'A-plus': Jo Koy grades his Golden Globes 2024 hosting, reflects on 'bombed' jokes

MANILA, Philippines — Filipino-American comedian Jo Koy is still proud of his historic hosting of the Golden Globes despite the huge waves of criticism that went his way.

Jo Koy became the first individual of Filipino descent to host the tumultuous awards ceremony, but his performance drew flak because of jokes that viewers found to be flat and unfunny at times.

The comedian's monologue was fairly safe and basic, but the night took a turn for the worst when he described "Barbie" as a movie "on a plastic doll with big boobies," attempted to make a joke about cameras pointing at Taylor Swift, and ultimately threw writers under the bus.

"Some I wrote, some other people wrote," Jo Koy said during the ceremony. "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."

A day after the Globes, Jo Koy admitted being hurt by the criticism he's been receiving for his hosting, "It's a tough room. It was a hard job, I'm not going to lie... I'd be lying if [I said] it doesn't hurt. I hit a moment there where I was like, 'Ah'."

He recently sat down for an interview with the Los Angeles Times to discuss his Globes hosting and what his future holds.

Jo Koy gave his hosting A-plus grade because of the courage it took him to do it, though initially he didn't want to grade himself because of its subjectivity.

"I think I did well given the circumstances... I'm going to hit it over the head a million times, whoever you can think of in your head that could have done it, I'm telling you right now they said no and I didn't," Jo Koy said.

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The comedian pointed out that he is the first Asian to solo host the Globes in its 81 years, noting that Sandra Oh co-hosted the ceremony in 2019 with Andy Samberg.

He also acknowledged that throwing his writers under the bus was a "rookie move" that needs fixing, reiterating they only had a few days to write the monologue and jokes.

Jo Koy also reiterated his joke about Taylor Swift was intended to be making fun of the NFL, so he was taken aback by her