Jo Koy Doubles Down on “Intent” Behind Taylor Swift Golden Globes Joke

“If you’ve ever seen me, you’ll see just how much I praise and shine light on women, from my ex-wife to my mom,” he told the Times, explaining how his “whole goal is to try and change that type of narrative” with his comedy. “I bought the movie. I supported the movie. Yes, that’s the story that that doll needed. And I’m glad because now there’s people that look like my mom that can support that.”

For what it’s worth, Barbie director Greta Gerwig believes Jo’s take is “not wrong.”

“She’s the first doll that was mass-produced with breasts, so he was right on,” the filmmaker said on the Jan. 10 episode of BBC Radio 4’s Today. “And you know, I think that so much of the project, of the movie was unlikely because it is about a plastic doll.”

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