BAFTAs Host David Tennant Promises Not to 'Diss' Taylor Swift | 701D030 | 2024-02-17 13:08:01
BAFTAs host David Tennant took away one major factor from Jo Koy's current efforts on the Golden Globes.
"Don't diss Tay Tay, I feel is the lesson to be discovered," Tennant, 52, shared in an interview with Variety revealed on Thursday, February 15. "I stay in a home of Taylor Swift followers, so I do know higher."
Throughout last month's Golden Globes, Koy, 52, acquired a not-so-amused response from Swift, 34, after poking enjoyable at the NFL's frequent coverage of the pop star and her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. "The large distinction between the Golden Globes and the NFL? On the Golden Globes, we now have fewer digital camera photographs of Taylor Swift, I swear," Koy said on stage. "There's simply extra to go to."
Swift responded to the remark by taking a clumsy sip from her drink with an irritated look on her face. Swifites shortly came to the singer's protection by way of social media, with one fan writing by way of X, "Taylor Swift being unamused by Jo Koy, she's really identical to us!"
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Tennant, for his half, informed Variety that his objective because the BAFTAs host is to "hold all of it collectively." He added: "I don't assume I've quite received that type of strategy, so I feel you simply need to type of be who you're, actually. But we've acquired some good materials that gained't depart anyone feeling obtained at."
Koy defended his dig at Swift in the future after the January 7 awards show, telling Entertainment Tonight he meant for the joke to be "cute." He defined: "I was simply saying it's much less cutaways, that's all."
The comic later admitted the joke was "bizarre" in an interview on GMA3: What You Need to Know, noting, "It was extra on the NFL. I was making an attempt to make fun of the NFL utilizing cutaways and how the Globes didn't have to try this. So it was more of a jab toward the NFL. However it simply didn't come out that means."
Several celebrities criticized Swift's response to the joke, with The View cohost Sara Haines stating last month that the Grammy winner must "get a sense of humor." Megyn Kelly, meanwhile, stated that Swift made the "wrong move" in negatively reacting to the comment, including, "Can't [Taylor] simply show that she's an excellent sport?"
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Different stars stood up for Koy after many viewers panned his Golden Globes hosting efficiency. "That was not justified," Melissa Rivers solely informed Us Weekly final month of the backlash in the direction of Koy. "Loads of the fabric was, I wouldn't say his strongest, however was robust enough that it should have gotten laughs and nobody was insulted. I simply assume the room determined they weren't going to have fun."
Steve Martin applauded Koy for taking over the "troublesome job" by way of Threads last month, writing, "[It's] not for the squeamish. I know because I'm nonetheless throwing up from the final time I did it in 2010."
Koy poked enjoyable at the Golden Globes drama by comparing celebrities to "marshmallows" throughout a St. Louis comedy gig last month. "They're delicious, however goddamn, they're mushy. I simply come from a unique time," he informed audience members, per Variety. "I see the modifications which are occurring. I get it, however goddamn, can we f–king snort at ourselves?"
The BAFTAs will air within the U.Okay. on BBC One Sunday, February 18, and might be out there to stream on BBC iPlayer and BritxBox.
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