She’s an amazing parent who swears never to know what she’s doing by day and one of the fast-rising comedians in the country by night.
Stylish, hilarious, and completely unpredictable, Jiaoying Summers finds time to talk comedy, motherhood and everything in between with her funniest friends as part of her weekly podcast entitled Tiger Milf w/ 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.
In this episode titled Coming to America, Jiaoying is joined by friend and comedian Atsuko Okatsuka as they talk about Atsuko’s experience coming to the US as an 8-year-old and why she didn’t call herself a comedian until much later in her already-successful career. They also talk about Jiaoying’s journey to self-love and what it’s like to grow up with Asian parents versus white parents. Jiaoying opens up to Atsuko about her struggles with balancing her career and her kids while managing her alcohol consumption. Atsuko talks about how every Japanese family has their own Marie Kondo, as well as her experience going home to perform in Japan and Taiwan. They end the podcast by talking about how wonderful it is to make people laugh, especially in a language that isn’t even your own.
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