Here's All The Celebs Who Came To Jo Koy's Defense After His Controversial Golden Globes Jokes

The 2024 was a great night for many celebrities, but not Jo Koy. Or maybe it was his misogynistic jokes about , which has become one of the highest grossing films and a reimagined feminist icon. Following the Globes, several celebrities supported Jo, while a couple took it as an opportunity to double down on the criticism.

Here's what a few celebrities said: Jo's joke about being a movie about a "doll with big boobs" with a fair and neutral response. "Well, he's not wrong," she said during a BBC Radio 4 Today interview. Jo "an amazing comedian" and thought he handled "bombing on stage" well.

"I think Joy Koy's an amazing comedian. Always has been. [He] sells out arenas all over," Kevin said. "This is not anything [he] needs to make a moment out of ... It's a tough room. Without the knowledge and understanding of how to navigate in that room, you can have some moments — some bumps.

Jo is fine." Howard Stern Jo on his radio show, addressing that awards shows are "fucking hard to do." "Nobody wanted to host this thing," Howard said on his Sirius XM show. "Finally, everyone's getting smart. Those shows are fucking difficult to do." Steve Martin had for Jo, saying, "It's a very difficult job." Steve wrote on Threads, "I tip my hat to anyone who steps out on stage to host a live awards show.

It's a very difficult job and not for the squeamish." Whoopi Goldberg to Jo Koy's backlash, explaining how "these hosting gigs are brutal." On a Monday episode the daytime cohost said, "If you don't know the room, if you've not been in these rooms before, you're sort of thrust out there.

It's hit or miss." Melissa Rivers that Jo's jokes "deserved laughs," and he got "no love" from the audience. "I think he got short tripped and no love, and that was not justified, Melissa said in an Us Weekly video. "Anyone who knows these shows knows that the host preps for months, and they have a team of writers." However, not everybody came to his defense.

Reneé Rapp Jo's Golden Globes jokes, grouping him with a gross cat caller who ruined her morning. The star of shared her "ins" and "outs" for 2024 with her costars on an episode of and quickly shut down Jo's attempt at getting laughs from the Golden Globes crowd. Even seasoned actor Diedre Hall chimed in to drag Jo Koy, and called him a "complete embarrassment." Did Jo Koy's Golden Globes jokes go too far or do you agree that it was just a tough crowd? Check out all of our Golden Globes coverage ..