Nikki Glaser, 40, is set to host the 2025 Golden Globes on January 5, 2025. In a statement on the Golden Globes website, she shared, “I am absolutely thrilled to be hosting the Golden Globes. It’s one of my favorite nights of television and now I get a front row seat (actually, I think I have to host from the stage).” The comedian is no stranger to television, previously competing on season 27 of Dancing With The Stars — but there’s plenty you may not know about this Ohio native. Here’s 5 facts about Nikki Glaser.
She started performing stand-up at the age of 18. Glaser has performed stand-up on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Conan, and two seasons of Last Comic Standing. She also hosts Comedy Central’s “You Up With Nikki Glaser,” which airs daily on SiriusXM. She was the host of the television series Not Safe with Nikki Glaser, which premiered on Comedy Central in 2015. Glaser was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and earned a degree in English Literature at the University of Kansas.
Nicole Rene Glaser was born June 1, 1984 to parents Julie and Edward J. Glaser in Cincinnati, Ohio. She later moved to St. Louis, Missouri where she attended Kirkwood High School. She continued her post secondary studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, transferring to the the University of Kansas where she graduated with a degree in English Literature.
Nikki competed on season 27 of DWTS with her pro partner, Gleb Savchenko — but almost didn’t do the show! “I had a little bit of a hesitation and I hung up the phone and I was like, ‘Let me think about it,’” she said in a video promoting Dancing with the Stars. “Then I was telling a friend and she was like, ‘Think about the outfits!’ And, I go, ‘I’m doing it!’ Because when else am I going to get to wear this? It’s so fun,” she added. Glaser also admitted that she ultimately chose to part of the show because it’s something she wouldn’t typically do for fear of caring what others think.
