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Josh Peck shouldn’t be OK with Amy Schumer’s latest criticisms of Joy Koy’s Golden Globes monologue.
“I took issue with Amy Schumer who recently was on the Dear Media podcast. She was asked about Jo Koy,” Peck, 27, sharing in the course of the Thursday, February 29, episode of his “Good Guys” podcast. “I feel defensive of comedians. It’s a brotherhood, it’s a sisterhood. And she basically was critical of Jo Koy. She was throwing him under the bus, which was sh—ty because she’s a comedian. It’s like, we all know he had a tough night. Why continue to go after him a month later?”
Peck famous that whereas he isn’t a “comic” himself, his comic good friend Yannis Pappas lately shared his personal perception on Koy’s controversial Globes monologue that he felt correctly depicted the scenario. “[He said], ‘The jokes were fine he just wasn’t confident because it was such an intimidating room and they weren’t giving him love,’” Peck recalled. “He was undeserving of all the [backlash].”
Koy hosted the award present in January, marking his first gig as an emcee. In his opening monologue, he notably dissed Barbie — which costarred nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling — in addition to fellow nominees Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper and Taylor Swift. Many of his jokes bombed, leaving each the star-studded crowd and plenty of at-home viewers unimpressed.
Rich Polk/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 by way of Getty Images Jo Koy‘s internet hosting debut on the Golden Globes left loads to be desired. The comic, 52, took the stage on Sunday, January 7, after a prolonged seek for a number. Koy adopted within the footsteps of different comedians together with Jerrod Carmichael, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, […]
Schumer, for her half, appeared on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast earlier this month to share her personal opinions on the awkward second, saying that Koy, 52, in the end received a “lesson handed to him.”
“If [the audience doesn’t] laugh, then it’s a problem,” Schumer, who hosted the 2022 Oscars, defined on the time. “The thing with Jo … he threw his writers under the bus and that was not a good look. If I’m going to say a joke about anyone … I’m going to clear it. Like, I cleared [my jokes] to Leonardo DiCaprio. I cleared it with these people. Because I don’t want to make that mistake.”
Despite disagreeing with how Koy dealt with issues on stage, Schumer added that it “does not feel good when the whole internet is mad at you,” and clarified tht she “does not wish that on anyone.”
While discussing Schumer’s feedback on Thursday, Peck’s cohost, Ben Soffer, stated that he principally agreed with Peck however thought Koy blaming his writers for the dearth of guffaws was the principle concern.
“If you’re bombing, you don’t need to tell us that you’re bombing because your writers suck,” he stated. “He threw them under the bus.”
Koy, for his half, informed the Los Angeles Times in an interview following the ceremony that it was “rookie movie” to put blame on his writing group, however he in the end didn’t remorse any of his jokes.
“I got a feeling none of you motherf—kers watched it, and I’m kinda happy,” he informed the outlet. “Oh my, God. It feels good to live in this country. We get to say what we want to say. Don’t be apologetic about it at all. Be able to … speak your mind.”
Koy additionally addressed his particular dig at Swift, 34, by which he joked in regards to the pop star being proven by the NFL whereas attending her boyfriend, Travis Kelce’s soccer video games.
“The whole intention of that joke was to make fun of the NFL,” Koy defined. “It’s like, the cool thing about the Globes is we don’t need to do cutaways for ratings. What hurts the most is me just supporting Taylor, I support her [and] I love her work. I got nieces that I bought [concert] tickets for. There’s no ill intent in that joke.”
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