And on the TV front, Nikki was ready to have some fun with the night’s winner for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, Jean Smart.
“Some people have stage names like Hacks star Jean Smart,” Nikki said, “whose real name is Corduroy Dumbass.”
Another set of jokes Nikki knew she couldn’t tell? Those directed at presenter Julia Roberts, which she quickly learned while trying out her monologue around comedy clubs in Los Angeles.
“Any joke about Julia Roberts, they are not there for,” Nikki told Gayle King on CBS Mornings Jan. 6. “You cannot make fun of America’s Sweetheart. So, whatever I end up saying about her, that is the most fine-tuned joke that I’ve worked on so hard, because it is very delicate.”