Nikki Glaser facing backlash for sex trafficking…
This is no laughing matter.
Nikki Glaser is facing backlash for making jokes about sex trafficking, rape and molestation while she hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the first time this weekend.
During her almost 10-minute opening monologue, the stand-up comic said that she’s turn out to be “obsessed with slavery recently” because she retains seeing sex trafficking warnings in girls’s public loos.
“They’re in every stall. They’re in every world language,” she said. “The English is really tiny and it’s like, ‘You wish.’”
“Men’s restrooms do not have these signs,” Glaser continued. “I don’t know what signs you have? You have signs that are like, ‘Want a slave? Text Traffick to 69-69.’”
Nikki Glaser internet hosting “Saturday Night Live” on Nov. 8. NBC / SNL
The “Trainwreck” actress explained that being trafficked is “a big fear” for her Gen Z girlfriends.
“I don’t relate. I’m 41. That was not a fear of mine ever in my 20s,” she said. “In my 20s, I just feared good old-fashioned rape. I didn’t think it would be a career. We didn’t think it was anything more than a ‘temp job’ on a frat house futon.”
“It’s real, though. I’m getting scared. I was out with them and I was like, ‘What if we get trafficked?’ And they were like, ‘You’re good,’” Glaser shared. “They’re like, ‘We’re safer when you’re with us because they think you’re our madam.’”
Nikki Glaser during her “SNL” opening monologue. NBC / SNL
Nikki Glaser internet hosting “SNL” at Studio 8H in New York City. NBC / SNL
Glaser also said her pals told her she has “resting Ghislaine face,” referring to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s right-hand girl Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on sex-trafficking fees.
Earlier in her monologue, Glaser called New York City “Epstein’s original island.” Epstein, who died at age 66 in 2019, owned a personal island, Little Saint James, that acted as his base of operations for underage sex trafficking.
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pose at the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Patrick McMullan via Getty Images
In another half of her act, Glaser talked about when her 4-year-old nephew requested her to bathe with him.
“My sister was like, ‘He can take a shower with you. It’s fine. He does it with us,’” she said. “I’m like, ‘That’s fine for you guys but are you really okay with an adult showering with your child?’ Maybe it’s okay if you come and supervise.”
“What if I molest him?’ She was like, ‘Would you?!’ I was like, ‘Like, no! Never. That’s disgusting!’” Glaser went on. “But that’s what I’d say if I was gonna [do it]. [Abusers] lie. Don’t trust anyone! I don’t even trust myself.”
Sombr, Nikki Glaser and Chloe Fineman during a promo for “SNL.” Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images
Glaser’s monologue divided viewers, many of whom called out the comedian for taking her jokes too far.
“okay nikki glaser lost me cause why are we talking about molestation and pedophilia!???” one fan wrote on X.
“Nikki Glaser isn’t funny at all tonight,” another fan said.
“nikki glaser bombed,” another person tweeted.
A fourth viewer agreed, “Nikki Glaser, disastrous monologue, what an absolute horrible performance.”
“Nikki Glaser on SNL= worst host ever. Not one joke in that painful monologue hit,” another viewer said.
Nikki Glaser during promos for her “SNL” episode. Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty Images
But other followers defended Glaser’s monologue.
“Nikki Glaser just had the best SNL monologue since like idk Chappelle maybe,” one viewer declared.
“For those offended by Nikki Glaser, turn off your TV, put on Ms. Rachel or something, get your pacifier and go to bed,” a different defender of Glaser’s tweeted.
“Nikki Glaser killed it. That monologue was dark,” another supporter wrote.
Nikki Glaser noticed during her “Alive and Unwell Tour” comedy tour in Philadelphia. Ouzounova / SplashNews.com
Glaser appeared in a number of sketches during her “SNL” internet hosting debut. She performed Princess Belle in a “Beauty and Mr. Beast” sketch and an anxious visitor in a “The Jennifer Hudson Show” sketch.
Sombr was the episode’s musical visitor. He carried out “12 to 12” and “Back to Friends.”
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