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Rip Micheals

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Rip Micheals
Born
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
Websiteripmicheals.com

Rip Micheals is an American comedian, best known as a cast member of the MTV improv comedy show, Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'n Out.[1] The comedian is known for his slapstick style of comedy. He also co-starred in the spin-off, Wild 'N On Tour.[2]

Career

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Micheals was born and raised in Chicago, IL. As a teen, he performed at local clubs that would serve as his training ground. Following his college graduation at Purdue University,[3] Micheals moved to New York to pursue his acting and comedy career.[4]

Micheals was also a commentator on Centric’s According to Him + Her,[5][6] where he weighed in with his comedic perspective on dating, social skills and sex. On that show, he coined the term "clatchet".[7][8] He has appeared on NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly,[9] Oxygen's Living With Funny,[10] MSG Network Cheapin' it Real.[11][12]

Micheals has been featured on Kevin Hart's streaming comedy platform, Laugh Out Loud (LOL) network.[13][14]

Personal life

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On November 15, 2023, Micheals was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out TV Series Cast Members". MTV. Archived from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  2. ^ Malinsky, Gili. "Get Ready For Nick Cannon's 'Wild 'N On Tour' And An All-New 'Guy Code Vs. Girl Code'". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  3. ^ Affairs, This story was written by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Cynthia Griggs, Naval Station Rota Public. "Comedian". www.navy.mil. Retrieved 2019-03-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Bailey, Charmyonne (14 December 2017). "Rip Micheals talks 'Wild 'N Out,' his big break, and social media comics". Rolling Out. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  5. ^ "Centric Drops New Trailer Of 'According to Him & Her' Starring Finesse Mitchell And Claudia Jordan!". The Humor Mill. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  6. ^ According to Him + Her, retrieved 2019-03-11
  7. ^ "Rip Micheals Breaks Down "Clatchet"". Loud Genius.
  8. ^ "Wild N' Out Celebrates 10 Years". The Finale Magazine.
  9. ^ "Last Call with Carson Daly interview Rip Micheals". NBC.com.
  10. ^ "DeRay Davis, And Brandon T. Jackson Begin Filming Oxygen's 'Living With Funny'". Comedy Hype.
  11. ^ "Seven Things You Don't Know About Rip Michaels". MSG Network.
  12. ^ "Rip Micheals Bio" (PDF). Innoviate Comedy.
  13. ^ Justin, Neal (April 6, 2018). "Nick Cannon's sidekick Rip Michaels 'makes it rain' at Mall of Comedy comedy show". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  14. ^ "That's Funny Presents: Rip Micheals". Laugh Out Loud Network. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  15. ^ "Rip Micheals, 'Wild 'n Out' comedian, hospitalized due to heart attack". nypost.com. Retrieved November 23, 2023.
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