{"id":936,"date":"2024-01-09T09:59:23","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/in-partial-defence-of-jo-koys-comedic-disaster-hosting-the-golden-globes-is-far-harder-than-it-looks-viv-groskop\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T09:59:23","slug":"in-partial-defence-of-jo-koys-comedic-disaster-hosting-the-golden-globes-is-far-harder-than-it-looks-viv-groskop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/in-partial-defence-of-jo-koys-comedic-disaster-hosting-the-golden-globes-is-far-harder-than-it-looks-viv-groskop\/","title":{"rendered":"In (partial) defence of Jo Koy&#8217;s comedic disaster: hosting the Golden Globes is far harder than it looks  | Viv Groskop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stars in Spanx and borrowed jewellery make for a tough crowd, and we love nothing more than when a comedian bombs<\/p>\n<p>When are we going to get over the idea that hosting a huge awards ceremony is a great gig for a comedian and \u2013 an even crazier notion \u2013 an easy one? The response to Golden Globes host Jo Koy is both surprising and not surprising. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/jo-koy-golden-globes-monologue-2024\">\u201cMaybe the Golden Globes \u2026 don\u2019t need a host, actually?\u201d<\/a> Rude. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/07\/entertainment\/jo-koy-bombs-at-golden-globes-2024-you-want-a-perfect-monologue-yo-shut-up\/\">\u201cJo Koy bombs.\u201d<\/a> Mean. And the real kicker: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2024\/01\/08\/golden-globes-taylor-swift-host-jo-koy-joke\/\">Taylor Swift unimpressed<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why surprising? Because surely no one seriously imagines that a phalanx of Hollywood superstars in Spanx and borrowed Cartier jewellery makes for a relaxed and up-for-it crowd. It should be more of a story when awards hosts make a room rock with belly laughs, especially when the room in question is full of celebrities who are notoriously humourless and would probably never go to a standup gig in real life.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2024\/jan\/09\/jo-koy-comedy-disaster-golden-globes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stars in Spanx and borrowed jewellery make for a tough crowd, and we love nothing more than when a comedian bombs When are we going to get over the idea that hosting a huge awards ceremony is a great gig for a comedian and \u2013 an even crazier notion \u2013 an easy one? The response &#8230; <a title=\"In (partial) defence of Jo Koy&#8217;s comedic disaster: hosting the Golden Globes is far harder than it looks  | Viv Groskop\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/09\/in-partial-defence-of-jo-koys-comedic-disaster-hosting-the-golden-globes-is-far-harder-than-it-looks-viv-groskop\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about In (partial) defence of Jo Koy&#8217;s comedic disaster: hosting the Golden Globes is far harder than it looks  | Viv Groskop\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}