LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 The Golden Globes are fast approaching, and Nikki Glaser<\/a> is struggling to find a Julia Roberts<\/a> joke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cShe\u2019s been the toughest nut to crack,\u201d Glaser, who\u2019s hosting Sunday\u2019s Globes<\/a>, said Tuesday with a determined laugh. \u201cBut I\u2019m going to crack it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The comedian got the hosting gig last year after showing her skill at ruthlessly roasting celebrities.<\/a> She got raves for her monologue. She brought out the knives, but they weren\u2019t overly sharp. She was promptly asked back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Sunday\u2019s monologue will be a shape-shifting monster until the moment the CBS telecast starts and she takes the stage at the Beverly Hilton, ideally with a bit ready for Roberts, who\u2019s nominated for best actress in a drama for \u201cAfter the Hunt.\u201d<\/a> She\u2019ll be sitting in front of Glaser with her star-powered charm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI just want to do the perfect joke but it\u2019s like people do not have a sense of humor about Julia Roberts,\u201d Glaser said in an interview with The Associated Press. \u201cShe\u2019ll be fine \u2014 other people are not fine on her behalf. Like the most innocent joke about her that I made a couple times trying it out, they booed, they were like jeering.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For others, Glaser is confident in her material, and their ability to take it, including the men in the absurdly star-studded best actor categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 She\u2019ll get another shot at Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a>, nominated last year for playing Bob Dylan and this year for \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d: \u201cTimoth\u00e9e, he\u2019s great. He knows how to handle it,\u201d she said. Last year, she told a mustachioed Chalamet: \u201cYou have the most gorgeous eyelashes \u2014 on your upper lip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 She\u2019ll get her first chance to poke at George Clooney, nominated for \u201cJay Kelly\u201d:<\/a> \u201cGeorge Clooney\u2019s going to be exciting to just have any kind of interaction with. I think he\u2019s such a good sport,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s down for it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 She\u2019s says she\u2019s excited about her stuff on \u201cSinners\u201d nominee Michael B. Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2014 And what about Leonardo DiCaprio<\/a>, representing awards season powerhouse \u201cOne Battle After Another?\u201d<\/a> \u201cLeo? Leo, yeah, Leo. We\u2019re going to hit Leo,\u201d she said. \u201cThe icebergs are coming. Watch out.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Glaser spoke to the AP while wearing a gown and fur coat on a mock New York street at a CBS studio lot where she\u2019s prepping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But the real preparation has been happening at Southern California\u2019s comedy clubs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been running the jokes constantly,\u201d she said. \u201cI live and die by those crowds. They really tell me what to keep and what not to. Things that I think will kill will just be nothing and things that I think are just a throwaway are like the best joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She shares one that she dumped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cI was going to make a joke about \u2018Pluribus\u2019 where I said like, \u2018Have you seen it? Pluribly not,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cBut we could not find a place for \u2018pluribly not\u2019 and so that one is in the graveyard. Probably rightfully so.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Because the monologue is directed, roast-style, at the people in the Globes crowd, the comedy club audience has to play celebrity roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n She\u2019ll ask them, \u201c\u2018Will you play Julia Roberts for me?\u2019 You know, like it is, it\u2019s strange, but I kind of just set it up. Like I\u2019m hosting the Golden Globes. They\u2019re usually very excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Like every awards show host, she\u2019s wary that some major current event will upend everything. During the past weekend, she thought she certainly would have to talk about Venezuela<\/a> onstage. Now she thinks maybe not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Nikki](\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/695f8c2b25000084284a0db0.jpeg?cache=0DZrd2bEG6&ops=scalefit_720_noupscale&format=webp)
<\/picture><\/div>\nWhich stars Glaser plans to joke about during the Globes<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
Taking the monologue to the clubs<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
The Venezuela question<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n