Nikki Glaser on her HBO comedy special and viral Netflix moment

ABC News’ Trevor Ault spoke with comedian Nikki Glaser about her success on Netflix’s “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” and her new HBO Max special, “Nikki Glaser: Someday You’ll Die."
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[@truthhurts3524]

Surprised it’s taken this long for Nikki to blow up like this, she’s been fantastic for years!

[@WharfRat44]

Same! I’ve loved her for years. Soooo happy for her!

[@LPManic]

All careers are about timing. Everything has come together. She is great.

[@petersmithyy4556]

She's a pervert making gross doody humor jokes.

[@dunkingpawn3215]

Nikki is the 🐐 roaster!! Glad the media world has found her, fully deserved.

[@Abcdefg-fl9td]

She’s always the best at all the roasts.

[@montemccarty6512]

This one, she was the best. Don't get carried away.

[@Abcdefg-fl9td]

@@montemccarty6512 trump lost maga

[@montemccarty6512]

@@Abcdefg-fl9td I hate Trump. What does that mean. I know Trump lost the election.

[@treggroderick7517]

I will never understand why Amy Schumer was shoved down our throats while Nikki twisted in the wind

[@BonnChnd]

I’ve been a fan of Nikki’s for many years and I’m glad to see she’s finally “made it”. 😂

[@TheOneSoulMate_]

The Queen of Roasts. Always hilarious.

[@lauraeeeee]

Nikki finally getting her flowers

[@nannerz1994]

She's blowing up now and I love to see it

[@pabloenriquez2929]

She has always been the best person on the panel ever since Justin Bieber, shame on media for barely giving her any recognition. Nicky deserves so much more than all these hacks

[@1221sabmur]

Agreed!

[@bananeneiscraeme]

glad hastily packed suitcase gets the recognition she deserves:)

[@jasonchildren1028]

One of the first jokes i heard her tell and i was hooked, my kind of humor!!

[@user-dn8tj8hd9b]

Great interview of a great performance.

[@thecrow970]

Glad to see her getting her flowers. She’s been in the game for a while

[@jirehpsalmpaule6077]

Cant believe she’a 40 😮

[@ryan26i]

She was great even before TB12 Roast😁 go watch Roast that features her👌

[@endthegenocideingaza]

Nikki has always been a GOAT at the roasts.

[@oxouk]

She has put in the work and deserves the fruits of her labor.

[@michaelrusch1336]

She was easily the highlight of the roast of Tom Brady. She knocked it out of the park. Went from on my radar to my top 5.

[@doublefeature]

been a fan since her days on mtv. so glad she's finally getting her dues esp for what she does the best. every single comedy central roast she bodies it. love her podcasts, love her stand up, love her!!!

[@user-dz6ci9gy9b]

the sad truth is that Tom Brady has done more for Glaser’s career than he ever did for Giselle 😂.

[@travisjazzbo3490]

She's an excellent roaster. Her stand up is pretty good, but her roasting is way, way better

[@Benicemedia]

Love that Nikki is getting her 💐

[@aylen3322]

loveeee this girl. so funny. happy she’s doing well- such a talent

[@ryguyca]

Is it just me or do they both seem to be flustered and crushing on one another?!? 😆😘

[@tallest4eva]

As someone who's been watching her podcasts and stuff for years, we're quite proud!

[@6anthony8]

She’s definitely funny 😂

[@MacMaclin]

🤟🏾 I love You fr fr… come to Phoenix

[@sljs1010]

Goat roaster!

[@cleesrathjens-lw9zl]

very good

[@nadatodo]

If it’s mentionable it’s manageable. Good recipe for releasing shame. I like this!

[@johnvonroemer2203]

Nikki🤩

[@jameson6930]

Well done

[@Josephlaszlo]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@ariellewht]

We’re still talking about this lol

[@walkerb1734]

I’m such a HUGE Nikki fan! Soooo talented….

[@TomFoolery767]

I like that she has her real face (unlike the brunette one who was always on Rogan) and also that she no longer rips off the cadence of Sarah Silverman and Amy Schumer. She's literally finding her own voice and I hope she doesn't use theirs any more. And to top it all off she's VEGAN! Go girl!

[@pauljoseph8338]

She’s still doing an impression of Amy Schumer. Her entire style of comedy is lifted from Schumer…it’s why NIKKI and AMY don’t talk anymore.

[@TomFoolery767]

@@pauljoseph8338 are you serious? So I'm not the only one who has noticed this? It's crazy.

