EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Anjelah Johnson-Reyes has announced that her seventh stand-up special, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: Ugly Baby, is set to premiere on YouTube on Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 10 — at 12 p.m. PT.
Self-produced and self-financed, Ugly Baby marks Johnson-Reyes’ directorial debut. At the heart of the special is Anjelah’s journey into motherhood in her 40s, as the comedian opens up about personal struggles with fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum life, while touching on the universal themes of relationships, generational shifts, and fighting people on airplanes.
Filmed across two sold-out shows at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles, the special is a co-production between Johnson-Reyes’ Laugh On Beat and 800 Pound Gorilla. Johnson-Reyes exec produced alongside Manwell Reyes, Stephen Gordon Walker, and Jordan Levy.
Watch a trailer for Ugly Baby above.
Johnson-Reyes is a native of San Jose, California whose last two specials Say I Won’t and Technically Not Stalking, have respectively garnered 8.6M+ and 3.1M+ views across platforms. The comic has been releasing material on YouTube for the last 20 years and told us, “I’m grateful that I’ve been able to do this 7 times. My boobs may be falling lower but at least my career continues to reach new heights, all thanks to my loyal fans that have been riding with me for so long. I hope you enjoy my most vulnerable hour yet!”
Johnson-Reyes is coming off The Family Reunion Tour, which spanned 100+ shows in major theaters across the U.S. Over the course of the tour, she sold over 200,000 tickets, with two sold-out shows at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, four at The Grove of Anaheim, one at Smart Financial Centre in Houston, and one at The Ryman in Nashville.
In addition to guest starring on shows such as Life & Beth, Superstore, The Shield, Ugly Betty, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, the stand-up has been seen in films including Candy Cane Lane, Enough Said, Our Family Wedding, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.
Johnson-Reyes hosted the eight-episode series My Crazy Quince for Tubi and recently, also launched Funjelah, a comedy and mental health podcast where she and guests recount the things that they are grateful for and dive deep into how those gratitudes affect their lives. She is represented by UTA, LGN Law, and WalkTheWalk.
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