Nikki Glaser raised eyebrows with jokes about intercourse trafficking, rape and youngster molestation in her Saturday Night time Reside debut.
The comic, 41, hosted the NBC sketch comedy sequence for the primary time on Saturday, November 8, with practically 10 minutes of airtime being dedicated to her standup monologue. The controversial portion of her routine began out with Glaser complaining concerning the perils of going to nail salons along with her mates.
“You may go to the nail salon with a pal, 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 may’t speak to the lady 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 ladies generally see in public bogs.
“I feel I’m simply paranoid and I feel I’m simply obsessive about slavery lately as a result of each time you go … to a public ladies’s restroom and also you sit within the stall, there’s all the time a poster on the again of the stall that’s asking you when you’re being trafficked,” she stated. “They’re in each stall. They’re in each world language. The English is actually tiny and it’s like, ‘You want.’”
She went on, “Males’s restrooms do not need these indicators. I don’t know what indicators you’ve? You will have indicators which are like, ‘Need a slave? Textual content Traffick to 69-69.’”
The Dancing with the Stars alum identified that she wasn’t the one one nervous about intercourse trafficking.
“It’s actually an enormous concern of being trafficked, largely for Gen Z women,” she stated. “I’ve numerous Gen Z mates that I purchased … and so they’re terrified. I don’t relate. I’m 41. That was not a concern of mine ever in my 20s. In my 20s, I simply feared good old style rape. I didn’t assume it will be a profession. We didn’t assume it was something greater than a ‘temp job’ on a frat home futon.”
Glaser relayed feeling nervous that she’d be trafficked throughout a current night time out along with her youthful mates.
“I used to be like, ‘What if we get trafficked?’ They usually have been like, ‘You’re good,’” she claimed. “They’re like, ‘We’re safer whenever you’re with us as a result of they assume you’re our madam.’”
Nikki Glaser on ‘Saturday Night time 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 twenty years in jail 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 referred to as New York Metropolis “Epstein’s authentic island” earlier. (Epstein owned a non-public island, Little Saint James, from 1998 till his demise by suicide at age 66 in August 2019. The financier was arrested on federal intercourse trafficking costs shortly earlier than his demise 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 wonderful. He does it with us,’” she recalled. “I’m like, ‘That’s wonderful for you guys however are you actually OK with an grownup showering together with your youngster?’ Possibly it’s OK when you come and supervise.”
When Glaser’s sister requested why supervision was mandatory, 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 person 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 referred to as Glaser’s jokes “shameful” and went on: “Nikki Glaser internet hosting @nbcsnl tonight. Wow, trying 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 person wrote.
Others defended Glaser’s jokes, together with one SNL fan who felt she’d really shined a highlight on essential points.
“What I obtained from Nikki Glaser’s roast: She shouted out shorter guys. Gave consciousness to sources if one was being trafficked. Spoke on how simple it may be for a member of the family to SA somebody,” they argued. “I assumed 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 will probably 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 unquestionably 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 workforce from The White Lotus who will lastly acknowledge my expertise and forged 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 as a result of comedian’s “refreshing spark and fearless wit.”
“Her sharp humor, and daring presence set the tone for an unforgettable night time, making the ceremony really feel vibrant and most of all enjoyable,” Hoehne stated.
Saturday Night time 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.
If you happen to or somebody you understand is a human trafficking sufferer, contact the Nationwide Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
If you happen to or somebody you understand has been sexually assaulted, contact the Nationwide Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).
