Don’t expect any mention of Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively‘s legal fallout at the 82nd Golden Globes.
While speaking to Yahoo Entertainment, this year’s Globes host Nikki Glaser said she is steering clear of the “It Ends with Us” drama at Sunday’s award show, which sparked Dec. 21 after Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and of launching a social media smear campaign against her.
“I think the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni thing is such a hot-button thing right now that even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be,” Glaser said. “I also don’t want to give his name any — I’m mad I even know his name, to be honest with you, so I don’t need to say it anymore.”
The comedian’s plan to stay away from “hot-button” issues is part of her larger hosting strategy to keep the peace among the celebrity audience, adding she is “not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended.”
“I’ve made a point not to, and that’s not to disappoint anyone who’s hoping I’m going to pull a Ricky Gervais. I’m not Ricky Gervais,” she said. “This isn’t my last Golden Globes, this is my first one. He really went hard on his last one. He was ready to burn some bridges [since] it didn’t matter anymore.”
As for discussing Donald Trump’s presidential victory over Kamala Harris, Glaser said she will “make a nod to it” but won’t be too “heavy-handed,” adding that “people are just tired of hearing about it, even though it’s looming and it’s in the air.”
