Nikki Glaser is spilling the tea on what it was actually like babysitting Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann’s youngsters after his 2026 Golden Globes revelation.
Glaser, 41, instructed Howard Stern on Tuesday, January 13, that she was “actually tickled” when Apatow, 58, introduced on the Globes Sunday, January 11, and revealed she was as soon as his daughters’ babysitter.
“It’s such a particular second for me that I began out as his babysitter,” Glaser, who hosted the awards present, defined on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Present.
She recalled Apatow engaged on Humorous Individuals throughout her employment, noting that he and spouse Mann, 53, “paid properly” when she watched their daughters, Maude, now 28, and Iris, now 23.
“This was 2007, I believe it was like $35, $40 an hour,” Glaser revealed. “Which was greater than I [had] ever been paid to babysit.”
Glaser famous that the job was a breeze as a result of the women had been “so candy” and “had been so humorous,” like each of their mother and father.
Glaser’s favourite reminiscence from working for the director, nevertheless, got here accidentally, when Adam Sandler referred to as the home one night.
“He was like, ‘Hey.’ I used to be like, ‘Hello.’ And he was like, ‘Hey, Maude, that is Adam.’ I used to be like, ‘Oh no, that is the babysitter,’” Glaser recalled.
Judd Apatow and Leslie Mann. Amy Sussman/Getty Photos
She stated Sandler, 59, didn’t skip a beat, asking her how her “night time was going,” which has stayed in her thoughts.
“It was my first interplay with Adam Sandler and I’ve cherished him ever since,” Glaser shared. “That was the nicest name I’ve ever gotten once I was babysitting.”
Glaser’s babysitting connection to Apatow was one of many many enjoyable moments followers had been aware about when watching Sunday’s Golden Globes.
The emcee kicked off the present with a hilarious monologue that ranged from asking George Clooney for recommendations on easy methods to repair her Nespresso machine to grilling Leonardo DiCaprio about his love life.
“Leonardo DiCaprio is right here for One Man Bun After One other,” Glaser stated, referring to DiCaprio’s Golden Globes nominated film One Battle After One other. “How good was Leo in One Battle After One other? It’s insane, so good. What a profession you’ve had, numerous iconic performances, you’ve labored with ever nice director, you’ve received three Golden Globes, an Oscar — most necessary factor is you had been in a position to accomplish all of that earlier than your girlfriend turned 30. I imply, it’s simply insane.”
DiCaprio, 51, took the joke in stride amid his present relationship with mannequin Vittoria Ceretti, who’s 24-years his junior.
“Leo, I’m sorry I made that joke, it’s low-cost,” Glaser stated throughout the awards present, apologizing. “I attempted to not, however like we don’t know anything about you. There’s nothing else, like, open up. I searched [and] essentially the most in-depth interview you’ve ever given was in Teen Beat journal in 1991. Is your favourite meals nonetheless, ‘pasta and extra pasta?’ Look it up, that’s actual.”
DiCaprio nodded his head in settlement earlier than Glaser turned her sights to Michael B. Jordan and the NSFW ideas she had whereas watching him in 2025’s Sinners.
Glaser joked that she “couldn’t consider” she acquired to observe Jordan, 38, play not one, however two brothers within the movie, saying, “Once I noticed that, I used to be like, ‘Nikki-be-jerkin’ as a result of that was superior.”
The host laughed earlier than as soon as once more apologizing. “I’m sorry, Michael. Why did I make that joke? [You’re here with] your mother. I mustn’t have stated that to you,” Glaser continued. “That ought to have been [in] a DM. My mistake. I like you, you’re wonderful.”
Whereas Glaser acquired a lot of laughs for her jokes all through the published, she later revealed there have been a number of she determined to chop, together with one about Sydney Sweeney in Christy.
“Individuals simply aren’t going to the theaters to see issues, and in case you don’t consider me: There was a film this 12 months the place Sydney Sweeney performed a lesbian who simply bounced round in tiny shorts for 2 hours, and it made $14,” Glaser instructed Stern on Tuesday was her unused joke concerning the Christy Martin biopic that earned $1.3 million in its opening weekend.
Glaser defined on the radio present that she determined to chop the joke as a result of “the viewers simply didn’t prefer it.”
“It simply wasn’t killing as arduous as all the different stuff,” she added. “And [Sweeney] wasn’t gonna be there, and it’s a joke it’s a must to do on the prime of the present, and it’s like, we’re bringing somebody into the present that’s not even right here.”


