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The 81st Golden Globe Awards
Jo Koy was heavily criticized after his turn as host at last night's Golden Globes. Following Sunday night's ceremony, The View discussed the show in the “Hot Topics” segment, with Whoopi Goldberg and Sara Haines defending the comedian's talents.
Although Goldberg said she did not watch the awards ceremony, she made a comment based on her experiences hosting such events.
“These hosting gigs are brutal,” Goldberg said. “If you don’t know the room, if you’ve never been in these rooms and then you get kicked out, it’s a stroke of luck.”
Goldberg continued: “I love Jo Koy, he drives me crazy because he's funny. I don't know if it was the room, I don't know if it was the jokes, I didn't see it. But I know he’s as good as it gets at stand-up, and it’s not an easy gig.”
The “ABC Daytime” talk show host reminded her fellow co-hosts, “If you read the reviews of some of my appearances where they wanted me in the cornfields, that's not an easy gig.”
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Ana Navarro chimed in, saying she saw the Golden Globes and Koy “wasn't funny to me.”
Haines chimed in, saying she loves the comedian and is “nervous about him because I find him so funny.” However, she said she was more bothered by people who didn't have a sense of humor about Koy's jokes on stage.
“We must protect these national treasures we call comedians because life needs them. We have to stop including them [and] Fencing them in,” Haines continued. “In this room, Jo Koy strikes. Nobody has pity. Just smile.”
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Alyssa Farah Griffin agreed with Haines and said Koy was one of her favorite guests on The View.
“I think he's such a nice person by nature that it doesn't come naturally to him to do more roasts, whereas Ricky Gervais just goes in and blows people away,” Griffin said, adding that Koy “as the process goes on “The night got better.” ”
Koy addressed criticism of his hosting gig at the Golden Globes, saying it was “a tough room,” a “tough job” and a “tough, tough gig.”
Watch The View talk about Koy's night at the Golden Globes in the video posted below.
