Despite her profession, Glaser finds it difficult to be the target of jokes. The 40-year-old comedian, who has made a name for herself roasting celebrities, still remembers a joke from the 2016 Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe.
"Pete Davidson had one about how I don't have an ass," she recalled. "It hurts, because I don't have an ass. But the fact that he had really thought about it...it just like, it hurt me."
Davidson's representative declined to comment on Glaser's remarks.
Glaser, though lighthearted about the joke, emphasized that roasts can be a painful experience. "I still think about some of the jokes that have been made about me from roasts six years ago," she shared. "They will uncover things about you that you don't even know about yourself."
Glaser explained that the audience's reaction often amplifies the sting of a roast. "Blake Griffin said I looked like Larry Bird, and the response from the crowd was so overwhelming," she said. "It killed so hard that I was like, 'I can't deny that.'"
Glaser also vividly remembers a joke by Cybill Shepherd at the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis: "It was like, 'I saw Nikki backstage...And I was like, 'Oh my God, that's a model.' And then she turned around and I go, 'Oh, comedian.' That was like, oof."
This Sunday, Glaser will host the 82nd Golden Globes ceremony, her first major awards show hosting gig. She told Entertainment Weekly, "I am a fangirl. I am excited to be there.... I want it to feel conversational. I want people to feel like, 'Whoa, that's maybe how I would do it.'"
