Chelsea Handler roasted ex-boyfriend Jo Koy during her very raunchy opener at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards, held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday.
The comedian, 48, was the host of the star-studded ceremony, and took the chance to take a jab at her ex, 52, following his recent Golden Globes flop.
After she got the audience laughing by saying she would ‘toss’ legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese, 81, like ‘a little Italian meatball’ she said, ‘thank you for laughing at that. My writers wrote it.’
It was a pointed remark at Koy, who notoriously blamed his writers onstage after failing to get laughs from the Golden Globes audience, saying, ‘I wrote some of these and they’re the ones you’re laughing at.’
During her opener Handler also joked about Saltburn star Barry Keoghan’s manhood and referenced Meg Ryan’s famous orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally.
Chelsea Handler roasted ex-boyfriend Jo Koy during her very raunchy opener at the 29th Annual Critics Choice Awards, held at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica on Sunday
The comedian, 48, was the host of the star-studded ceremony, and took the chance to take a jab at her ex, 52, following his Golden Globes flop
At one point in her monologue, she stated: ‘And now, it’s time to talk about the horniest movie of the year Saltburn’ as the camera panned to Keoghan.
‘There he is. Barry Keoghan was horny for men, women, bath water, and cemeteries.’
‘Featuring men in various states of undress. Most male actors use prosthetics, so thank you, Barry, for keeping it real, and please thank your penis for its service,’ she added.
She then praised Barbie star Margot Robbie: ‘By the way, Margot Robbie produced Saltburn, so you’re a dirty Barbie, and I like it. Which means Margot is responsible for not one, but two spirited dance numbers this year.’
Chelsea later addressed Harrison Ford and Robert De Niro while talking about her preference for older men.
‘The casts of May/December and Killers of the Flower Moon are here. This is where most comedians would make some sort of May/December joke about Leonardo Dicaprio’s dating preferences, but I’m not going to do that. I actually have the same affliction as you, but in the opposite direction.’
‘I prefer my men old and hot men who have been alive since the railway was invented. Speaking of which, Robert Deniro and Harrison Ford are here. I’m looking at the two of you.’
After she got the audience laughing by saying she would ‘toss’ legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese , 81, like ‘a little Italian meatball’ she said, ‘thank you for laughing at that. My writers wrote it’
It was a pointed remark at Koy, who notoriously blamed his writers onstage after failing to get laughs from the Golden Globes audience, saying, ‘I wrote some of these and they’re the ones you’re laughing at’
‘I don’t know which one of you is more of a smokeshow, but you both have been so hot for decades and just keep getting hotter. It’s enough already. I know you’re both spoken for, so I’m not hitting on you. But I am hitting on you.’
Chelsea started out her monologue telling the audience: ‘Tonight, we’re here to celebrate all the brilliant movies and TV shows in 2023 that didn’t get shelved for a tax write-off.’
She went on: ‘We’ve all been through a lot this year and I don’t intend to put you through more, so think of me as your good time doula.’
‘There’s a party growing inside of you and I’m here to help you birth it.’
She then referenced the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strikes, telling the audience: ‘Of course, nobody had a harder time this year than studio executives who were forced to vacation for six consecutive months in a row. But the strikes are over and we are back and better than ever.’
Chelsea went on to proclaim that ‘this was a huge year for women’ while poking fun of Gwyneth Paltrow.
‘Women were victorious in all venues Barbie at the box office, Taylor Swift and Beyonce on their tours, Gwyneth Paltrow in that ski trial.’
‘This year proved that when given the opportunity, women show up for each other and dominate the culture. You could almost say it was the year of women. I mean, women can say that. Bill Maher would say, is she still talking?’
She then poked fun of presidential candidate Ron DeSantis while praising the Barbie movie: ‘Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie worked tirelessly to bring their vision of Barbie to the big screen. And has anyone ever looked better and more powerful in high heels than Margo Robbie? I mean, besides Ron DeSantis.’
