The 52-year-old comic was met with criticism for his hosting stint at last weekend's ceremony, with several of the jokes in his opening monologue falling flat with the audience.
- Jan 15, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jo Koy continued defending himself amid backlash over his Taylor Swift joke at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards. The "Easter Sunday" star appeared to call those getting butthurt by his joke "marshmallow."
"Lot of marshmallows, man," the 52-year-old said onstage in St. Louis on Friday, January 12, per Variety. "They're delicious, but goddamn, they're soft. I just come from a different time. I see the changes that are happening. I get it, but goddamn, can we f**king laugh at ourselves?"
Jo Koy was met with criticism for his hosting stint at last weekend's ceremony, with several of the jokes in his opening monologue falling flat with the audience. He admitted that he was particularly baffled when people thought he was mocking the "Anti-Hero" hitmaker with a gag about how often the NFL broadcasts of her boyfriend Travis Kelce's team Kansas City Chiefs turn the cameras on her in the crowd.
"The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift," Jo quipped. The camera then panned to the "Cruel Summer" singer, who made a face and sipped her champagne. Following the backlash, Jo insisted he "supports" Taylor and that the true target of the line should have been "obvious."
The comic told the Los Angeles Times newspaper, "I didn't understand the Taylor [Swift] tiff... The whole intention of that joke was to make fun of the NFL." He then explained, "It's like, the cool thing about the [Golden] Globes is we don't need to do cutaways for ratings."
"What hurts the most is me just supporting Taylor, I support her, I love her work. I got nieces that I bought tickets for. There's no ill intent in that joke. The joke is about the NFL and how they keep using cutaways to [her]," he elaborated further. "And it's an obvious reason why. I'm not saying anything that no one's saying, and it's obvious what that joke was. It's about the NFL. It's like out of everything that has happened this is the one you choose to go after."
