Gary Owen's wife of 15 years and his 3 kids provide the absolute best subject matter for his stand-up specials. Learn extra about his circle of relatives.
Are you feeling a bit of down in the dumps now that summer is over? Well thankfully, stand-up Gary Owen is here to boost our spirits with his latest comedy particular.
Before you tune into the 45-year-old’s hour-long set titled #DoinWhatIDo on Sept. 7, right here’s what you should learn about the Ohio native and the people he continuously cracks jokes about (aka his wife and kids).
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Gary Owen and wife of 15 years, Kenya Duke, have three kids.
The comic continuously brings up the undeniable fact that he’s in an interracial marriage right through his stand-up routines. The family’s short-lived reality display on BET even used the tagline: "Half black. Half white. Half hour."
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The longtime couple first crossed paths at a comedy venue in L.A. The show that evening featured black comics — and Gary Owen. "He was the only white guy that went up and he followed Cedric the Entertainer… Everybody stood up and gave him a standing ovation," Kenya recalled.
But when the brunette good looks returned to the membership with a gaggle of buddies, she wasn’t as inspired along with her future husband’s efficiency. "I said, 'Hey, I saw you last week and you were so funny, but this week you sucked,'" Kenya remembered.
That didn't forestall the budding entrepreneur from giving Gary her telephone number. He known as the identical day. "She goes, 'What are you doing? You’re already calling me?' I said, 'I know I’m supposed to wait three days, but you’re gonna meet a lot of dudes in three days,'" Gary recounted. The leisure, as they are saying, is historical past.
The duo tied the knot in 2003 and Gary took on the role of stepfather to Kenya’s son Emilio from a previous marriage. The pair went on to welcome son Austin and daughter Kennedy.
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Gary lately accused Delta Airlines of racial discrimination after an incident involving his wife.
In a March Instagram post, Gary claimed that a Delta worker racially profiled Kenya whilst she waited to board a flight from Cincinnati to San Francisco. "Your gate agent asked my wife as she was standing in the priority line if she was in first class," the Ride Along megastar explained.
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"She said yes. My wife is a black woman. So she asks your agent are you not going to ask the man behind me if he is in first? Your agent said NO. My wife asked why? Your agent said 'because I don’t want to,'" Gary endured. "Your ticket agent was a white man, the man standing behind my wife was a white man."
He added, "I have well over 2 million miles on Delta. I know you have a lot of amazing employees that treat [people] with respect & dignity. But what happened this morning was not OK."
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The airline released a statement in a while after Gary’s publish went viral: "Delta does not tolerate discrimination of any kind. We are reviewing the situation with our Cincinnati team and are in contact with the customer to better understand what transpired."
Expect to hear more about Gary’s rock-solid courting in his new stand-up particular, in addition to tidbits from his 20-year friendship with Kevin Hart and how he reacted to his daughter dating.
Gary Owen: #DoinWhatIDo premieres Saturday, Sept. 7 at 10:30 p.m. ET on Showtime.
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