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Jim Gaffigan took the oxygen out of the room throughout whereas presenting an award on the Golden Globes — and it is as a result of he considerably referenced Jeffrey Epstein-esque materials.
The longtime standup was readily available Sunday at hand out the award for Finest Efficiency in Stand-Up Comedy on Tv — an entire new class that the GG are beginning to embrace … and whereas acknowledging how wild that improvement was, JG made a jaw-dropping joke.
He was speaking about how loopy it’s he is even in showbiz, saying … “I’m from a small town in Indiana, I’m not a pedophile.” A handful of individuals laughed, however it was principally useless silent.
Jim went on to rhetorically ask if “pedophile” was a brand new class there, however famous he was completely happy to be presenting an award for comics with huge specials … arguing it was overdue.
Ultimately, he introduced the winner as Ricky Gervais for his new Netflix present — however the man did not present up, so Jim accepted on his behalf. The entire bit was very dry and sarcastic, in typical Jim trend, however his crack felt like a bit of too quickly for the ritzy crowd.
That stated, some folks did seem to snicker … together with Taylor Swift, who apparently discovered a few of what Jim needed to say humorous, particularly towards the top his very transient set.
Contemplating there’s quite a lot of huge names popping out with these Epstein checklist drops — ya gotta determine folks wished to avoid that subject altogether. As a substitute, Jim dove proper in. 😅