Nikki Glaser raised eyebrows with jokes about intercourse trafficking, rape and youngster molestation in her Saturday Evening Reside debut.
The comic, 41, hosted the NBC sketch comedy sequence for the primary time on Saturday, November 8, with almost 10 minutes of airtime being dedicated to her standup monologue. The controversial portion of her routine began out with Glaser complaining in regards to the perils of going to nail salons along with her mates.
“You'll be able to go to the nail salon with a buddy, however you get separated on the border. They don't allow you to sit subsequent to one another. It's so delinquent,” Glaser quipped. “You're simply sitting there watching Beat Bobby Flay on mute. You'll be able to't discuss to the girl doing all of your nails as a result of … slavery? I don't know! She appears caught and unhappy. I don't know.”
Glaser then moved on to discussing the intercourse trafficking warnings that girls generally see in public bogs.
“I feel I'm simply paranoid and I feel I'm simply obsessive about slavery not too long ago as a result of each time you go … to a public ladies's restroom and also you sit within the stall, there's at all times a poster on the again of the stall that's asking you in case you're being trafficked,” she mentioned. “They're in each stall. They're in each world language. The English is absolutely tiny and it's like, ‘You would like.'”
She went on, “Males's restrooms shouldn't have these indicators. I don't know what indicators you have got? You may have indicators which might be like, ‘Need a slave? Textual content Traffick to 69-69.'”
The Dancing with the Stars alum identified that she wasn't the one one frightened about intercourse trafficking.
“It's actually an enormous worry of being trafficked, principally for Gen Z ladies,” she mentioned. “I've plenty of Gen Z mates that I purchased … and so they're terrified. I don't relate. I'm 41. That was not a worry of mine ever in my 20s. In my 20s, I simply feared good old school rape. I didn't suppose it could be a profession. We didn't suppose it was something greater than a ‘temp job' on a frat home futon.”
Glaser relayed feeling frightened that she'd be trafficked throughout a current evening out along with her youthful mates.
“I used to be like, ‘What if we get trafficked?' And so they had been like, ‘You're good,'” she claimed. “They're like, ‘We're safer while you're with us as a result of they suppose you're our madam.'”
Nikki Glaser on ‘Saturday Evening Reside' Courtesy YouTube / Courtesy NBC
She pushed the problem additional by mentioning that her Gen Z mates thought she had “resting Ghislaine face,” in reference to late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell. (In June 2022, Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on sex-trafficking costs in relation to her actions with Epstein. She has denied wrongdoing.)
This was the second time Glaser invoked the Epstein intercourse trafficking scandal in her monologue as she had known as New York Metropolis “Epstein's authentic island” earlier. (Epstein owned a personal island, Little Saint James, from 1998 till his dying by suicide at age 66 in August 2019. The financier was arrested on federal intercourse trafficking costs shortly earlier than his dying and was beforehand convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008.)
In one other part of the monologue, Glaser joked about feeling discomfort when her 4-year-old nephew requested to take a bathe along with her.
“My sister was like, ‘He can take a bathe with you. It's nice. He does it with us,'” she recalled. “I'm like, ‘That's nice for you guys however are you actually OK with an grownup showering along with your youngster?' Possibly it's OK in case you come and supervise.”
When Glaser's sister requested why supervision was crucial, the comedian declared: “What if I molest him?' She was like, ‘Would you?!' I used to be like, ‘Like, no! By no means. That's disgusting!' However that's what I'd say if I used to be gonna [do it]. [Abusers] lie. Don't belief anybody! I don't even belief myself.”
Glaser's risqué monologue proved to be divisive with SNL viewers, as many felt it was inappropriate to make a mockery of intercourse trafficking and sexual abuse.
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“Okay nikki glaser misplaced me trigger why are we speaking about molestation and pedophilia!???” one X consumer complained, whereas one other vented: “Nikki glaser Actually giving me the ick on snl tonight.”
“Issues nikki glaser managed to make right into a joke on her snl open: home violence, racism, sa [sexual assault], pedophilia, intercourse trafficking. Do higher,” one other viewer demanded.
An SNL fan called Glaser's jokes “shameful” and went on: “Nikki Glaser internet hosting @nbcsnl tonight. Wow, making an attempt humor on rape & intercourse trafficking…yea, no.”
“Nikki Glaser internet hosting #snl joking about intercourse trafficking is totally tone deaf and offensive. WTF,” an X consumer wrote.
Others defended Glaser's jokes, together with one SNL fan who felt she'd really shined a highlight on essential points.
“What I received from Nikki Glaser's roast: She shouted out shorter guys. Gave consciousness to assets if one was being trafficked. Spoke on how simple it may be for a member of the family to SA somebody,” they argued. “I believed she was humorous.”
One other fan expressed hope that Glaser would “win an Emmy for this s***.”
Us Weekly has reached out to NBC for remark.
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Glaser has one other main internet hosting alternative on the horizon as she might be returning to MC the Golden Globe Awards for the second yr working in January 2026. The comic was such an enormous hit along with her monologue jokes about Ben Affleck, Sean “Diddy” Combs and Adrien Brody final yr that she was invited again by award present organizers Dick Clark Productions solely two months after the 2025 ceremony.
“Internet hosting the Golden Globes this yr was indubitably probably the most enjoyable I've ever had in my profession,” Glaser introduced in March 2025. “I can't wait to do it once more, and this time in entrance of the staff from The White Lotus who will lastly acknowledge my expertise and solid me in Season 4 as a Scandinavian Pilates teacher with a shadowy previous.”
Golden Globes president Helen Hoehne expressed pleasure for Glaser's return in 2026 because of the comedian's “refreshing spark and fearless wit.”
“Her sharp humor, and daring presence set the tone for an unforgettable evening, making the ceremony really feel vibrant and most of all enjoyable,” Hoehne mentioned.
Saturday Evening Reside's subsequent new episode airs Saturday, November 15 on NBC at 11:30p.m. ET with visitor host Glen Powell and musical visitor Olivia Dean.
When you or somebody you already know is a human trafficking sufferer, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
When you or somebody you already know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
