Who is Jo Koy? Meet the comedian hosting the 2024 Golden Globes

reportedly turned down the gig. And, former Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reportedly said they were done. So, the job fell to Jo Koy.“This is my childhood dream,” Koy, 52, told USA Today.“I’m now living something that I would watch as a kid, something that indirectly inspired me to do what I do, seeing everyone from Bob Hope to Billy Crystal to Whoopi Goldberg [host] … Now, I’m in the captain’s seat and I’m loving it.”He told Variety about his plans, “I’m going to poke fun, but I want to do it in a way where we’re still celebrating.

The industry got hit hard. Hollywood got shook. Everyone got shook,” he said, referring to the writers and actors’ strikes, which are now over.

“So, let’s celebrate. Let’s enjoy this…That’s the approach I want to have on this one.”Here’s everything you need to know about the 2024 Golden Globes host, who is a comedian and actor, with a slew of Netflix stand-up specials, a book and an endorsement from Steven Spielberg.Oh — and he was also a panelist on E!’s late-night show “Chelsea Lately.”Koy grew up in Seattle, Washington, and also lived in Tacoma, Las Vegas and the Philippines. His dad is a white American military man who left the family when Koy was young, and his mom is Filipina.

He was born Joseph Glenn Herbert Sr, but in a 2019 stand up show, he said that he landed on the stage name “Jo Koy” after his aunt called him “Jo Ko.” He’s been going by Jo Koy for 30 years, ever since, he said. “That’s just what Filipinos do, they name you one thing and then f–king call you something else,” he said, during his special. Jo Koy’s parents divorced when he was young, and he was primarily raised by his mother, re-connecting with his father as an adult.

He opened up about it on a 2022 appearance on “The Kelly Clarkson Show.” “At the beginning, it was tough, I’m a product of divorce. I’ve never really talked about it publicly, how I struggled with identity – my dad is white, my mom is Filipina, my dad and mom divorced. And here I am…my whole teenage years, being raised by my mom,” he said.