Supposedly, Saturday Night Live hasn’t particularly intended to favor stand-up comedians when casting the show in recent years; Lorne Michaels has said (and I’m sure I’ve repeated here) that there was a influx of stand-ups auditioning because of the pandemic,

Many people will recognize Glaser from her participation in the roasts of Rob Lowe, Alec Baldwin, Bruce Willis, and Tom Brady. Not all of her comedy revolves around burning celebrities, but she did some of that while making her “SNL” debut on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Nikki Glaser is counting her lucky stars after making her hosting debut on Saturday Night Live. “Best week of my liiiiiiife,” Glaser, 41, wrote via Instagram on Monday. “Thank you so much to Lorne, the cast,

But she did well! And this episode was good. Throughout the night, Glaser’s lack of sketch experience was noticeable (some flubs, etc.), but the show worked around it by having her lead two digital shorts and giving her more forgiving straight-man roles in the ensemble sketches.

Earlier in her monologue, Glaser called New York City “Epstein’s original island.” Epstein, who died at age 66 in 2019, owned a private island, Little Saint James, that acted as his base of operations for underage sex trafficking.

Nikki Glaser raised eyebrows and turned heads during her controversialSaturday Night Live monologue on November 8. The comedienne, 41, opened her hosting gig with a medley of wild and inappropriate jokes about s-- abuse,

Nikki Glaser hosted the sketch comedy series for the first time on Saturday, where she was joined by musical guest Sombr, fresh off his Grammy nomination for best new artist.