Golden Globes 2024: Host Jo Koy trolled for opening monologue, 'unfunny' jokes

Comedian and actor Jo Koy was roped in as the host for Golden Globes 2024.

The 81st Golden Globes is currently underway at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, California. Several Hollywood stars are in attendance and winners in some of the major categories have already been announced.

Comedian and actor Jo Koy kicked off his first-ever hosting gig with an opening monologue that didn’t quite land. Koy was announced as the Golden Globes host in December.

After a few jokes on “Oppenheimer’s” long duration, “Barbie” and Robert De Niro fathering a child at 80 failed to land, Koy went off-script and said, “Some I wrote, some other people wrote,” adding, “Yes, I got the gig 10 days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up. You’re kidding me right? Slow down, I wrote some of these and they are the ones you are laughing at.”

Golden Globes host Jo Koy just went off-script after one of his jokes bombed: “I got the gig 10 days ago! You want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up. You’re kidding me, right? Slow down. I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at.”#GoldenGlobes2024 pic.twitter.com/K6DIDtdCes

— Spencer Althouse (@SpencerAlthouse) January 8, 2024

Social media, especially X, was abuzz with reactions to Koy’s jokes while hosting the Golden Globes. A majority of people were not very impressed and trolled the comedian for his “unfunny” gags and roasted him for "bombing" as a host.

"Jo Koy is the worst host ever," a user wrote. Another user commented, "Jo Koy is insufferable."

"Jo Koy’s monologue is absolutely awful. I think most of the audience is just pity laughing and his bad jokes about Barbie, show he didn’t understand Barbie," a third user remarked.

See some other reactions here:

Someone check on Jo Koy tomorrow dude just killed whatever hosting career he had with that monologue #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2024 pic.twitter.com/XrY5Mm7OMD

— Bex (@bex4bex1) January 8, 2024

Oof Jo Koy is bombing this opening monologue #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/nqoscb7kbH

— Desiree Middlebrook (@desiwiththewine) January 8, 2024

Jo Koy hosting the Golden Globes pic.twitter.com/kvaQE3nk6n

— Emily (@emilybernay) January 8, 2024

Only difference between 2024 and 2025 is that Jo koy will never host a show again

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— ken (@kungfukennylol) January 8, 2024

Koy also made a joke on Taylor Swift which didn't churn out a lot of laughs from the audience. "The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift," he said.

Laughs or no laughs, the cameras captured Swift's reaction to the same. In the videos going viral online, the Eras Tour superstar was seen quietly sipping on her drink.

Taylor Swift reacts to joke from #GoldenGlobes host Jo Koy about the NFL.

“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift”

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— Pop Base (@PopBase) January 8, 2024

Jo Koy is the second Asian host in Golden Globes history. In 2019, the ceremony was emceed by Sandra Oh. The stand-up comedian starred in "Easter Sunday" and Disney's "Haunted Mansion". He has released five stand-up specials on both Comedy Central and Netflix.