Margaret Cho#All American Girl

Cho was born in San Francisco on December 5, 1968, to a family of Korean descent. Her paternal grandfather Myung-sook Cho, a Christian minister, worked for the Japanese as a station master during their occupation of Korea. When Japan withdrew from Korea at the end of World War II, he was denounced as a traitor by North Korea's Communist regime and forced to move with his family, including his son, Cho's father Seung-hoon Cho, to South Korea.{{cite web |url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/fyr12.socst.us.1950pres.hurresc/a-hurried-escape/ |title=A Hurried Escape {{!}} Finding Your Roots|website=PBS Learning Media|publisher=PBS}} During the Korean War, Myung-sook ran an orphanage in Seoul. According to Margaret herself, she "grew up in the church." She was raised in a racially diverse neighborhood near the Ocean Beach section of San Francisco,{{cite web|url=https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/02/05/grammy-nominee-margaret-cho-recalls-san-francisco-childhood/|publisher=CBS Local San Francisco |date=February 5, 2013|title=Grammy Nominee Margaret Cho Recalls San Francisco Childhood|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200503084210/https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/02/05/grammy-nominee-margaret-cho-recalls-san-francisco-childhood/|archive-date=May 3, 2020}} which she described as a community of "old hippies, ex-druggies, burn-outs from the 1960s, drag queens, Chinese people and Koreans. To say it was a melting pot – that's the least of it. It was a really confusing, enlightening, wonderful time."{{cite web |url=http://www.margaretcho.com/content/bio/ |title=Bio| website=Margaret Cho official site| access-date=September 20, 2008| url-status=live| archive-date=April 9, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409075155/http://margaretcho.com/bio/}} Cho's parents, Young-Hie and Seung-Hoon Cho,{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Margaret-Cho.html |title=Margaret Cho Biography |access-date=December 29, 2007 |work=FilmReference.com }} ran Paperback Traffic, a bookstore on Polk Street at California Street in San Francisco. Her father writes joke books and a newspaper column in Seoul, South Korea.{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800247891/bio |title=Margaret Cho Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies }}

At school, Cho was bullied, saying that "I was hurt because I was different and so sharing my experience of being beaten and hated and called fat and queer and foreign and perverse and gluttonous and lazy and filthy and dishonest and yet all the while remaining invisible heals me, and heals others when they hear it – those who are suffering right now."{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-cho/it-gets-better_2_b_1294023.html|title=It Gets Better: How I Overcame Bullying|website=HuffPost|date=February 22, 2012|access-date=March 27, 2016}}

Between the ages of five and twelve, Cho was "sexually molested by a family friend". On the Loveline May 21, 1997 show with Adam Carolla and Drew Pinsky, she talks about being raped by her uncle while during the same time period he was raping his three-year-old daughter.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6678375/margaret-cho-sexual-abuse-bullying-psycho-comedy-tour-album-robin-williams-joan-rivers|title=Margaret Cho Gets Deep About Past Sexual Abuse: 'All I Have Is Ownership of My Own Suffering' (Exclusive Interview)|magazine=Billboard|date=September 2, 2015|access-date=March 27, 2016}} She often skipped class and got bad grades in ninth and tenth grades, resulting in her expulsion from Lowell High School. Cho said she was "raped continuously through my youngest years" (by another acquaintance) and that when she told someone else about it and her classmates found out, she received hostile remarks justifying it, including accusations of being "so fat" that only a crazy person would have sex with her.

After Cho expressed interest in performance, she auditioned and was accepted into the San Francisco School of the Arts, a San Francisco public high school for the arts. While at the school, she became involved with the school's improvisational comedy group{{cite web|title=As Nasty As She Wants to Be|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/articles/individual_articles/asian_week_article.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020221213500/http://margaretcho.com/articles/individual_articles/asian_week_article.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 21, 2002|first=Dann|last=McDorman|date=November 8, 2001}} alongside actors Sam Rockwell and Aisha Tyler.

At age 15, she worked as a phone sex operator{{Cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/11/11/margaret-cho-worked-as-phone-sex-operator-at-age-15/|title=Margaret Cho worked as a phone sex operator at age 15|date=November 11, 2015|publisher=Fox News Channel|access-date=March 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222080456/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2015/11/11/margaret-cho-worked-as-phone-sex-operator-at-age-15/|archive-date=February 22, 2016|url-status=dead}} and she later worked as a dominatrix.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/03/fashion/margaret-cho-sex-work.html|title=Margaret Cho Wants to Talk About Sex Work|first=Lily|last=Burana|date=November 4, 2015|work=The New York Times}} After graduating from high school, Cho attended San Francisco State University, studying drama but she did not graduate.{{cite book|author=Summers, Claude J.|page=72|title=The Queer Encyclopedia of Film & Television|publisher=Cleis Press | year=2005|isbn= 978-1-573-44209-1}}

