Vulture magazine ahead of Netflix airing his new comedy special, Bones and All. It’s his first comedy special for five years. Jeselnik grew up in Pennsylvania.
He began his stand-up career in Los Angeles and got his first big break on Comedy Central Presents in 2009. This led to a writing job with Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and further stand-up success. He’s known for his dark humor and has built a large, international following who love his pushing-the-boundaries jokes.
Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Jeselnik has spoken about girlfriends in past interviews and stand-up shows. He previously dated Amy Schumer. However, he generally avoids sharing much about the details of his personal life in his comedy.
A post shared by Vulture (@vulture)The Vulture profile notes that in 2014 Jeselnik worked on developing a show for FX, which he describes as being like “a bisexual Louie.”However, he had second thoughts and decided to return the fee and abandon the project. FX told Jeselnik he didn’t even have to star in the show, but he still wanted to walk away. “I said, ‘You know what? I don’t even want to work on this anymore.
I don’t want to do a narrative, I don’t want to talk about sexuality. It doesn’t really benefit my comedy.’ Writing the story, writing all the characters, it was like, This is too much.”Interviewer Kathryn VanArendonk pushed Jeselnik on the “bisexual Louie” angle: Was the character based on Jeselnik or someone he created?“A little of both,” he replied. “It would’ve been someone figuring out their sexuality later.” Was that an experience he had? “Sure,” he said.
“Yeah.”So he didn’t want to explore that side of his identity, VanArendonk asks.“I didn’t really have a comedic angle on it,” Jeselnik replied. “It was like, Oh, maybe I’m gonna try this out. Then I was like, No, I don’t really have anything to say about it, so maybe it’s someone else’s
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