[@pauljoseph8338]

@@TomFoolery767 just my observations. NIKKI was besties with SCHUMER many years ago. Amy put NIKKI in many episodes of Amy’s Comedy Central series, “Inside Amy Schumer”. NIKKI was Amy’s protege…until NIKKI started COMPLETELY copying Amy’s style of standup. It’s that “misdirection” style. Look at Amy’s 2012 Comedy Central special…her joke delivery is EXACTLY how NIKKI structures her jokes. Amy didn’t take too kindly to that, and cut off ties with NIKKI…

[@caesarq7513]

Nikki with the Easter egg. Mastermind. 😂

[@joelpierce3940]

I am thinking, unlike Seinfeld, and the older guys, why do all these “comedians” have to use swear words constantly. They can’t be clever?

[@petersmithyy4556]

Same here. She's vulgar and uses her sex appeal to be "funny". And it's not .

[@davep675]

They have writers for the roasts. The worked up Netflix hype is just a promo for the special. And her HBO special will no doubt have tons of sex jokes

[@jackula123]

ok incel

[@ericryanyawl9401]

Ladies and gentlemen we have a real insider here!🤣

[@MoistToweletted]

Yeah, they do. But that doesn’t mean all the jokes are from writers. In the past Nikki has talked about her own written jokes vs jokes written for her at the roasts. Roasts are usually a mix of comedians and celebrities. The celebrities are usually the ones using the writers. But people can definitely use their own jokes. Even gronk couldn’t help himself from going “wow. I even wrote that joke myself” after one of his jokes. It’s not the scandal you think it is.

[@davep675]

@@MoistToweletted no scandal. The late great Greg Giraldo wrote with someone.

[@dardar9655]

I like her roasting and interview. The HBO wasn't near as good.

[@jackula123]

A roast and a stand up special are completely different

[@travisjazzbo3490]

That's exactly what I was thinking. When I saw her on the Brady roast, I looked her up on other roasts and thought she is hilarious. Then I looked her up for her standup and I didn't think she was that funny.

[@mecarr]

It’s easier to make fun of someone than it is to make up an original joke

[@MrGriff305]

Her HBO special actually left me concerned for her. Her show was like a cry for help. She's seriously lost and I hope she gets help and finds joy beyond the most superficial aspects of life

[@livesontoo]

Trump effect you can now look at the barrel when not center profile. 😅.

[@christinacagle8128]

what's gonna be the ultimate test for her is if she can handle the jabs being thrown back at her, which will happen one day. shes hilarious don't get me wrong, but its very easy to dish it, not so much to take it. very few jabs seemed to be thrown at her at that roast, because she's still relatively unknown. I know so many funny outgoing people that crumble and cry when they get a dose of their own medicine.

[@tommytwo9051]

She has done several roasts and definitely taken her fair share of jabs. There are several clips here on youtube. Take a look for yourself.

[@AwesomeBabyBoomer]

I thought she was damn funny. At least she was funny. The Kardashian who was there was not funny.... not even sure why she was there.

[@MoistToweletted]

There’s typically celebrities at Roasts. It casts a wide net for an audience. The people who don’t typically watch roasts might tune in to watch a Kardashian. It’s pretty obvious

[@AwesomeBabyBoomer]

@MoistToweletted I have no desire to watch any Kardashian.They are a joke. They are the top of the pile of the problem of what is wrong with our society.

[@danlaplante]

Wrong interviewer for this. She’s a standup. This is supposed to be loose and playful. He comes off like a rigid Boy Scout afraid of saying the word sex

[@fonsavan]

she is milking the media attenion. well deserved!

[@snavisTM]

She is so g.d average its crazy

[@markcosenza3274]

Jerry Seinfeld was right, Woke has destroyed comedy.

[@macdisciple]

Ten minutes into the special, I stopped watching. Awkwardly bad. Jokes were awkward and forced.

[@jeremylowe2309]

Why is she on every podcast and news media outlet after the Tom Brady thing? Nobody cares! They will watch it if they want to. Why is ABC news doing this? There’s nothing else going on in the world? Hmmmmm

[@Prague1810]

Why did you bother commenting? Don’t you have more important things to do?

[@johnoneil3814]

Hey jl2309 stop watching podcasts and news media. Nobody cares what you think.

[@Grunge206]

It's because she has a new stand up special out. This is normal for anyone who has a project, movie, album, show, etc to go on different outlets to promote it. This has been going on for decades you idiot.

[@davep675]

Yeah. They told you. You apparently have the wrong opinion. Change your thinking so you can believe what these two believe. How dare you express a different opinion. This comment section is for lemmings only

[@Prague1810]

@@davep675 Awwww… who hurt you?

[@user-ru5jy5lr4g]

She was so much prettier before the surgery