Jo Koy ready to fulfill childhood dream of hosting Golden Globes
Jan 6, 2024, 5:14 PM | Updated: Oct 8, 2024, 11:36 am
Jo Koy arrives at the World Premiere of "Easter Sunday" on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
(Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
听听remembers watching major award ceremonies like the听听with his mother on their living room sofa trying to guess the winners.
It was a ritual that Koy cherished as a child in Tacoma. Since then, he鈥檚 grown as a comedian with various stand-up specials and several acting credits including
On Sunday, Koy will live out his childhood dream of hosting the Globes 鈥� which is looking to return to form after being tarnished following years of scandal. He calls his upcoming duties a 鈥渧ery big moment.鈥�
鈥淭his is a throwback to my childhood, and now I鈥檓 the guy who鈥檚 onstage,鈥� said Koy, the second Asian host in Globes history. (Sandra Oh emceed the show in 2019.) He wants to the inspire those from the Asian community in his first major hosting gig.
鈥淚 know there鈥檚 kids out there that will be watching the Globes,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd now when they see this, it鈥檚 like 鈥極h, it鈥檚 possible. I can do this.鈥� Things aren鈥檛 so gray anymore. It鈥檚 not just two colors on the palette. Sometime three. Every color is on the palette. This is a beautiful moment. I really want to make sure I knock this out of the park.鈥�
Koy hopes to leave a positive mark on the Globes, which are the first major broadcast of awards season. It airs live beginning at 5 p.m. Pacific on CBS and Paramount+ for users with a Showtime subscription.
The show is known for being a boozy celebration of television and film with a more party-like atmosphere compared to their Academy Award counterparts.
But the Globes faced tremendous backlash after a听听in the Los Angeles Times found there were zero Black members in the group that only had 87 foreign journalists. The听听with a voting body of 300.
All indications point to a starry show, which will include听听such as Michelle Yeoh, Will Ferrell, Angela Bassett, America Ferrera and Amanda Seyfried.
听leads the Globes nominations with nine including for best picture musical or comedy as well as acting nominations for Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and three of its听. It is closely followed by its听 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� which scored eight nominations, including for best picture drama, best director for Christopher Nolan and nods for actors Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. and Emily Blunt.
Koy gave praise to Dick Clark Productions, the awards鈥� producer, and an owner of the Globes鈥� longtime home, the Beverly Hilton.
鈥淭his production company has been nothing but top notch,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he relationship with CBS is beautiful. It鈥檚 fun to see this because this is how things should be ran. We need to start moving forward. That鈥檚 what this is. We鈥檙e moving forward now. You learn from the past and you make sure it doesn鈥檛 happen again.鈥�
Koy said he鈥檚 anxious to hit the Globes stage to deliver his brand of relatable humor.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e giving me the blessing to be me,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 want to bring my style to the Globes. Of course, I鈥檓 going to have fun. But most importantly, I want to make sure everyone鈥檚 happy. I鈥檓 going to make fun of myself. If I can do that, I can make fun of other people.鈥�
