Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser didn’t think bits about President Donald Trump would land at her big party in Hollywood last weekend.

On Tuesday, the comedian talked about striking out the “right tone” for the event during a post-event interview with radio icon Howard Stern, detailed by Entertainment Weekly. In it, she explained why several quips about politics didn’t make it in her monologue.

Glaser said she passed on a joke that comedy legend Steve Martin offered her, opting not to mock the recent renaming of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., by telling the awards show’s attendees they were enjoying an evening at the “Trump Beverly Hilton.”

Explaining why it got the ax, she said, “It was like, you just don’t say that guy’s name right now. I just want to give it space.”

Nikki Glaser dropped a joke about President Donald Trump from her opening monologue at last Sunday's Golden Globes, saying it didn't strike the "right tone" for the evening.

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Another punchline that got left on the cutting room floor was about Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

“I was gonna come in at some point and say, ‘I’m hearing from the bar that we’re out of ice. And you know what? We don’t really need ICE. And actually, I hate ICE. I’ve never even wanted ICE,’” Glaser told Stern, calling the joke too “trivial” to be worth keeping in.

While the stand-up talent didn’t lean heavily on politics for laughs during her gig, she did decide to take a quick swipe at CBS, the Golden Globes’ broadcaster ― and her boss that evening.

Taunting the network about Trump-friendly changes allegedly happening behind the scenes, Glaser said, “CBS News: America’s newest place to ‘See B.S. News.’”