Variety’s Comedy Impact Honoree Nikki Glaser on How Stand-Up Saved Her Life: ‘We All Thought I Was Going to Die’

Nikki Glaser is a kind person. It might sound ironic, considering Variety’s 2025 Creative Impact in Comedy Award recipient is infamous for her savagely funny takedowns, such as her star-making turn on last year’s “The Roast of Tom Brady.” In the space of nine minutes, Glaser eviscerated fellow comics (telling Jeff Ross, “You really put […]