Jay Leno’s got Nikki Glaser’s back, and he's not having any of the backlash -- the comedy legend thinks she absolutely killed it during her Golden Globes hosting debut.
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00:00Nikki Glaser, everyone's saying that she-
00:03I thought she was great.
00:04You thought she was, so you watched her perform it.
00:06Oh, I thought she was excellent.
00:07She's professional, had really funny jokes.
00:10I mean, she did the work.
00:12Just to show you, if you put the time in,
00:15yeah, I thought it was excellent.
00:17Every joke worked, every joke was funny.
00:20And she was just right on the edge.
00:22You see people, you couldn't get mad at something she said
00:25because there wasn't enough truth in it.
00:26Really clever.
00:27I was very proud of her.
00:28I thought she did great.
00:29I know, I wanted to ask you, I mean, as a popular late night show host like yourself,
00:33I mean, do you think she has potential to get into the late night show space?
00:37Well, late night is different now, but I mean,
00:39I put her on the Tonight Show years ago, and I thought she was great.
00:42She was great last night.
00:43I bet she's back next year.
00:44I bet she becomes the host.
00:45I hope she does.
00:46Okay.
00:47I mean, do you think that maybe, I mean,
00:49because right now the men are kind of ruling the late night show.
00:52You got the both Jimmys.
00:53How are you?
00:54You got, I mean, you got every-
00:55I mean, she could definitely, her career could just definitely take off at this.
00:58Well, I don't know if late night shows have the impact they used to.
01:01I mean, it's a different time, but I'm not sure she'd want to be tied down.
01:06I think she's great as a comic.
01:07I love being a comic.
01:09Being a comic is more fun than hosting the Tonight Show.
01:12And I think she'll be a great comic for a long time,
01:16and she'll be in demand.
01:19She'll get more jobs like this.
01:21No, I think she's doing great.
01:23Couldn't have gone better.
01:24Of course.
01:25I can't think of anybody who could have done a better job.
01:27I know.
01:28So right now, I mean, there is a,
01:30I know some Diddy accusers are a little upset at her for some of the little jokes she made.
01:34Yeah.
01:35I mean, should they be upset by it?
01:37Should they be upset by it, or should they just kind of let it go?
01:41I think Diddy's got other problems right now.
01:43Hey, wait a minute.
01:44They said he'd joke about me.
01:45Yeah, I think he's got bigger problems.
01:46He's got bigger problems.
01:47Okay.
01:48All right.
01:49And how's the injuries?
01:50How are you healing up?
01:51I mean, you look great.
01:52Why, thanks.
01:53I appreciate that.
01:54Well, thank you very much.
01:55Don't walk into a tree now.
01:56Be careful.
01:57So you're going to be a little bit more careful when you walk now.
01:59That's right.
02:00Okay.
02:01All right, you take care.
02:02All right, thank you so much.