Jo Koy is an American-Filipino stand-up comedian and podcaster. Jo Koy sold out the 14,000-seat T-Mobile stadium in Las Vegas in November 2022. The stadium has sold out for him, the comic first.
In addition to his stand-up specials, Koy is a well-known podcast host, co-hosting “The Koy Pond” with Jo Koy through Starburns Audio. In 2018, the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal awarded him the title of Stand-Up Comedian of the Year.
Jo Koy Ex-Wife
Jo and his now-ex-wife Angie King welcomed a son, Joseph Herbert Jr., in 2003. Interviews Koy has said that their co-parenting style has not changed since the divorce; in fact, they have co-parented peacefully and remained close friends over the years.
Jo has talked about how close he is to his son. Koy has kept his personal life very secret since his divorce. In 2018, there were rumors that he was engaged to Amy Bray.
More recently, he was connected to singer and actress Tia Carrere. Koy and Chelsea Handler announced their romance on Instagram in September 2021. July 2022 saw the couple’s breakup.
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Jo Koy Early Life
Joseph Glenn Herbert, better known as Jo Koy, was born in Tacoma, Washington, on June 2, 1971. When Koy’s mother, a Filipino rock band manager, married him, his American father was serving in the US Air Force in the Philippines. Jo’s mother reared all of her children alone after the couple’s divorce at the age of 13. Soon after he graduated from Tacoma High School, the family relocated to Tacoma, Washington, and later to Los Vegas.
To be closer to Jo’s sick grandma, the family relocated to Los Vegas. The moniker Jo’s family gave him when he was a child inspired his stage name. Jo typically tells tales about his mother during his comic shows, attributing his acting and humorous abilities to her.
His mother supported him in doing spontaneous performances for his friends and family as well as entering talent events at school. Jo enrolled at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to start college. But he decided to drop out of school to devote all of his time to a full-time comedy career.
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Jo Koy Career
He started doing stand-up in Las Vegas in the middle of the 1990s, and when he started appearing regularly in the MGM Grand production of “Catch a Rising Star,” people began to take attention. This gave him the idea to relocate to Los Angeles. Jo rented the Huntridge Theater and went door to door selling tickets for his own comedy gigs after doing a show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Then he received an invitation to participate on “Comic View” on BET.
From then on, he performed in several high-profile tours and shows and went on to win several comedy prizes. He made appearances on “Comic View” for two seasons. Later on, the comic starred in several TV stand-up specials, such as “Jamie Foxx Presents: Laffapalooza!” Jo has been on several episodes of VH1’s “I Love the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s” show and has won Showtime at the Apollo.
He appeared in over 100 episodes of “Chelsea Lately” as a season regular roundtable guest and frequent guest commentator. Koy was among the select few comedians that concluded their performance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” with a standing ovation. Koy has frequently appeared on “The Adam Carolla Show” as a guest.
He is the host of “The Koy Pond,” a podcast on PodcastOne. Additionally, he had appearances on “New Millenium” and “World’s Dumbest” on Tru TV. Koy won the coveted Canadian Gemini Award at the “Just for Laughs” comedy festival in Montreal after receiving a second invitation.
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Jo & Dre in studio w/producers Caelin & Chris. Jo talks about his bday dinner, dirty son & kids paying parents back. Listen: https://t.co/WqXDnPrIrE pic.twitter.com/kmEkQI9xXn
— The Koy Pond w/ @jokoy (@TheKoyPond) June 8, 2018
Additionally, Koy performed stand-up in front of an audience that packed 10,000-seat arenas and stadiums around the nation on Carlos Mencia’s Punisher Tour. On July 23, 2012, Jo and comedian and TV broadcaster Michael Yo launched “The Michael Yo and Jo Koy Show,” a podcast. In addition to continuing her US tour, the comedian is a weekly guest on the podcast “The Adam Carolla Show.”
Comedy Central has featured two of Koy’s highly regarded and successful comedy specials, “Don’t Make Him Angry” and “Lights Out.” On March 28, 2017, Netflix released his third comedy special, “Jo Koy: Life from Seattle,” globally. Koy debuted “Joy Koy: Comin’ In Hot,” another Netflix special, in June 2019.
Koy took the stage for two performances in February 2019 on the final night of the renowned Aspen Laugh Festival at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen, Colorado. “Jo Koy: In His Elements” is a comedy special that Koy and Netflix released on June 12, 2020.
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Home is where the crazy is. See Jo Koy in the comedy Easter Sunday! Experience it on the big screen at #NovoCinemas on August 4. Stay tuned to our website/app for advance booking. #JoKoy #Comedy #Cinema #AGreatTimeOut pic.twitter.com/vY0o9jvLs9
— Novo Cinemas Bahrain (@NovoCinemasBh) July 30, 2022
DJs, a group of Filipino American comedians, and the B-Boys performed throughout the special. Jo Koy released the movie “Easter Sunday” and the stand-up special “Live from the LA Forum” in 2022. In 2023, he will be the voice of “The Monkey King,” an animated series on Netflix.
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