Kevin Hart defends Jo Koy after he bombed the Golden Globes – and insists he has NO interest in hosting an awards show in the future

Kevin Hart is standing by Jo Koy after the comedian was slammed for his jokes while hosting the Golden Globes.

“I think Jo Koy is a great comedian, he always has been,” Hart told DailyMail.com when asked about his performance. “It’s a tricky room, and without the knowledge and understanding of how to navigate a room, you can have moments and bumps.”

Viewers called the comedian’s jokes “tacky” and “cringe-inducing” as they railed against Taylor Swift, Robert DeNiro and the Barbie movie.

But Hart – who faced his own hosting debacle when he stepped down from the Oscars gig in 2019 – says he’s confident Koy will bounce back from this as he did.

“Jo Koy is a talented, funny guy, and will always be that way. “People want to highlight the world of bad, but Jo will be good and always has been,” he said.

Jo Koy was labeled ‘the worst host ever’ for his ‘cringe-inducing’ jokes that failed at the 2024 Golden Globes

“Jo Koy is a talented, funny guy, and will always be that way. People want to highlight the world of bad, but Jo will be good and always has been,” said Kevin Hart

Kevin Hart quit as host of the 2019 Oscars after refusing to apologize for homophobic tweets that resurfaced after he was announced as host.

“I have made the choice to step down as host of this year’s Oscars. This is because I don’t want to be a distraction on a night that should be celebrated by so many amazing talented artists,” Hart said in a statement. the time.

When asked by DailyMail.com if he would ever consider hosting another major awards show, Hart said a firm no.

“I’m at a point in my career where it has no value to me anymore,” he said. “But I do think it provides an amazing amount of visibility and a platform for exposure, but it’s not the easiest.”

“For the comics of the future and the comics of today, it’s a place where you can find success. If you look at the Chris Rocks, the Amy Poehlers, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, Steve Martin, Martin Short, there are people who have had a lot of success in these spaces.”

But Hart suggests Koy was an outsider to many of those in attendance at the Golden Globe night, and says the host’s success comes from the relationships he has with the A-listers in the audience.

“When you’re in the business and you have relationships with the people in the room, it’s an easier room. If you’re a little cold in the room, it can be a little more difficult – and there’s a little more hesitation in getting comfortable from an audience standpoint.”

But overall, Hart says Koy will recover from this.

‘Jo will be good and always has been. I love you. I can’t wait to see what else Jo does. He has come this far,” he said.

Hart suggests that Koy was an outsider to many of the attendees at the Golden Globe night, and says the host’s success comes from the relationships he has with the A-listers in the audience.

Koy addressed actor Robert DeNiro in the audience and said he was “sorry” for being a fan of his. DeNiro smiled a bit before Koy said getting his girlfriend pregnant at 80 is his “greatest achievement” and the audience and DeNiro laughed some more

During a Barbie movie joke, actress Selena Gomez was seen bowing her head down and placing it in her hands in disbelief while no one laughed

Koy made a joke about Taylor Swift and the NFL, while the pop singer responded by taking a quick sip of her drink and not laughing

Koy’s opening monologue sparked a barrage of criticism on social media, with some calling him the “worst host ever.”

Social media was quickly flooded with harsh criticism of Koy’s performance, as NPR media analyst Eric Deggans said, “Jo Koy is a great comedian, but I’m not sure he’s used to working with a showbiz audience hosting the #GoldenGlobes.”

‘His monologue was not biting enough, but at the same time a bit too biting. More difficult to perform than it seems.’

At one point the event went off script and said to the audience, ‘Yo, I got the gig 10 days ago, you want a perfect monologue? Yo, shut up.

“Calm down, I wrote a few and they’ll make you laugh,” he continued, as much of the audience resorted to pity.

Koy addressed actor Robert DeNiro in the audience and said he was “sorry” for being a fan of his.

DeNiro smiled briefly before Koy said that getting his girlfriend pregnant at age 80 is his “greatest achievement,” and the audience and DeNiro laughed a bit.

Koy said the “key moment” in the Barbie movie was when Barbie “experienced bad breath, cellulite and flat feet, or what casting directors call character acting.”

After he made the joke, actress Selena Gomez was seen bowing her head and placing it in her hands in disbelief as no one laughed.

“The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL: At the Gold Globes we have less camera footage of Taylor Swift,” Koy said.

Swift responded by quickly taking a sip of her drink and not laughing.

Koy then climbed the room and called out actors like Saltburn’s Barry Keohgan as he said: ‘Where is your penis.’

He then decided to answer his own joke and turned to Bradley Cooper and joked about the actor’s prosthetic nose in Maestro, saying he “found it.”