Michael Yo Simmons was born on November 20, 1974 in Houston, Texas. He is of African-American and Korean descent. He holds an American nationality. Her mother was a Korean while his father African-American. There is no any more information about his parents, siblings and education as well. He had a passion to a comedy since his young age.
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He started his career as a radio host in Austin at the popular central-Texas station, 96.7. Michael moved east for college to his other hometown, Miami, Florida where he was recruited by #1 radio station Y100. Following Miami, he moved to Los Angeles, California where he's worked as a correspondent for "Extra". Then he served as a correspondent for E! News.
Additionally, he was a radio DJ for the show Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami on E!. Michael used to perform at various stand-up venues, he has also assisted the Kardashian sisters preparing for their Miami Program. In the 2012 he launched her own podcast along with his friend Jo Koy. The show was titled as “The Michael Yo and Jo Koy Show”. Talking about his career as an actor, he has made his appearance in the 2001 episode of Fear Factor. He also recommended himself as the Hollywood's resident entertainment and pop culture expert.
He served for a while as a guest host on the CBS talk show The Talk. He hosted the CBS television series “The Insider” as well as the Yo Show on Yahoo! TV. As a comedian he has made his brilliant appearances in numerous projects like “Stand-Up Live”, “Palms Hotel”, “Laugh Factory”, “Comedy Store”, and “Comedy Juice”. Michael successfully started his career, trying to write jokes and voicing them on the radio.
He honed his skills at various nightclubs in Texas. Today he is a successful stand-up comedian who has tried himself in all the shoots of the show business, from appearances in the movies to participation in television productions and radio podcasts. Michael has always been single-minded, he was not afraid of new challenges and is now not only successful in his career, but also an excellent family man and future father. He is surrounded by many famous people of the world of cinema, working in Hollywood, enlightening about pop culture.
He is a married man. His wife is Claire Schreiner. The couple was engaged since 2015. They got married on Valentine's Day in Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California. Michael and Claire are in expecting a child as a boy and gave fans a pregnancy refresh on Instagram weeks before their due date. He is smart with his matching looks and tall height of 6 feet 3 inches. The information about him can be found on several social media sites, like Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. His biography is also available on such popular resource as Wiki. He earns a good salary from his job and it’s making rise to his net worth to 300 thousand dollars.
Last Modified: Apr 4, 2020
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