April 22, 2026, 11:09 a.m. ET
Thanks to one in every of her most memorable jokes on the Golden Globes, Nikki Glaser wound up with one field of pasta after one other.
In an appearance on “The Tonight Show,” the comic revealed Leonardo DiCaprio despatched her “three baskets of pasta” as a thanks gift after she roasted him in her monologue at January’s Golden Globe Awards.
The gift tied again to a joke Glaser made about him on the ceremony. In her monologue, the comedian first made a quip in regards to the “One Battle After Another” actor’s tendency up to now youthful ladies, saying it is spectacular that he has achieved so many issues “before your girlfriend turned 30.”
She then admitted this was a “cheap” shot however joked that she had no different choices as a result of “we don’t know anything else about you, man.”
“The most in-depth interview you’ve ever given was in Teen Beat magazine in 1991,” Glaser mentioned. “Is your favorite food still ‘pasta, pasta, and more pasta’? Look it up. That’s real.”
Glaser was referencing an precise Teen Beat journal article the place DiCaprio did, actually, record “pasta, pasta and more pasta” as his favourite meals. DiCaprio laughed alongside and nodded his head in response to Glaser’s query.
On “The Tonight Show,” Glaser defined that after internet hosting an awards present, she at all times sends flowers “to everyone that I made fun of that was a good sport about it, which was everyone, just to say thank you.” DiCaprio, although, was the one one who despatched one thing again.
The comedian additionally joked that after receiving the hampers of pasta from DiCaprio, “Part of me was like, does Leo want to smash? I was like, alright. But the type of girl he goes for, he wouldn’t send pasta to.”
January’s Golden Globes was Glaser’s second time internet hosting the awards ceremony, and she or he has already been confirmed to return as host in 2027. In an announcement confirming her return in March, she joked, “I’m thrilled to host the Golden Globes for a third time, not only because it’s the greatest gig I’ve ever had, but because my sister has three kids and now we will be equal in the eyes of my parents and the Lord.”
