Whoopi Goldberg desires the individuals criticizing comic Jo Koy to grasp that internet hosting award reveals could be “brutal.”
During Monday’s episode of “The View,” the speak present’s moderator addressed among the on-line backlash Koy has obtained after a number of of his jokes throughout Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony fell flat with the viewers.
“If you don’t know the room, if you’ve not been in these rooms before and you’re sort of thrust out there, it’s hit or miss,” Goldberg mentioned, including that Koy is “as good as it gets when it comes to stand-ups.”
Hosting “is not an easy gig,” she mentioned, earlier than joking that she’s obtained harsh opinions for her previous jobs.
Goldberg actually has some expertise with internet hosting main ceremonies. She made historical past in 1994 when she turned the primary Black individual and the primary girl to host the Oscars solo, and he or she has hosted the Academy Awards 4 instances.
“View” co-host Sara Haines chimed in throughout Monday’s section to debate Koy’s internet hosting gig, saying that individuals ought to “get a sense of humor.”
“We need to protect these national treasures called our comedians,” she mentioned. “In that room, Jo Koy is punching up. No one feels sorry ― just smile.”
Several of Koy’s jokes through the 81st Golden Globes, together with his monologue through which he blamed his comedy writers, garnered awkward and icy reactions from the star-studded viewers.
One of his most-talked about jokes was his quip about Taylor Swift and the NFL’s fixation with the pop star attending soccer video games to assist her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL, on the Golden Globes we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” Koy mentioned at one level through the ceremony.
Swift was captured on digicam showing unimpressed by the comic’s joke, sipping a drink with a relaxed, reserved expression.
Koy informed “GMA3” the subsequent morning that he felt his Swift joke was “a little flat,” and that he didn’t intend for the singer-songwriter to be the butt of the joke.
“I was trying to make fun of the NFL using cutaways and how the Globes didn’t have to do that,” he mentioned. “So it was more of a jab toward the NFL. But it just didn’t come out that way.”
