Nikki Glaser opened the 82nd Golden Globes by welcoming the packed room of celebrities to “Ozempic’s biggest night.” And as promised, the stand-up comedian got in a self-deprecating joke up top by saying that she was excited to be in a room full of producers at the Beverly Hilton with “all of my clothes” on.

People who aren't celebrities love to see celebrities taken down.” Alas, Glaser explained, “the set that people in Middle America want me to do is not the set I can do” because a comic who couldn’t also win over the stars would sink herself by failing to get laughs and claps in the room.

After last year’s utter catastrophe of a Golden Globes opening—stale, crass, practically booed-at jokes by host Jo Koy —what a wonderful bit of whiplash it was to watch this year’s host, Nikki Glaser, right the ship and then some at the top of Sunday night’s broadcast.