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Comedian Nikki Glaser credited host Kevin Hart for her acclaimed performance at the Tom Brady Roast going viral during the latest episode of The Nikki Glaser Podcast released on Wednesday (May 8).
Glaser credited Hart, who was reported by Forbes to be highest-paid comedian of all-time in 2016, for taking the time to point out the standing ovation she received during the live Netflix stream.
"It was so awesome of him, he did not need to do that," Glaser told her co-host, Brian Frange and boyfriend, Chris Convy, during the podcast. "To me, it's what I've been saying forever about YouTube comments, it tells you how to feel about something. You can like something that you watch on YouTube but if something underneath has 2,000 likes or someone well-known writes under like, 'G.O.A.T. status' or like, 'best thing I've ever seen,' like someone you respect you suddenly like the video more. You can't help it, it's subliminal and that is what he did."
Glaser said she acknowledged that same theory to Hart while expressing her gratitude, to which he replied that he intended to use his notoriety to help fellow comedians, during a private conversation they shared Sunday night.
"He said to me, and now I'm ruining it by telling everyone...he told me he's famous enough, he's like, 'I'm not going to get any bigger, I have to use this to now uplift others.' So he knew what he was doing and he did it throughout the show commenting on other people's [jokes], making sure they had their moment, like, celebrating after the fact, 'man, and that joke you just told,' repeating people's jokes," Glaser said. "He was so good, he was just so in the moment and really made it his own and he's just so easy to watch, you know, he's just so in control."
Brady's 3-hour long roast covered several controversial topics including his divorce from supermodel Gisele Bündchen and her new relationship with her jiu-jitsu trainer Joaquim Valente, his $30 million losses in Crypto.com, the Patriots' alleged involvement in the Spygate and Deflategate controversies, and his relationship with longtime head coach Bill Belichick, who also participated in the roast.