This is no laughing matter.<\/p>\n
Nikki Glaser is facing backlash for making jokes about sex trafficking, rape and molestation while she hosted \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d for the first time this weekend.<\/p>\n
During her nearly 10-minute opening monologue,<\/a> the stand-up comedian said that she\u2019s become \u201cobsessed with slavery recently\u201d because she keeps seeing sex trafficking warnings in women\u2019s public bathrooms.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re in every stall. They\u2019re in every world language,\u201d she said. \u201cThe English is really tiny and it\u2019s like, \u2018You wish.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMen\u2019s restrooms do not have these signs,\u201d Glaser continued. \u201cI don\u2019t know what signs you have? You have signs that are like, \u2018Want a slave? Text Traffick to 69-69.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Nikki Glaser hosting \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d on Nov. 8. NBC \/ SNL<\/p>\n The \u201cTrainwreck\u201d actress explained that being trafficked is \u201ca big fear\u201d for her Gen Z girlfriends.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t relate. I\u2019m 41. That was not a fear of mine ever in my 20s,\u201d she said. \u201cIn my 20s, I just feared good old-fashioned rape. I didn\u2019t think it would be a career. We didn\u2019t think it was anything more than a \u2018temp job\u2019 on a frat house futon.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s real, though. I\u2019m getting scared. I was out with them and I was like, \u2018What if we get trafficked?\u2019 And they were like, \u2018You\u2019re good,\u2019\u201d Glaser shared. \u201cThey\u2019re like, \u2018We\u2019re safer when you\u2019re with us because they think you\u2019re our madam.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Nikki Glaser during her \u201cSNL\u201d opening monologue. NBC \/ SNL<\/p>\n Nikki Glaser hosting \u201cSNL\u201d at Studio 8H in New York City. NBC \/ SNL<\/p>\n Glaser also said her friends told her she has \u201cresting Ghislaine face,\u201d referring to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s right-hand woman <\/a>\u00a0Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison on sex-trafficking charges.<\/p>\n Earlier in her monologue, Glaser called New York City \u201cEpstein\u2019s original island.\u201d Epstein, who died at age 66 in 2019, owned a\u00a0private island, Little Saint James,<\/a> that acted as his base of operations for underage sex trafficking.<\/p>\n Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell pose at the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/p>\n In another part of her act, Glaser talked about when her 4-year-old nephew asked her to shower with him.<\/p>\n \u201cMy sister was like, \u2018He can take a shower with you. It\u2019s fine. He does it with us,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s fine for you guys but are you really okay with an adult showering with your child?\u2019 Maybe it\u2019s okay if you come and supervise.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat if I molest him?\u2019 She was like, \u2018Would you?!\u2019 I was like, \u2018Like, no! Never. That\u2019s disgusting!\u2019\u201d Glaser went on. \u201cBut that\u2019s what I\u2019d say if I was gonna [do it]. [Abusers] lie. Don\u2019t trust anyone! I don\u2019t even trust myself.\u201d<\/p>\n Sombr, Nikki Glaser and Chloe Fineman during a promo for \u201cSNL.\u201d Rosalind O’Connor\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n Glaser\u2019s monologue divided viewers, many of whom called out the comic for taking her jokes too far.<\/p>\n \u201cokay nikki glaser lost me cause why are we talking about molestation and pedophilia!???\u201d one fan wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cNikki Glaser isn\u2019t funny at all tonight,\u201d another fan said.<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cnikki glaser bombed,\u201d someone else tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n A fourth viewer agreed<\/a>, \u201cNikki Glaser, disastrous monologue, what an absolute horrible performance.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNikki Glaser on SNL= worst host ever. Not one joke in that painful monologue hit,\u201d another viewer stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nikki Glaser during promos for her \u201cSNL\u201d episode. Rosalind O’Connor\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n But other fans defended Glaser\u2019s monologue.<\/p>\n \u201cNikki Glaser just had the best SNL monologue since like idk Chappelle maybe,\u201d one viewer declared.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFor those offended by Nikki Glaser, turn off your TV, put on Ms. Rachel or something, get your pacifier and go to bed,\u201d a different defender of Glaser\u2019s tweeted.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cNikki Glaser killed it. That monologue was dark,\u201d another supporter wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n Nikki Glaser spotted during her \u201cAlive and Unwell Tour\u201d comedy tour in Philadelphia. Ouzounova \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n Glaser appeared in multiple sketches during her \u201cSNL\u201d hosting debut. She played Princess Belle\u00a0<\/strong>in a\u00a0\u201cBeauty and Mr. Beast\u201d\u00a0sketch and an anxious guest in a \u201cThe Jennifer Hudson Show\u201d sketch.<\/p>\n