In a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jo Koy, the Golden Globes host, responded to Taylor Swift’s less-than-impressed reaction to his joke during the awards ceremony. Swift’s fans had criticized the joke on social media, deeming it unnecessary and unfunny. Jo Koy explained that his intention was simply to support the singer, and there was no ill will behind the joke.

Jo Koy says he supports Taylor Swift

During the Golden Globes ceremony, Jo Koy made a joke about Taylor Swift, stating, “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL – on the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift. I swear, there’s just more to go to.” Taylor Swift’s reaction was captured on camera as she took a sip of her drink.

In the interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jo Koy clarified, “I didn’t understand the Taylor [Swift] tiff. Mind you, that one was just getting rewritten 50 million times, never ran it through, all the way up until we had to walk out. It’s just weird, where do you place it, and we kept hammering it and cutting it down? But the whole intention of that joke was to make fun of the NFL. It’s like, the cool thing about the (Golden) Globes is we don’t need to do cutaways for ratings. What hurts the most is me just supporting Taylor, I support her, and I love her work. I got nieces that I bought tickets for. There’s no ill intent in that joke.”

‘It’s about the NFL’

Jo Koy further explained that the joke was primarily aimed at the NFL, emphasizing, “The joke is about the NFL and how they keep using cutaways to [her]. And it’s an obvious reason why. I’m not saying anything that no one’s saying, and it’s obvious what that joke was. It’s about the NFL. It’s like out of everything that has happened this is the one you choose to go after. I didn’t understand why because it was fun when I walked out. Robert De Niro was dying, like, and I’m looking at him and his wife was smacking his back and smiling and laughing and he was laughing. And when I did the whole thing about him being 80 he loved it. And that was fun. I was like, man, this guy’s so much fun. And then I did that [Swift] joke and I’m like, what just happened?”