{"id":91677,"date":"2022-04-02T14:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T09:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jerrod-carmichael-comes-out-as-gay-in-new-hbo-special\/"},"modified":"2022-04-02T14:45:04","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T09:15:04","slug":"jerrod-carmichael-comes-out-as-gay-in-new-hbo-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/jerrod-carmichael-comes-out-as-gay-in-new-hbo-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out as Gay in New HBO Special"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comedian Jerrod Carmichael has officially come out as gay in his latest HBO comedy special, \u201cJerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel,\u201d which premieres on April 1.<\/p>\n

Toward the beginning of his set, which was performed in February at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City, Carmichael told a story about the men in his family having a history of cheating. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re that family, you learn not to say s\u2014,\u201d he told the audience. He then began to explain how he had previously caught his own dad cheating. That revelation made him want to confront his own secrets. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat was out in the open, and once that was done, I was left alone feeling like a liar, because I had a secret,\u201d he said. \u201cOne that I kept from my father, my mother, my family, my friends, and you \u2014 all of you. Professionally, personally. And the secret is that I\u2019m gay.\u201d<\/p>\n

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His confession was met with a round of applause from the audience, which he thanked them for. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m accepting the love, I really appreciate the love. My ego wants to rebel against it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt feels like I didn\u2019t earn it\u2026 I rebelled against it my whole life. I thought I\u2019d never, ever come out. At many points I thought I\u2019d rather die than confront the truth of that, to actually say it to people. Because I know it changes some people\u2019s perceptions of me. I can\u2019t control that.\u201d<\/p>\n

He went on to explain that his coming out to friends and family had improved his relationship with some people, while putting a strain on his relationships with others \u2014 including his mother, Cynthia. <\/p>\n

\u201cI remember on the call, last time I talked about being gay with my mom, she said, \u2018I can\u2019t go against Jesus,’\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I get it. She\u2019s doing the best she can\u2026I think she\u2019s trying to accept it. Part of me knows she\u2019s at home trying to pray the gay away.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Coming out has also redefined his own connection to religion, which he admitted he is still working through. However, he added: \u201cAs much as she believes in God, I believe in personal growth and feeling free, and I do feel freer.\u201d<\/p>\n

This, however, is not the first or only time Carmichael has brought up his sexuality publicly. In a 2019 HBO special called \u201cHome Videos<\/a>,\u201d he had a frank conversation with his mother, Cynthia, about her husband\u2019s affair. Carmichael asked, if she had ever been attracted to women.<\/p>\n

When she said she had not, Carmichael revealed, \u201cI\u2019ve hooked up with dudes before.\u201d She replied, \u201cWell, OK, that\u2019s your option. I like men.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cJerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel\u201d premieres on HBO April 1 at 9 p.m. ET, and it will also be available to stream on HBO Max. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael has officially come out as gay in his latest HBO comedy special, \u201cJerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel,\u201d which premieres on April 1. Toward the beginning of his set, which was performed in February at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City, Carmichael told a story about the men in his family having […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":91678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1648890905_Jerrod-Carmichael-Comes-Out-as-Gay-in-New-HBO-Special.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91677"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}