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Celebrities, viewers cringe at Jo Koy’s performance at the 2024 Golden Globes

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Celebrities and viewers alike weren’t as pleased with Jo Koy’s performance at the 81st Golden Globes.

Making history as the first Fil-Am comedian to host the awards show, he drew mixed reactions to his performance, with most saying he bombed his opening monologue.

Jo Koy began the show by expressing how excited and thrilled he was about hosting, as well as how he was given the job last minute. The comedian continued to talk about notable TV series and films nominated including Beef, Succession, and Oppenheimer—which he joked about needing an extra hour for a backstory. 

One of the notable parts of his opening monologue was his misogynistic Barbie joke, which did not earn a single laugh from the crowd. 

“Oppenheimer and Barbie are competing for cinematic box office achievement; Oppenheimer is based on a 724-page Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Manhattan Project, and Barbie is based on a plastic doll with big boobies,” Jo Koy joked, with the camera showing director Greta Gerwig and actor Ryan Gosling clearly unimpressed with the banter. 

Jo Koy continued, “The key moment in Barbie is when she goes from perfect beauty to bad breath, cellulite, and flat feet — or what casting directors call ‘character actor.’” 

Some celebrities who also looked unamused were Selena Gomez who was seen putting her head down and resting it on her hands and Emma Stone who was seen seemingly frowning. 

Jo Koy would go on and blame the writers for the joke.

“Yo, I got the gig ten days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up! You’re kidding me, right? I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at,” he said. 

Online, netizens were as unamused as the celebrities in the crowd. Some called “the worst host ever” and blasted him for his Barbie joke.

“The awkward silence at Jo Koy’s Barbie jokes… He told smart jokes about the other nominees and all he had about Barbie was ‘big boobs,'” one user posted on X.

Even Filipino fans watching made jokes about Jo Koy bombing.

The Fil-Am comedian also got flak for quipping about Saltburn star Barry Keoghan’s genital size. 

“Jo Koy’s monologue was so awful that I muted the TV through most of it. As soon as [he] said ‘Barry Keoghan’ I hit the button again because I knew there was no way he was going to say anything mature,” a user said.

Even Harrison Ford looked to be unamused with the comedian’s set.

Jo Koy also made Meryl Streep do the “Wakanda Forever” sign, something those watching from home didn’t understand.

Viewers of the Golden Globes also caught Taylor Swift’s reaction to Jo Koy’s joke about her.

“At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” he quipped. The camera then panned to Swift keeping a straight face, pursing her lips, and then sipping her drink. 

Overall, most Golden Globes viewers were displeased with Jo Koy as host. 

Held at Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 8 (Philippine time), the 81st Golden Globes recognized the best works in American television and films of 2023. Among the big winners were the team behind Oppenheimer and Succession. 


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