Jerrod Carmichael reveals his mom’s heartbreaking response to him coming out
Late Night With Seth Myers on Wednesday and reflected on his coming out as gay.The comedian came out in a stand-up special he filmed for HBO Max entitled Rothaniel.
It premiered last Friday. Carmichael followed it up by hosting Saturday Night Live last weekend and again refernecing his sexuality.In the special, Carmichael, 35, talked about his father’s infidelity, and the impact it had on him and his family.“After that was out in the open, I was left alone feeling like a liar, because I had a secret,” he told his audience. “One that I kept from my father, my mother, my family, my friends, and you.
Professionally, personally. And the secret is that I’m gay.”Talking to Myers, he said he’d told his mom on several occasions that he was gay, but it was something she did not want to hear.“My mom practices a lot of cognitive dissonance with it, or denial rather, so I have to come out every other conversation.”Related: Reality TV star, former Mr International USA, David Barta comes outCarmichael went on to reveal he’d been nervous about her reaction to his latest TV special, and that she had called him while he was being driven over to be interviewed by Myers.“I was nervous because it was a lot, in the special, a lot of things that I was afraid to say to her.
So she called,” he said.“My family can be very polite and we can smile… through things and not talk about things. There’s a lot of elephants in the room.
