“The View” co-hosts defended Jo Koy after he confronted backlash for a slew of debatable jokes he made on the 2024 Golden Globes.
Whoopi Goldberg broached the subject on Monday’s episode of the daylight display, noting that “it was a rough room for him.”
Koy, 52, kicked off the rite with a sexist funny story about “Barbie” and took a dig at Taylor Swift’s dating with Travis Kelce prior to blaming the display’s writers for giving him dangerous subject material.
“These gigs, these hosting gigs are brutal. They’re just brutal,” Goldberg, 68, informed her fellow panelists at the ABC display.
“If you don’t know the room, if you’ve not been in these rooms before and you’re thrust out there, it’s hit or miss,” she went on.
“[But Jo is] as good as it gets when it comes to stand-ups.”
Sara Haines additionally defended the comedian and as an alternative took factor with the group’s lackluster response to his jokes.
“I love Jo Koy and the whole time I was nervous for him because I think he’s so funny. He’s kind, he’s good, all the things,” Haines, 46, argued.
“What bothers me more in watching this is, get a sense of humor, because we need to protect these national treasures called our comedians because life needs them.”
She additionally famous that Koy was once “punching up” along with his jokes.
“No one feels sorry. Just smile,” Haines added.
In the meantime, famous Swiftie Alyssa Farah Griffin weighed in on whether or not Koy’s remark in regards to the “Lover” singer was once “that bad” — and if it warranted her icy reception.
“I was a little surprised,” Griffin, 34, mentioned of Swift’s response to the road.
“I thought that was kind of a lay-up … I thought he got very good as the night went on.”
All through his opening monologue, Koy teased plenty of the A-listers seated within The Beverly Hilton, together with the “Cruel Summer” hitmaker, 34, who attended the fête with out the Kansas Town Chiefs big name.
“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” the comic quipped.
When the digital camera panned to the “Bad Blood” chart-topper, she was once noticed capturing Koy an icy glare as she took a sip of her champagne.
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The “Chelsea Lately” alum later defended his funny story.
“Aww, man, it was cute. I was just saying it was cute,” Koy informed “Entertainment Tonight.” “I was just saying it’s less cutaways, that’s all.”
Koy was once additionally slammed through audience for joking that “’Oppenheimer’ is based on a 721-page Pulitzer prize-winning book about The Manhattan Project and ‘Barbie’ is on a plastic doll with big boobies.”
When he learned his jokes had been bombing, Koy shifted the blame to the writers.
“I got the gig 10 days ago. You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up … I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at,” he claimed.