With monologue falling flat, host Jo Koy gets defensive

Well, there’s definitely been worse, The Hollywood Reporter comments, as it reports on how first-time and relatively last-minute Golden Globes host Jo Koy “struggled a bit to generate laughs during his monologue opening the 2024 awards show”. “I got the gig 10 days ago!” Koy informed the Beverly Hilton’s celebrity-filled audience at one point. “I wrote some of these and those are the ones you’re laughing at.” And later, after one joke got a tepid response, he Jo Koy said, “That’s hilarious, I don’t care.” Reaction to the monologue on X came swift: “As a Filipino American, this Jo Koy monologue is like watching a car crash,” wrote one viewer. “He looks like he’s about to have an aneurysm. He looks like he’s about to have an aneurysm.” ” Public broadcaster NPR’s Eric Deggans, according to The Hollywood Reporter, was being more diplomatic when he wrote, “His monologue wasn’t biting enough but also was a little too biting in the same moment. Tougher gig than it looks.” (IANS)