Jo Koy Admits His Taylor Swift Joke Was ‘Weird’
Comedian Jo Koy has addressed Taylor Swift’s response to the joke he made about her at Sunday’s Golden Globes ceremony.
Koy’s opening monologue acquired combined critiques at greatest, to the purpose the place he blamed the present’s comedy writers when jokes didn’t hit.
But probably the most devastating burn might have been the silent response Swift gave when Koy joked, “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift…”
As the clip beneath amply demonstrates, the singer was not impressed, providing a clean look as she sipped a drink. The response to the joke even led to Koy apologizing.
In an interview with “GMA3,” Koy admitted that the Swift joke was “a little flat” and “was a weird joke, I guess.”
Still, he insisted that Swift wasn’t 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. So it was more of a jab toward the NFL. But it just didn’t come out that way,” he stated.
Koy additionally spoke concerning the joke with Entertainment Tonight.
“Aww, man, it was cute. I was just saying it was cute,” he stated. “I was just saying it’s less cutaways, that’s all.”
In response, ET correspondent Denny Directo instructed, “Maybe she was thirsty? Maybe she just needed to drink the champagne.”
“Aww, man,” Koy replied.
Swift has grow to be an everyday characteristic at Kansas City Chiefs video games this season after she began courting tight finish Travis Kelce.
As a end result, there have been plenty of cutaways to her in a luxurious field and, in fact, some criticism about it.
Last month, Swift advised Time journal that she doesn’t take note of how usually or how little the TV cameras present her on the video games.
“I’m just there to support Travis,” she stated. “I have no awareness of if I’m being shown too much and pissing off a few dads, Brads, and Chads.”