After doing several shows in a club adjacent to her parents' bookstore, Cho launched a stand-up comedy career and spent several years developing her material in clubs. Cho's career began to build after appearances on television and university campuses. In 1992, she appeared on the unsuccessful Golden Girls spin-off The Golden Palace in a small role. In 1993, Cho won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian.{{cite news | url = http://theenvelope.latimes.com/search/env-past-winners-search,0,1243372,results.formprofile?Query=margaret+cho&selectsearch=pastwinners&target=article&Lib=turbine_cdb_lib%3Aresult_doc_id+result_doc_rank+document_id+cdb_num+cdb_01_txt+cdb_02_txt+cdb_03_txt+cdb_04_txt+cdb_01_num&SortBy=COMPOSITE_RANK+desc&PageSize=10&Page=1&MinCoarseRank=500&QueryType=CONCEPT&x=0&y=0 | author = TheEnvelope.com | title = Margaret Cho search results | work=Los Angeles Times}} In 2010, on The View, she discussed her nervousness about doing The Golden Palace and thanked the late Rue McClanahan for her help with rehearsing. She also secured a coveted spot as opening act for Jerry Seinfeld; at about this time, she was featured on a Bob Hope special, and was also a frequent visitor to The Arsenio Hall Show.{{cite web |last=Tang |first=Jean |url=http://www.jademagazine.com/Ad_sample_large.html |title=No Laughing Matter – Margaret Cho sounds off on political correctness, Asians in the media, and defying her parents |work=Jade Magazine |date=October 2002 |access-date=November 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007051920/http://www.jademagazine.com/Ad_sample_large.html |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

That same year, ABC developed and aired a sitcom based on Cho's stand-up routine. The show, titled All-American Girl, was initially promoted as the first show prominently featuring an East Asian family, although the short-lived sitcom Mr. T and Tina, which had starred Noriyuki "Pat" Morita as Mr. T., preceded it by nearly two decades.

Cho has expressed subsequent regret for much of what transpired during the production of the show, specifically:

• After network executives, especially executive producer Gail Berman, criticized her appearance and the roundness of her face, Cho starved herself for several weeks. Her rapid weight loss, done to modify her appearance by the time the pilot episode was filmed, caused kidney failure.{{cite news|title=Cho Tells A H'wood Horror Story|url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1999-07-18/gossip/18119680_1_margaret-cho-abc-sitcom-all-american-girl-pounds-in-two-weeks|access-date=June 11, 2012|newspaper=Daily News|location=New York|date=July 18, 1999|author=George Rush|author2=Joanna Molloy|author3=Marcus Baram|author4=Marc S. Malkin|quote=Cho says executive producer Gail Berman [...] told her, "The network has a problem with the fullness of your face." Cho's dieting got so bad she lost 30 pounds in two weeks that she made a secret trip to an emergency room when her kidneys failed.}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
• The show suffered criticism from within the U.S. East Asian community over its perception of stereotyping. Producers told Cho at different times during production both that she was "too Asian" and that she was "not Asian enough." At one point during the course of the show, producers hired a coach to teach Cho how to "be more Asian."
• Much of the humor was broad and coarse, and at times, stereotypical portrayals of her close Korean relatives and gay bookshop customers were employed.

The show was canceled after suffering poor ratings and the effect of major content changes over the course of its single season (19 episodes).{{cite magazine|last=Anderson |first=Sam |url=http://www.slate.com/id/2136087/ |title=Saved by the Gong: The sitcom that turned Margaret Cho into a cultural hero |magazine=Slate |date=February 23, 2006 |access-date=November 7, 2011}}

After the show's 1995 cancellation, Cho became addicted to drugs and alcohol. As detailed in her 2002 autobiography, I'm the One That I Want, in 1995, her substance abuse was evident during a performance in Monroe, Louisiana, where she was booed off the stage by 800 college students after going on the stage drunk.{{Cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_09/feature.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202150117/http://www.asianweek.com/2001_11_09/feature.html|url-status=dead|title=Margaret Cho's mix of raunch and self-help conquers America|archive-date=February 2, 2007}}

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Though her career and personal life were challenging after the show's cancellation, Cho eventually sobered up, refocused her energy, and developed new material. She hosted the New Year's Rockin' Eve 95 show with Steve Harvey.{{cite news|title=Margaret Cho with Steve Harvey hosting New Year's Rockin' Eve 1995 |work=Hollywood.com |url=http://www.hollywood.com/tv/Dick_Clarks_New_Years_Rockin_Eve_95/5175998 |access-date=April 9, 2009 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{cite web|title=New Year's 1994 to 1995 on ABC|via=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYw1MFdjMnw|url-status=dead|access-date=April 9, 2009|archive-date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305094015/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYw1MFdjMnw}}{{cite web|title=Margaret Cho|publisher=Film Reference|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Margaret-Cho.html|access-date=September 27, 2010}} In 1997, she had a supporting role in the thriller film Face/Off starring Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, playing Wanda, one of the fellow FBI agents of Travolta's primary character.

