Nikki Glaser reflects on his overnight success after stealing the spotlight for The Roast of Tom Brady in May.
“It was a performance that changed my life. One of those things you’re like, you never think it’s going to happen, but then everything changes. The next day I was standing in line and seeing my face on people’s phones,” Glaser, 40, said on the Thursday, Dec. 12, episode. Jimmy Kimmel live.
In fact, the attention to Glaser was so stratospheric after the Netflix streaming from May 5 that she felt like a certain pop superstar.
“I had the impression Taylor Swift for a few days. I felt this level [of fame]joked Glaser.
Nikki Glaser’s parents played a huge role in her career — even before they made headlines themselves. Born in 1984, the actor is the eldest of the two children of Julie and Edward Glaser. Despite her parents’ support, Nikki has previously said she doesn’t want to become a mother herself. “I think some moms think that if […]
Since roasting the former NFL quarterback, Glaser has booked huge comedy gigs, including the next Golden Globes on January 5, 2025.
“Life changed after the roast,” she said later in the interview. “A theater tour, lots of dates on my tour, it’s so much fun.”
In May, Glaser infamously took aim at Brady in a wild roast that mocked his divorce from the model Gisèle Bundchen and his loss of $30 million in cryptocurrency. “You have seven rings. Well, eight now that Gisèle has returned hers,” she joked at one point.
Following the release of the Netflix special, Brady, 47, shared his regrets about her participation in the roast because of the effect jokes about her difficult relationships had on her children. (Brady and Bündchen, 44, share son Benjamin, 14, and daughter Vivian, 12. The quarterback also shares son John “Jack” Edward Thomas Moynahan, 17, with his ex Bridget Moynahan.)
“I loved it when the jokes were about me. I thought they were so fun,” Brady told “The Pivot Podcast” in May. “I didn’t like how it affected my children. So that’s the hardest part, like, the bittersweet aspect of when you do something that you think is one way, and then all of a sudden you realize I wouldn’t do it again that’s because of the way it affected, in fact, people. which means the most to me in the world.
Speaking on the Podcast “Pure Air” In July, Glaser responded to Brady’s comments: “As far as Tom Brady…because he said yes, it’s kind of like unless you tell me things are off-limits, I’m going to go there. I have the license. I have your consent. …I can’t believe how far my mind will go.
In May, she also said Today with Hoda and Jenna“I think he may not have considered his family’s reaction and how it would affect them, and I understand that.”
