Taking to the stage for the first time since hosting the Golden Globes, Jo Koy opened up about his attempt to criticize Hollywood stars currently on the awards circuit.
“A lot of marshmallows, man, they're delicious, but damn, they're soft,” he told the audience at St. Louis' Stifel Theater on Friday night. depending on variety. “I just come from a different era. I see the changes that are happening. I get it, but damn, can we laugh at ourselves?
When his comments were met with applause and audible agreement, he added: “I have a feeling none of you motherfuckers saw it, and I'm kind of happy. Oh Lord. It feels good to live in this country. We can say what we want to say. Don't apologize for it at all. “Being able to… say what you think.”
Koy was late to the scene, as his incoming flight from Los Angeles had to make an emergency landing at Kansas Cit due to a snow storm in the Midwest. Throughout his presentation, she never addressed the awards show by his name, but apparently continued to address the host's failure in a roundabout way.
“Here in St. Louis, [you’ve got] people who listen to you, understand you, and understand that not all of us want to attack each other; It’s stupid in Los Angeles,” he said at one point. And after a well-received joke, he shared: “I haven't laughed in four days. I'm so happy. You make me very happy. …This is therapy.”
Later, in his presentation in St. Louis, he highlighted the value of a massive ruling. “You are allowed to fail.” Koy said. “Fail as much as you can. Just make sure you have the fucking backup.” To applause, he added: “Fuck it. Risk. Take a risk. Without any risk, you will never know if something is possible.”
Koy was the subject of widespread backlash after last Sunday's Golden Globes ceremony, a broadcast that began with crude, flat jokes followed by blame at his writers. Robert Lloyd, Times television critic noted in your review that Koy, although very successful in stand-up, “seemed out of proportion, out of his depth and a fish out of water. His opening monologue seemed to consist primarily of high-volume utterances of famous people's names, not necessarily followed by a joke.”
Amid the fallout from the televised concert, Koy he told the Times that he and the writers only had a few days to prepare the material, which was being rewritten until the time of the show.
“I think I did well under the circumstances,” he said. “I couldn't execute it anywhere on stage. I couldn't go anywhere where I could introduce these things and that's what it's all about, making things work. So, given the circumstances, that's what I had to go through and that's okay.”
Koy's world tour, which is scheduled through May, includes back-to-back performances at the Kia Forum next month. These upcoming dates will make him the stand-up that has headlined the Inglewood stage the most times.
