Diddy Accusers’ Lawyer: Nikki Glaser Should Be ‘Ashamed of Herself’

An attorney for some of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ alleged victims is blasting Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser for making jokes related to their abuse allegations, telling the Daily Beast she “hopes karma does not make her eat her words.”

Mitchell, who represents multiple women who have accused Combs of sexual assault and trafficking, wrote to the Daily Beast via email, expanding on earlier statements she gave to TMZ. The site reported that Mitchell said she hopes Glaser has never been sexually assaulted or mocked for it. “I did make that statement to TMZ and I stand by it,” Mitchell wrote to The Daily Beast. “My clients are never happy to have their trauma marked [SIC] and Ms. Glazer should be ashamed of herself,” she added, misspelling the comedian’s name.

The Daily Beast reached out to Glaser for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

Glaser, known as a roast comedian, made several jokes at celebrities’ expense Sunday night, but kept her material more tame than roast fans expected.

She told Howard Stern on his show Monday that she intentionally cut a joke about Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ death as to not “re-traumatize” Alec Baldwin, and on Friday she told Yahoo Entertainment that she would avoid Blake Lively’s sexual harassment allegations against It Ends With Us costar Justin Baldoni during the Globes, since it’s “such a hot-button thing right now.” Glaser added to Yahoo, “Even a mere mention of it will seem like I could be on the wrong side of things, even though I would never be.”

But Glaser didn’t show the same deference when it came to Diddy’s alleged victims, who’ve accused the rapper of drugging and/or sexually assaulting them, and actually planned an even more outrageous Diddy joke than the ones she made on air. She almost told the celebrity-packed crowd, “The Golden Globes is the only show where you can see the biggest stars in movies and television joined together,” adding, “This is the last time all of you will be in the same room together until the Diddy trial.”

Though there had been speculation about which headlines Glaser might pull from in her Globes debut, Mitchell said she hadn’t expected Glaser to bring up Diddy. “Why would I brace my clients to be made fun of at an awards show of all places? This was not even the Grammys, it’s the Golden Globes and they wondered why their ratings are always in the toilet,” the lawyer added.

As of early Monday evening, TV ratings for the show had not yet been released, but the previous year’s ceremony was up 50% year over year and marked its highest ratings in four years.

But the team behind the Globes is apparently feeling bullish about the often-mocked awards show. Less than 24 hours after it aired, executive producer Glenn Weiss told Variety Glaser’s hosting stint was “a home run” and hinted that she might host the show “in the long term.”

Weiss added, “When you have a host that’s that prepared and that dedicated and also not tone deaf, listening to what’s going on in our business and even in the room on the fly, she’s really good at this.”