Jay Leno Says Nikki Glaser's Golden Globes Gig Couldn't Have Gone Better

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Jay Leno’s got Nikki Glaser’s back, and he's not having any of the backlash -- the comedy legend thinks she absolutely killed it during her Golden Globes hosting debut.

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00:00Nikki Glaser, everyone's saying that she-

00:03I thought she was great.

00:04You thought she was, so you watched her perform it.

00:06Oh, I thought she was excellent.

00:07She's professional, had really funny jokes.

00:10I mean, she did the work.

00:12Just to show you, if you put the time in,

00:15yeah, I thought it was excellent.

00:17Every joke worked, every joke was funny.

00:20And she was just right on the edge.

00:22You see people, you couldn't get mad at something she said

00:25because there wasn't enough truth in it.

00:26Really clever.

00:27I was very proud of her.

00:28I thought she did great.

00:29I know, I wanted to ask you, I mean, as a popular late night show host like yourself,

00:33I mean, do you think she has potential to get into the late night show space?

00:37Well, late night is different now, but I mean,

00:39I put her on the Tonight Show years ago, and I thought she was great.

00:42She was great last night.

00:43I bet she's back next year.

00:44I bet she becomes the host.

00:45I hope she does.

00:46Okay.

00:47I mean, do you think that maybe, I mean,

00:49because right now the men are kind of ruling the late night show.

00:52You got the both Jimmys.

00:53How are you?

00:54You got, I mean, you got every-

00:55I mean, she could definitely, her career could just definitely take off at this.

00:58Well, I don't know if late night shows have the impact they used to.

01:01I mean, it's a different time, but I'm not sure she'd want to be tied down.

01:06I think she's great as a comic.

01:07I love being a comic.

01:09Being a comic is more fun than hosting the Tonight Show.

01:12And I think she'll be a great comic for a long time,

01:16and she'll be in demand.

01:19She'll get more jobs like this.

01:21No, I think she's doing great.

01:23Couldn't have gone better.

01:24Of course.

01:25I can't think of anybody who could have done a better job.

01:27I know.

01:28So right now, I mean, there is a,

01:30I know some Diddy accusers are a little upset at her for some of the little jokes she made.

01:34Yeah.

01:35I mean, should they be upset by it?

01:37Should they be upset by it, or should they just kind of let it go?

01:41I think Diddy's got other problems right now.

01:43Hey, wait a minute.

01:44They said he'd joke about me.

01:45Yeah, I think he's got bigger problems.

01:46He's got bigger problems.

01:47Okay.

01:48All right.

01:49And how's the injuries?

01:50How are you healing up?

01:51I mean, you look great.

01:52Why, thanks.

01:53I appreciate that.

01:54Well, thank you very much.

01:55Don't walk into a tree now.

01:56Be careful.

01:57So you're going to be a little bit more careful when you walk now.

01:59That's right.

02:00Okay.

02:01All right, you take care.

02:02All right, thank you so much.

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