Steve Martin Supports Golden Globes Host Jo Koy Amid Bad Reviews: He ‘Hit, Missed, Was Light on His Feet and Now Has 20 Minutes’ of New Stand-Up Material

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Zack Sharf Digital News Director Steve Martin recently took to Threads to defend stand-up comedian Jo Koy, who earned largely negative reviews for his gig hosting the 2024 Golden Globe Awards.

Variety’s television critic Alison Herman, for instance, wrote that Koy was “woefully unqualified” to be the host, while outlets such as Vanity Fair delivered even more scathing pans by calling the show a “near-total disaster.” “I tip my hat to anyone who steps out on stage to host a live awards show,” wrote Martin, who is a hosting legend thanks to three stints emceeing the Academy Awards. “It’s a very difficult job and not for the squeamish.

I know because I’m still throwing up from the last time I did it in 2010.” Martin added, “So, congratulations to Jo Koy, who took on the toughest gig in show business, hit, missed, was light on his feet, and now has twenty minutes of new material for his stand up!” Koy also got support from Whoopi Goldberg, although she admitted that she did not watch the 2024 Golden Globes telecast.

Goldberg, no stranger to awards shows as an EGOT winner and a four-time host of the Academy Awards, said on “The View” that “hosting gigs are brutal.