Nikki Glaser learned a lot from Kim Kardashian as they worked together on The Fifth Wheel.
“It was so much fun [and] she is incredible,” Glaser, 41, exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, April 23, at the 2026 Time100 Gala held at New York City’s Frederick P. Rose Hall. “I have been a fan of [her] show for a while, so I felt like I knew her.”
The comedian continued, “She was always someone I was like, ‘I think I would like to get to know her.’ She just gives great advice.”
Glaser met Kardashian, 45, on the set of Netflix’s The Fifth Wheel, which the Skims mogul also produced. The two women costar alongside Fortune Feimster and Brenda Song in the project directed by Eva Longoria.
“She gave me some, like, insane life advice that literally changed my life,” Glaser gushed of Kardashian on Thursday. “It was just a really hard life decision I was making, and she just had a perspective on it that really no one else could have offered me besides her. It helped me have the strength to do something that I was scared to do.”
According to Glaser, Kardashian’s comments “really did change [her] life.”
“She’s a really good friend, and … you know, you wrap these movies and you, kind of, go in separate directions, but me and that cast, we’re still chatting all the time and keeping up with each other,” Glaser revealed. “I really love her a lot. I’m really happy to say she’s as awesome as I wanted her to be.”
Without detailing the specific nature of Kardashian’s advice, Glaser joked to Us that she also “hopes” to make a future cameo on Hulu’s The Kardashians.
“Fingers crossed,” Glaser quipped.
In addition to starring in The Fifth Wheel, Glaser’s stand-up career has reached new heights. Her latest special, Good Girl, dropped on Hulu Friday, April 24, nearly three months after Glaser hosted the Golden Globes for the second time. During the January 2026 ceremony, Glaser went viral after sharing how nominee Leonardo DiCaprio once told Teen Beat in 1991 that his favorite food was “pasta, pasta, pasta.” Afterward, DiCaprio, 51, sent Glaser tubs of noodles.
Amy Sussman/Getty Images Nikki Glaser is addressing rumors that she’s already set to host next year’s Golden Globe Awards after her well-received debut in January. “I keep seeing headlines that [say], ‘She’s got a deal to do three more [Golden Globes ceremonies],” Glaser, 40, told Entertainment Tonight at the 2025 Grammy Awards on Sunday, February […]
“[I] was in disbelief,” Glaser told Us of DiCaprio’s gift. “It was, kind of, like, ‘Is this real? Is someone pranking me?’ Whenever a celebrity reaches out to me, I always think someone bought my number online.”
Once Glaser realized that the Oscar winner actually sent her pasta, she was grateful.
“I was like, ‘Of course, he’s this kind of guy that’s so thoughtful,’” she said. “He went the extra mile and did that. It meant so much to me as a lifelong Leo fan and someone that I was so obsessed with as a young girl. It was [like], ‘Oh, he’s got a heart.’”
