Being the host of a prestigious awarding ceremony can sometimes make or break someone’s career. For this year’s Golden Globe awards host, Jo Koy, it’s probably the latter. The event was filled with some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, but the Filipino-American comedian became the center of attraction for all the bad reasons. After a messy disaster, it’s not surprising why a lot of people believes Jo Koy might have ended his career with this gig. Here’s a deduction of how terrible the stand-up comedian’s performance was during that night.
The cringe sexism joke on Barbie sums it all up
Back in July 2023, everybody was in on the Barbenheimer mania after the two highly-anticipated films hit the theaters on the same day. Obviously, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie and Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, as well as its stars, are included in this year’s Golden Globes.
Emma Stone, Selena Gomez, Ayo Edebiri, Helen Mirren, Yorgos Lanthimos and Harrison Ford during Jo Koy's Barbie joke.#GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/Wi4OqAmk8S
— Screen Beasts (@screenbeasts) January 8, 2024
Meanwhile, Jo Koy opened the show with a monologue in hopes to hype the crowd. Unfortunately, he went from hero to zero after a sexism joke on Barbie. A lot of people, including the attendees, did not find it even one bit funny. It was so cringeworthy and everyone’s reactions that was caught on camera tells it all. One reporter that was inside the hall said “Wowee. Never seen an audience rebel against an emcee so quickly”.
Dissing Taylor Swift definitely wasn’t a good idea either
The 2024 Golden Globes were graced by a handful of iconic celebrities and huge media personalities, but Jo Koy chose to roast the 2023 Time Person of the Year, Taylor Swift. The show was aired on a slot right after back-to-back NFL games. Jo Koy then took this opportunity to throw some shade at NFL star Travis Kelce’s girlfriend.
“The big difference between the Golden Globes 2024 and the NFL. On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift, I swear”. Jo Koy spewed. The camera was then pointed to Taylor, only to see that the pop star was severely unimpressed. Unimpressed must be an understatement judging by the way she blankly sipped her drink after the joke. Was Taylor pissed? Definitely!
Taylor Swift reacts to joke from #GoldenGlobes host Jo Koy about the NFL.
“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift”
— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 8, 2024
Internet users found the joke to be very unamusing and just plainly terrible. But, hey, at least Jo Koy went viral thanks to Taylor Swift.
Jo Koy throwing his writers under the bus was questionnable
After a botched monologue, Jo Koy was already unbearable to watch. Nobody seems to be laughing at his jokes and some attendees looked disgusted and uncomfortable. After a series of crappy storytelling, Jo Koy defended himself by saying that some of the jokes were written by his writers. Yes, he threw them under the bus because he was already being crucified live on television.
The biggest lowlight of the night has to be Jo Koy, coming fresh off the monumental WGA strike, disgracefully throwing his writers under the bus pic.twitter.com/WPsy0LVPvL
— TylerCWhitmore (@TylerCWhitmore) January 8, 2024
The public thought of Koy’s defense as trying to come out clean. Unfortunately, it did not end well for the host as this act would serve as the nail to the coffin.
Some still say that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were the best to ever host the Golden Globes
Immediately after Jo Koy’s disastrous hosting job in the Golden Globes, the veteran comedian received a lot of backlash and criticism. Some are even suggesting that Jerrod Carmichael (last year’s host) had a much better night (and that’s a low bar). People are also just remembering that there were hosts who did an exceptional job just like Billy Crystal, Ricky Gervais, and of course, the wonderful duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Fey and Poehler are, to this day, still considered the best ever in terms of hosting the Golden Globes awards. While there monologues were amazingly unforgettable, Jo Koy’s presence was unfortunately regrettable
I still think the funniest Golden Globes bit ever was when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler had Julia Louis-Dreyfus pretend she was too important for them after being nominated in a film category, and when she lost she slithered back to the TV section with the rest of the lowly people pic.twitter.com/tb7Gsw8h1s
— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 7, 2024
To be fair, Jo Koy received the job just 10 days before the event, which seems like a short period to prepare for this kind of event. Moreover, hosting a huge group of elites isn’t Jo Koy’s bread and butter. Jo Koy, whose real name is Joseph Glenn Herbert, rose to fame because of his Filipino-inspired sketches
Although his jokes weren’t receive positively by the audience and that his overall performance in the Golden Globes is a total catastrophe, it’s not yet over for the famous comedian. To say it’s career-ending is a bit of a stretch. However, it’s very unfortunate that he missed a huge opportunity to become an elite entertainer. Only one thing is sure – Jo Koy will never be presenting in an award show again.
People need to have a bit of grace here. Taylor Swift is learning to pout like her beaus team! Big deal, rich people don’t like the mirror held in front of America! I loved it!