Chelsea Handler makes fun of Jo Koy at the 2024 Critics Choice Awards
Chelsea Handler's opening monologue at the 29th annual Critics Choice Awards delivered the jokes — and ex-boyfriend Jo Koy wasn't spared after his recent Golden Globes drama.
Handler, 48, subtly poked fun at Koy, 52, when she opened the show at the Barker Hangar in Santa Barbara on Sunday, January 14. After cracking a joke that drew quite a few chuckles from the audience, Handler said, “Thanks for the laughs. on that. My writer wrote it.”
Koy specifically blamed his writers when he couldn't get a laugh during his Golden Globes monologue. “Some I wrote, some people wrote,” he said on the Jan. 7 show. “Yo, I got the gig 10 days ago. Do you want a perfect monologue? Quiet! You're kidding, right? I've written a few, and they make you laugh.'
The comic later said he regretted blaming it. “There are a lot of greats who make rookie moves, and that was a rookie move,” he told the Los Angeles Times. “Those writers are dope, and that was not my intention at all. They were great, they had my back, and I have to make sure I fix that, and I always will.
Handler and Koy dated for a year between September 2021 and June 2022.
“It is with a heavy heart to announce that we have decided together that it is best for us to take a break from our relationship at this time,” Handler wrote via Instagram a month later, in July 2022. in our love, and I wanted to let you know how much that meant to both of us. How much it still means. And how much I now believe in love for each of us.”
Weeks later, Handler went on the “We Can Do Hard Things With Glenn Doyle” podcast and said they had reached a crossroads in their relationship.
“I love him, and he's on his own path. If I have to choose one person, I have to choose myself,” she explained. “Nobody cheated or anything like that. It just didn't work. I did everything I could to make it happen, but it didn't work. I wanted to make sure everyone knew that this is a different me. This is the first time I've ended a relationship where I felt like an adult.”
While both comedians eventually moved on, they each landed gigs this awards season. While Handler was back at the Critics Choice Awards for the second consecutive year on Sunday, Koy hosted the Golden Globes for the first time on January 7.
Chelsea Handler is candid about all aspects of her life – and her romantic relationships are no exception. The comedian often gets honest about her love of weed and the luxury of a life without children. Handler has also been open about her sex life, telling Andy Cohen in June 2023 that a threesome with […]
In Koy's opening monologue, he made several jokes that impressed the star-studded audience and the TV audience. After noticing that Barbie was based on a “doll with big breasts” – despite America FerreraThe character's impactful monologue in the film challenged just that: it took aim at the nominee Taylor Swift.
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Rich Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? We have less camera footage of Taylor Swift at the Golden Globes. I swear,” Koy joked, referring to Swift, 34, who regularly visited her boyfriend Travis Kelce's Kansas City Chiefs games. “There's just more to go to.”
Rich Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty Images Jo Koy's hosting debut at the Golden Globes left a lot to be desired. The comedian, 52, took to the stage on Sunday, January 7, after a long search for a presenter. Koy followed in the footsteps of other comedians, including Jerrod Carmichael, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, […]
Swift seemed irritated by the jab as she took a sip of her drink. Koy told me later Entertainment tonight that he found the mention “cute,” adding, “I just said it's less cutaways, that's all.”
Koy did receive some support from other TV personalities.
“That [hate] was not justified,” Melissa Rivers told exclusively We weekly on Monday January 8. “Anyone who knows these shows knows that the hosts prepare for months and they have a team of writers. He was only hired ten days ago.”
As for the joke about Swift, Rivers, 55, gets his point. “It was all about the NFL,” says the Fashion police alum added Us. “And it was actually a great reference because every football fan has become so oversaturated because even the NFL is saying on Instagram, 'Taylor Swift has arrived at the stadium.'”