Comedian Judy Gold dishes on coming out on stage, Provincetown, and her gay cruise disaster
All-American Girl, and served as a writer and producer on The Rosie O’Donnell Show, for which she’s won two Daytime Emmys.More recently, Gold has appeared in a number of Off-Broadway productions, including this year’s one-woman-show “Yes, I Can Say That!,” adapted from her 2020 book of the same name, which tackles the intersection of comedy and free speech.
She’s also hosted her own podcast, Kill Me Now, which began in 2015 and is still going strong with over 400 episodes.Her latest on-screen role is in the coming-of-age buddy comedy Tripped Up, a foodie-focused road trip movie with more than a few queer characters.
With the film hitting digital platforms this weekend, we invited Gold to be the latest guest of honor in our Q&A series, Dishin’ It.
In our rapid-fire conversation, the veteran comic reflects on being out in the ’90s, how Whoopi Goldberg inspired her comedy, and her gay cruise gig gone wrong.
