Steve Martin understands the stress of internet hosting an award present and is giving Jo Koy some grace after his stint on the Golden Globes.
The Solely Murders within the Constructing star, took to social media to defend Koy amid the backlash over his internet hosting duties that included a point out of Taylor Swift that didn’t land properly.
“I tip my hat to anybody who steps out on stage to host a dwell awards present. It’s a really troublesome job and never for the squeamish,” Martin wrote on Threads. “I do know as a result of I’m nonetheless throwing up from the final time I did it in 2010.”
Martin has hosted the Oscars thrice, two occasions because the solo host and a 3rd spherical with Alec Baldwin. After all of the criticism, Martin feels that Koy might use this expertise for his stand-up.
“So, Congratulations to Jo Koy, who took on the hardest gig in present enterprise, hit, missed, was gentle on his ft, and now has twenty minutes of latest materials for his stand-up!” Martin added.
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Martin is just not the one award-show host who has defended Koy from criticism. Oscar-winner and host Whoopi Goldberg additionally shared some optimistic phrases about Koy following the Golden Globes.
“These internet hosting gigs are brutal,” Goldberg mentioned on The View. “In case you don’t know the room, if you happen to’ve not been in these rooms earlier than and also you’re thrust on the market, it’s hit and miss.”
Goldberg continued, “I really like Jo Koy, he makes me loopy as a result of he’s humorous. I don’t know whether or not it was the room, I don’t know whether or not it was the jokes, I didn’t get to see it. However I do know, that he’s nearly as good because it will get relating to stand-ups and it isn’t a straightforward gig.”
Koy addressed the backlash the subsequent day, saying it was “a tricky room,” a “laborious job,” and a “laborious, laborious gig.”
