Nikki Glaser at the 82nd annual Golden Globes awards.Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty ImagesNikki Glaser hosted the 2025 Golden Globes. Compared to Jo Koy last year, her monologue killed it.Despite expressing worry over a Diddy joke in the press, Glaser went for it on stage.Glaser said that she ran her monologue many times in clubs before doing it on the Globes stage.At last year's Golden Globes, comedian Jo Koy defended his poorly received opening monologue by saying that he only had 10 days to write it.In 2025, his successor Nikki Glaser — who was also nominated for best performance in stand-up comedy on television — showed up prepared.