TigerBelly is a no-holds-barred arena for half-truths, social no-nos, and animal behavior-featuring comedian Bobby Lee and his best friend Khalyla .
In this week’s episode, comedian Jiaoying Summers joins the podcast to discuss various topics including being Asian in comedy, her fast rise to fame, her sense of humor, and much more.
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Tigerbelly’s Bobby Lee & Khalyla Kuhn: Bobby Lee is an American stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster. From 2001 to 2009, Lee was a cast member on MADtv, and he co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson between 2018 and 2019. Khalyla Kuhn (@khalamityk ) a famous youtuber with a mysterious backstory, Kuhn worked as a private tutor, teaching microbiology, physiology and anatomy. At one point in time she also worked as a waitress. Khun became famous after her relationship with comedian Bobby Lee was made public. After being admitted to the hospital for a heart condition, Khalyla decided to launch the now famous TigerBelly podcast with Lee. The podcast focuses on the issues of the Asian American community – the hosts discuss various subjects such as the entertainment industry, adolescence, sexuality, ethnicity, racism, and politics. Currently, Tiger Belly Podcast has more than 56 million YouTube viewers and over 300,000 subscribers.This Week’s Special Guest: Jiaoying Summers: A comedy career spanning less than three years, Jiaoying Summers has not only been the busiest comedian of the pandemic era but she’s also been one of the most successful businesswomen in comedy entertainment. One of the hottest up-and-coming Asian American females on the comedy scene, Jiaoying is one of the most popular comedians on TikTok with more than 1 million followers, 21.6 million likes and over 300 million views. Summers is the owner of The Hollywood Comedy Club in Los Angeles, California and inducted into the Asian Hall of Fame. Jiaoying is considered the trailblazer in building up the Hollywood underground comedy scene. She performs 10+ shows a week headlining regularly at The Hollywood Improv and The Laugh Factory and produces 8 shows weekly across her clubs in LA and Pasadena. She is the founder of THC Tour, which brings in the best comics touring nationally. In 2022, it was announced that Summers is set to release her 30-min comedy special as part of Peacock TV’s first stand-up comedy series entitled Comedy InvAsian 2.0. Checkout previous episodes of TigerBelly featuring Brendan Schuab, Andrew Schulz, Jo Koy, Annie Lederman, Ari Shaffir, Bill Burr and more HERE