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EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes has announced that her seventh stand-up special, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: Ugly Baby, is group to premiere connected YouTube connected Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 10 — astatine 12 p.m. PT.
Self-produced and self-financed, Ugly Baby marks Johnson-Reyes’ directorial debut. At nan bosom of nan typical is Anjelah’s travel into motherhood successful her 40s, arsenic nan comedian opens up astir individual struggles pinch fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum life, while rubbing connected nan cosmopolitan themes of relationships, generational shifts, and fighting group connected airplanes.
Filmed crossed 2 sold-out shows astatine nan El Rey Theatre successful Los Angeles, nan typical is simply a co-production betwixt Johnson-Reyes’ Laugh On Beat and 800 Pound Gorilla. Johnson-Reyes exec produced alongside Manwell Reyes, Stephen Gordon Walker, and Jordan Levy.
Watch a trailer for Ugly Baby above.
Johnson-Reyes is simply a autochthonal of San Jose, California whose past 2 specials Say I Won’t and Technically Not Stalking, person respectively garnered 8.6M+ and 3.1M+ views crossed platforms. The comic has been releasing worldly connected YouTube for nan past 20 years and told us, “I’m grateful that I’ve been capable to do this 7 times. My boobs whitethorn beryllium falling little but astatine slightest my profession continues to scope caller heights, each acknowledgment to my loyal fans that person been riding pinch maine for truthful long. I dream you bask my astir susceptible hr yet!”
Johnson-Reyes is coming disconnected The Family Reunion Tour, which spanned 100+ shows successful awesome theaters crossed nan U.S. Over nan people of nan tour, she sold complete 200,000 tickets, pinch 2 sold-out shows astatine The Wiltern successful Los Angeles, 4 astatine The Grove of Anaheim, 1 astatine Smart Financial Centre successful Houston, and 1 astatine The Ryman successful Nashville.
In summation to impermanent starring connected shows specified arsenic Life & Beth, Superstore, The Shield, Ugly Betty, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, nan stand-up has been seen successful films including Candy Cane Lane, Enough Said, Our Family Wedding, and Alvin and nan Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
Johnson-Reyes hosted nan eight-episode bid My Crazy Quince for Tubi and recently, besides launched Funjelah, a drama and intelligence wellness podcast wherever she and guests recount nan things that they are grateful for and dive heavy into really those gratitudes impact their lives. She is represented by UTA, LGN Law, and WalkTheWalk.
