Nikki Glaser is a celebrated American comedian, actress, and TV personality known for the Reality TV dating shows Blind Date, FBoy Island, and Lovers and Liars. She had an eating disorder but overcame it through stand-up comedy.
Multitalented Nikki Glasser was born in 1984 in Ohio to Edward J. and Julie E. Glaser.
Glasser started performing stand-up comedy at 18 while studying at the University of Kansas. Then, she appeared on popular platforms, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Last Comic Standing.
Her first stand-up special, Perfect, premiered on Comedy Central in 2016. It was followed by her second special, Bangin’, which premiered on Netflix in 2019.
In 2024, she also performed at the Roast of Tom Brady, which was released on Netflix.
In addition to comedy, Nikki Glasser has been an actress in the comedy movies Punching the Clown (2009), Trainwreck (2015), and I Feel Pretty (2018).
As a contestant, Glasser also competed on TV Reality shows, including Dancing with the Stars (2018) and The Masked Singer season 8, but couldn’t win the titles.
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She has also hosted the canceled MTV series Nikki & Sara Live in 2013 and Not Safe with Nikki Glaser in 2016.
Highlights
- Nikki Glaser started rejecting food in fifth grade, but her anorexia, an eating disorder, developed in high school.
- Glaser took eighteen years to have three meals a day.
- The overcoming of eating disorder through her profession of “stand-up comedy” is the source of inspiration to many.
How Stand-Up Comedy Saved Nikki Glaser From Eating Disorder
While in high school, people complimented Nikki Glaser for her skinny body and her ability to remain a whole day without food.
But she started facing hair loss, fainting, and mouth sores from malnutrition suddenly.
Then, she was hospitalized, but she convinced others of good health, continued her attendance at college, and starved herself.
When anorexia turned into bulimia, she felt that she was passing away and decided to get rid of it.
Soon, she found a means of living, her field of interest, stand-up comedy.
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Glaser found a purpose in living with her profession and consulted therapists to help her through her eating disorder. Finally, she began eating but didn’t stop.
She would starve in the daytime and eat the whole night. She was obsessed with consuming calories and working out without a proper schedule, which only led her to stress fractures and broken bones.
When she couldn’t work out, she returned to starving again.
Soon, COVID-19 fell out in 2020, and she moved to her parents’ house and was determined to overcome her eating disorder.
For that, she adopted a 12-step program and began eating three meals a day.
Additional Information
- Nikki Glaser has been dating a producer, Chris Convy, on and off for a decade.
- Glaser has also hosted multiple podcasts, including You Had To Be There, We Know Nothing, The Nikki Glaser Podcast, Not Safe, and You Up? With Nikki Glaser.
- Her life was documented in the series “Welcome Home Nikki Glaser?.”
- Nikki Glaser is ranked as the 26th most followed woman comedian.
- Glaser has also appeared in multiple TV shows including Selling Sunset.
