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Tom Green Reflects On Fame & Life w/ Graham Bensinger [Video]

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Graham heads to the Canadian wilderness for a long-form conversation with comedian and actor Tom Green.

Reflecting on his early days, Green shares how a student council speech about humor set him on the path to comedy.

He also opens up about his battle with testicular cancer and his relationship with ex-wife Drew Barrymore.

Tom Green: A Canadian and American comedian, show host, actor, filmmaker, podcaster, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young adult, Green created and hosted The Tom Green Show, which aired on Canadian television and later on MTV between 1994 and 2000. The show became popular for its shock comedy, absurd pranks and Green’s manic persona, and influenced later series such as Jackass and The Eric Andre Show

Green has also appeared in the Hollywood films Road Trip (2000), Charlie’s Angels (2000), Stealing Harvard (2002), and Shred (2008). Green additionally directed, co-wrote and starred in the cult film Freddy Got Fingered (2001). He was briefly married to actress Drew Barrymore (2001–2002), who co-starred with him in Charlie’s Angels and Freddy Got Fingered.

In 2003, Green hosted the short-lived MTV late-night talk show titled The New Tom Green Show.

From 2006 until 2011, he hosted an internet talk show, Tom Green’s House Tonight, from his home, and returned to performing stand-up comedy in 2010. From October 2013 to November 2014, Green hosted the weekly talk show Tom Green Live on American cable network AXS TV.