We Can't Stop Staring At Matt Rife's Transformation

not long before his ticket sales broke Ticket Master Matt R was struggling to get booked at comedy clubs what spurred his meteoric rise to fame Matt R never knew his dad during an April 2022 appearance on comedian Bert Ker's bcast R said his father died by Suicide when he was a young child no dad uh my dad died when I was like one when Cher asked for more details R replied he was 20 I think it's weird to think about because 26 now and when you think about your dad no matter what state you think

about a grown man I'm older than my dad ever was according to re he's still not entirely clear about the circumstances underlying his father's cause of death my mom said it was just like probably depression while growing up Matt R began to develop an interest in comedy particularly Dane Cook and Dave Chappelle as R recalled in a video for famous birthdays his own forr into comedy officially began when a classmate encouraged him to enter a high school talent show though he was reluctant to partic

ipate in the talent competition he also knew he wanted to give a standup career a shot and she was like well then you have to do this and then so I did the talent show at 14 and then I started doing comedy like for real like a year later appearing on the tonight's show starring Jimmy Fallon R looked back on those early years when his grandfather would drive him to a comedy club in Columbus Ohio each Wednesday so he could perform during the club's open mic night and then he would just watch me Ta

nk week after week after week when he decided to pursue stand-up comedy professionally Matt R left his hometown of Columbus for the bright lights of Los Angeles launching his career however was slow and arduous interviewed on the dropouts podcast R looked back at the years he spent slogging his way through comedy clubs and how dispirited he came to feel about his stalled career I've been in La for 10 years it was like I couldn't get a special I'm not getting regular spots at a lot of clubs it wa

s like after a while you started to go like dude do I suck it in 2015 re began appearing on Nick Cannon's Wild and out in 2017 he must have figured that he'd landed his big break when he was tapped to be one of the hosts of MTV's Revival of TRL the once popular countdown show that was originally titled total request Live reviews were not kind a headline from stereo gum read MTV's new TRL is a vapid obnoxious mess the New York Times commented specifically about reporting roughly once an episode M

r rfe blurts out an off-color remark that makes his co-hosts wince talking about hot naked yoga to Noah Cyrus who is 17 or joking about R Kelly or Bill Cosby when it was all said and done TRL did nothing for R's comedy career although he was well paid for the brief gig he said on the unlicensed therapy podcast that it was a miserable experience it was the first time I realized money didn't buy happiness after he cut TI with TRL R stuck around at MTV long enough to compete in the Network's realit

y show the challenge Champs versus Stars spoiler alert he did not emerge Victorious at the end of the competition R then went on to blend comedy with paranormal investigation for the online ghost hunting series overnight but this also did little to propel him to the next level of Showbiz back in 2017 Matt R's relationship with an aister landed him in headlines that wasn't because of his comedy but due to reports that he was dating Kate beckin sale star of the underworld film franchise at the tim

e R was 21 while beckin sale was in her mid-40s in a 2017 report in usweekly a source stated they went on a couple of fun dates it fizzled out weeks ago however they were reportedly spotted together the following year in 2019 when Beck Andale was dating a different younger comedian Saturday Night Live star and relationship machine Pete Davis TMZ caught up with re and asked about his ex he said in the interview we dated for a year and it was complicated a lot of ups and downs but she's moved on a

nd I'm hoping they've both found or are getting out of it what they want to get out of it in 2019 Matt R made the shift from cable TV to Prime Time network television when he was among the stand-ups competing on bring the funny NBC's comedy themed Talent competition R was one of 12 to make it to the semi-final with one of his more memorable moments taking place in a scripted bit in which he awkwardly and unsuccessfully tried to hit on Chrissy tan wife of singer John Legend is no us Matt I have k

ids I have a family and a thriving Instagram account I can't do this sadly re didn't sail through it to the finals where a $250,000 cash prize awaited at the finish line for the winner over the next few years Matt R continued trying to make an impact in standup comedy but didn't feel he was gaining much traction with his career according to re in early 2022 he decided to set aside his dislike for social media and began posting clips from his stand-up performances on Tik Tok nothing changed until

the day that he posted one routine he'd dubbed the lazy hero that video unexpectedly went viral racking up 30 million views within a few days before long W had ad massed millions of Tik Tok followers so from going from playing clubs for 35 people who got free tickets to we broke Ticket Master which is insane after releasing a few self-produced comedy specials Matt R Inked a deal for his first ever standup special for Netflix debuting in 2023 Matt R natural selection was not only R's biggest spe

cial to date it also generated more controversy than he'd ever received at the beginning of his routine noted vulture R joked about being greeted by a restaurant Hostess who had a black eye a friend asked why she couldn't be moved into the kitchen where her injury wouldn't be seen re responded with a joke yeah but I feel like if she could cook she wouldn't have that black eye after the crowd laughed uneasily R told the audience the joke was intended to test the waters I fig we start the show wit

h domestic violence the rest of the show should be should be pretty smooth sailing after that rfe was subsequently barraged with backlash on social media and he issued a response via Instagram stories writing if you've ever been offended by a joke I've told here's a link to my official apology the post included a link that read tap to solve the issue and then the link directed R's followers to a website that sold helmets for those with special needs which didn't so much quell the backlash as Sto

ke it even further the backlash over his mockery of domestic violence in natural selection hadn't even died down when Matt R was suddenly engulfed in a whole new controversy this one began when a 6-year-old boy com Ed on a line in the standup special in which re referred to the ring around Jupiter the child wrote actually it's Saturn that has the Rings it has more visible Rings also and you're mean to girls R responded in a since deleted Instagram message Jupiter also has a ring oh and Santa isn

't real your mom buys you presents with the money she makes on only fans good luck interestingly that wasn't the only time that re tussled with a kid a few years earlier R made a rude comment to a photo that 11-year-old Mason Ramsay posted online in which he posed with rapper post Malone referring to a raised patch of skin above the boy's eyebrow he wrote what on your forehead some gum Ramsay's response was pure class he tweeted it's a birthmark not all of us are perfect that apparently humbled

re who responded you are perfect bro was genuinely curious LOL I've got your new single on repeat little man keep doing big things in addition to his diance with Kate Beckel Matt R had a messy split from Brook scoffield and reportedly had a brief romance with Pretty Little Liars Alum Lucy hail in early 2023 later that year rfe appeared on Good Morning America and revealed that he wasn't single reports soon emerged that the comedian was dating actor Jessica Lord in October he confirmed that he an

d Lord were an item he told people it's newer but I mean I do prefer to keep it on the more private side just because I mean people are literally insane he credited Lord with insisting that he invests time in their relationship saying she forces me to take personal time obviously and I love that whenever she's like can we have tomorrow for ourselves I'm like thank you I would love to have that during an interview with Esquire earlier that same year re admitted that the explosion of his career ha

d posed some difficulties in the romance Department saying I kind of hate dating I know I am just in my mid to late 20s but still I do want a wife and a family and a prominent home life that makes me feel comfortable safe and is my peace but when I'm touring 6 days a week 52 weeks out of the year it's incredibly hard to maintain a [Music] relationship