Nikki Glaser The comedian on the delicate art of making fun of celebrities, being mean during roasts, and the upside of her impostor syndrome

You hosted the Golden Globes this year. What was the energy like in the room?

- KELLY CONNIFF

When I first walked out, the energy was like, “We don’t know what she’s going to do. We’ve seen her do the Tom Brady roast.” So, in retrospect, I look back on how tertified they all are because they were like, “She’s going to be just as mean as she was to Tom Brady.” I heard from a lot of them afterward that they were really scared. I wish I had known that because I would have done something to defuse that. Next time is going to be alot more fun, because they know the tone I’m going to have. I’m not going to embarrass you, and if you laugh, I’m only going to make you look good because you're going to look so relatable.

Like they know how to have fun. It’s an opportunity for them. I did an interview before the Globes and they were like, “Who are you going to skewer?” And I said, “Not really anyone.” But in order to serve a compliment about a performance I have to make a joke about it. So I wanted to say something to Timothée Chalamet, because I loved him in