Nikki Glaser’s Golden Globes won’t include a joke about Blake Lively’s lawsuit

Nikki Glaser he is not a stranger making controversial jokesbut there’s one hot-button issue he doesn’t plan to address when he hosts Golden Globe Awards 2025.

“I think so Blake Lively–Justin Baldoni it’s such a thing right now that even mentioning it is going to make it seem like I might be on the wrong side of things, even though I never have been,” Glaser, 40, said. Yahoo! Entertainment on Thursday, January 2. “I also don’t want to give his name (weight).”

She added: “I’m pissed that I even know his name to be honest with you so I don’t have to say it anymore.”

Lively, 37, named Baldoni, 40, v December 2024 lawsuitwhich accused him of sexual harassment and maintaining a “hostile work environment” while filming 2024 It ends with us. Lively also claimed that Baldoni caused her “serious emotional distress” and attempted to launch a campaign of “social manipulation” to destroy her reputation in an alleged attempt to protect his own image.

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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s reported split made headlines months before the It Ends With Us co-stars filed lawsuits. While Lively and Baldoni were promoting the film in August 2024, rumors of an alleged feud between the pair began to circulate. Fans noticed that Lively was promoting the movie with some of her co-stars, while Baldoni, who (…)

“I hope my legal action will help pull back the curtain on these sinister retaliatory tactics that harm people who speak up about wrongdoing and help protect others who may be targeted,” Lively said. My Weekly in last month’s statement.

Baldoni vehemently denies the allegations and has since filed a $250 million lawsuit against The New York Times for defamation and false light invasion of privacy. He also reportedly plans to file a separate lawsuit against Lively.

“We plan to release every single text message between the two of them. We want the truth out there,” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman he told NBC News on Thursday. “We want the documents to be there. We want people to make decisions based on receipts.”

Live and Baldoni’s legal battle inspired a number of Hollywood stars, including Kate Beckinsale and Abigail Breslinstep forward with their own stories of alleged wrongdoing in the field.

But Glaser doesn’t plan to include any controversial hot shots in her Sunday opening monologue.

“There are certain people we all know who don’t have a sense of humor about themselves, and if I’m supposed to make that person laugh, it shows the people in the room, ‘Okay, it’s safe to laugh,'” the comedian said Variety on Thursday. “I had a joke that I don’t think will have an ending monologue: ‘The camera will be on you. Pro tip: Just laugh. It’s a really good way for the audience at home to like you.”

Glaser added: “I don’t understand why the publicists didn’t tell them. When you laugh at a joke about yourself, you look so friendly, so cool, so likable. I’m trying to help you. That way, you don’t have to play Hip-Hop Hopscotch with Jimmy Fallon to look relatable.”

The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards airs live on Sunday, January 5, 2025 on CBS at 8:00 PM ET. The ceremony will also be broadcast live on Paramount+.