCaprio and his apparent preference to date women under the age of 25.
Glaser hosted the awards show for the second year running, even taking her aim at Jeffrey Epstein's client list, CBS (who were broadcasting the show), among a number of other celebrities.
Golden Globes viewers were entertained, but it turns out that the former talk show host had more in the tank which didn't make it to the three-hour ceremony.
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Glaser appeared on The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday and revealed what she dubbed as 'The Stern File', which featured some jokes which didn't make the cut despite her wanting to say 'all of the jokes' listed.
One of them was aimed at none other than Sydney Sweeney, with the Euphoria star starring in three films throughout 2025 as she continues to solidify her place in Hollywood.
But Glaser decided to target the release of boxing biopic Christy, where Sweeney plays former champion Christy Martin in a role which required her training to put on over 30lbs of muscle.
Despite the actress' endeavours though, the film's opening weekend returned just $1.3 million against a $15 million budget, making it one of the worst wide releases ever and a box office bomb.
"Tonight is a night of celebration but we can't ignore it's a weird time in Hollywood," Glaser's jab began, as she added: "You know, people just aren't going to the theaters to see things.
"And 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."
But it wasn't executives who called for the comedian to pull the joke, it was Glaser herself as she found out that Sweeney would not be at the ceremony.
This wasn't all, as Glaser wanted to address controversial AI actress Tilly Norwood with an edgier joke, saying: "You know, 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."
She joked about Penn looking like 'an expensive leather handbag', but admitted that jokes about him being nominated for 'best neck veins' and him being 'the defiant last tree standing in a rainforest' were also dreamt up.
Apparently, David Spade suggested she say: "I just saw Sean Penn and maybe he's taking The Substance wrong," in reference to the film with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley.
Glaser also wanted to make a joke aimed at him, DiCaprio and Benicio del Toro over their on-screen expressions, revealing: "Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Leonardo DiCaprio are all here tonight for the category Least Eyes."
She also scrapped jokes over DiCaprio's One Battle After Another co-star Chase Infiniti's name, as well as one about Timothée Chalamet's sex life: "Amy Poehler is here for her podcast Good Hang, which is what Timothée Chalamet says after sex."
The comedian admitted: "There's been times where jokes have really hurt people's feelings or I've gone too far and I feel like I am always OK with losing stuff now.
"You just don't get everything you want and you just gotta move on and let's just write a better joke."
Topics: Nikki Glaser, Golden Globes, Sydney Sweeney, Leonardo DiCaprio
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