Four-time Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel thinks that Jo Koy should be given another chance to host the Golden Globes after his disastrous January debut in front of a national television audience.
“It would be very smart,” Kimmel told the Hollywood Reporter. “I think he learned all the lessons, and he’s a funny guy.
“I think it would be nice for everyone.”
Koy, from the get-go, bombed in his debut hosting the Golden Globes Jan. 7 in LA and did not have the audience on his side, either in the Beverly Hilton or at home watching the live telecast on CBS.
Some of his barbs elicited boos, including lines about Taylor Swift — and the NFL’s excessive coverage of her — and Barbie’s “big boobies.”
He didn’t do himself any favors by complaining that he had little time to prepare — after notable celebs including Chris Rock and Ali Wong reportedly passed on the opportunity.
“Yo, I got the gig 10 days ago,” he said. “You want a perfect monologue? Shut up. You’re kidding me, right? I wrote some of these, and they’re the ones you’re laughing at.”
Kimmel defended Koy in the Hollywood Reporter when the publication noted that Koy went after some of the celebs in the audience, which didn’t go over well since he wasn’t “part of Hollywood in that way.”
Kimmel has already emceed the Academy Awards three times and has hosted ABC’s late-night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” since 2003 — so he’s a familiar name and face in the industry.
“It’s like if a stranger walks up to you and goes, ‘Nice shirt, Tom Selleck,'” he told THR. “If it’s one of your friends, you don’t take offense to it, but if it’s somebody you don’t know, you might smack him one.”
“Not that I have any business programming the Golden Globes,” he added, “but I think they should let Jo Koy host the show next year and give him a shot at doing it over.”
Despite Koy’s blunders and controversy, the Golden Globes snared more than 10 million viewers on CBS for their best showing since 2020.
Kimmel returns as the host of the 96th Academy Awards airing March 10 at 7 p.m. on ABC.
