Could Joel Kim Booster Be the First Gay Male Stand-Up Superstar?

<p>Joel Kim Booster likes to play the “hot idiot” on stage. But as you will quickly learn during this episode, he is actually full the insights about the unique challenges he has faced on his path to becoming one of the funniest young comedians working today. To kick off Pride Month, the stand-up comic and co-host of the <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5iCxSo2etowcaovHXtjjjb?si=u-hsQd_jSzKB_XwIM-DsLQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Flameout’ podcast on Spotify</a> opens up about growing up with his adoptive Evangelical Christian family, how he gave up self-deprecation to embrace over-confidence and why there hasn’t been a gay male stand-up comedy superstar on the level of Ellen DeGeneres, Wanda Sykes or <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tig-notaro-has-never-felt-better/id1456474041?i=1000486345682" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tig Notaro</a>. He also reveals some exciting news about the status of his big gay rom-com ‘Trip’ co-starring SNL’s Bowen Yang!</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Joel Kim Booster on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ihatejoelkim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ihatejoelkim</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ihatejoelkim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ihatejoelkim</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>