Carmichael invites people in his life to take part in an even more nuanced and expansive kind of truth-telling, in his new eight-part HBO series “Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show.”
Since he started performing comedy in 2007, at age 20, Jerrod Carmichael has surprised and delighted audiences by speaking candidly about his personal life. In his 2014 special “Love at the Store,” he acknowledges that he makes good money— not “murder” money, say, but enough that he can “slap a white woman” and still “be free by Friday.” In his 2022 Emmy award-winning special “Rothaniel,” he reveals his real name, talks about his father’s years of infidelity, and comes out of the closet.
During a road trip in Episode 4 to his father’s hometown of Dillon, S.C., the comedian presses his dad on a number of sensitive topics, including his parents’ brutal reaction to him coming out. In a fluorescent-lighted diner, Carmichael speaks honestly to his father: “Hiding that much of myself goes against my morals… Me not being able to bring someone I love home is you turning against me.
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