In 1999, she wrote about her struggles with All-American Girl in her first one-woman show, I'm the One That I Want. That year, I'm the One That I Want won New York magazine's Performance of the Year award and was named one of the Great Performances of the year by Entertainment Weekly.{{Cite web|url=http://www.augsburg.edu/news/news-archives/2000/00,10,24,cho.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017050635/http://www.augsburg.edu/news/news-archives/2000/00%2C10%2C24%2Ccho.html|url-status=dead|title=Comedian Margaret Cho to perform at Augsburg College|archive-date=October 17, 2007}} At the same time, Cho wrote and published an autobiographical book with the same title, and the show itself was filmed and released as a concert film in 2000. Her material dealt with her difficulties breaking into show business because of her ethnicity and weight and her resulting struggle with and triumph over body image issues and drug and alcohol addiction.{{cite web | url=http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/margaret_cho.html | title=Cho, Margaret – Comedienne, actress | first=Dominick | last=Miserandino | publisher=The Celebrity Cafe | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828140756/http://thecelebritycafe.com/interviews/margaret_cho.html | archive-date=August 28, 2008 | df=mdy-all }} Cho also appeared in an episode of the HBO comedy Sex and the City's fourth season. The episode, titled "The Real Me," first aired on June 3, 2001, and also guest-starred Heidi Klum.

In 2004, the show Notorious C.H.O. (the title was derived from slain rapper The Notorious B.I.G.) referred to the comedian having been reared in 1970s San Francisco and her bisexuality. After completing Notorious C.H.O., she made another stand-up film, Revolution, released in 2004, and subsequently work on her first self-written film in which she starred. Bam Bam and Celeste, a low-budget comedy about a "fag hag" and her gay best friend, co-starred Cho's friend and co-touring act Bruce Daniels. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. On Valentine's Day of 2004, Cho spoke at the Marriage Equality Rally at the California State Capitol. Her speech can be seen in the documentary Freedom to Marry.{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomtomarry.tv |title=Freedom to Marry |publisher=Turtle Time Productions |access-date=November 7, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whygaymarriage.com/singleimage.php/20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814095842/http://www.whygaymarriage.com/singleimage.php/20 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 14, 2007 |title=Margaret Cho Speaks |publisher=Whygaymarriage.com |access-date=November 7, 2011 }}

In 2005, Cho released her second book, I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight, a compilation of essays and prose about global politics, human rights, and other topical issues. Cho launched a national book tour in support of the collection. An audio reading of the book was also released. A DVD of a live taping of her Assassin tour was released in conjunction with the book. The same year, Cho started promoting and touring with her new show, Assassin. The show became her fourth live concert film and premiered on the gay and lesbian premium cable network Here! TV in September 2005. In this DVD, she notably includes herself when talking about gay people, saying "we" and "our community." Posters for Assassin featured Cho in paratrooper gear and holding a microphone in the style of an automatic rifle, a reference to the infamous 1974 photo of heiress Patty Hearst.

Cho launched "The Sensuous Woman,"{{cite web |url=http://www.margaretcho.com/sensuouswoman/index.html |title=The Sensuous Woman |publisher=Margaret Cho official site |access-date=October 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071004212803/http://www.margaretcho.com/sensuouswoman/index.html |archive-date=October 4, 2007 |url-status=dead }} a burlesque-style variety show tour, in Los Angeles on August 10, 2007, with tour dates scheduled through November 3, as of October 10.{{cite web |url=http://margaretcho.com/tour/tour.htm |title=The Sensuous Woman Tour Dates |publisher=Margaret Cho official site |access-date=October 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903151957/http://www.margaretcho.com/tour/tour.htm |archive-date=September 3, 2007 |url-status=dead }} Scheduled tour stops meant to follow Los Angeles were Chicago, Illinois and New York City. On August 10, 2007 the San Francisco Chronicle reviewed the show, Cho's work, key events in her personal life and characterized the show thus: "In fact, as bawdy and bad-behaving as the cast gets, the whole show feels more like a crazy family reunion than a performance."{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/10/10/apop.DTL | title=ASIAN POP / New tricks | first=Jeff | last=Yang | date=October 10, 2007 | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | access-date= October 10, 2007}}

Also in 2007, Cho appeared in The Dresden Dolls' video of their song "Shores of California," which was MCed by Amanda Palmer{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awnjw36mNEs | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/Awnjw36mNEs| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=The Dresden Dolls 'Shores of California' music video |via=YouTube |date=June 10, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2011}}{{cbignore}} and in The Cliks's video for "Eyes in the Back of My Head," in which she appeared as Lucas Silveira's lover.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVcvdXJN5no | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/dVcvdXJN5no| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title="Eyes in the Back of My Head" by The Cliks |via=YouTube |date=July 31, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2011}}{{cbignore}} She also provided the character voice for a character named Condie Ling on the Logo animated series Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World. Her episodes began airing in 2007.

The premiere performance of Cho's "Beautiful" tour was on February 28, 2008, in Sydney, Australia as part of the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival. Cho was also the Chief of Parade for the festival's annual parade along Oxford Street on March 1. During her stay in Sydney, Cho was filmed shopping for parade outfits in a drag store with Kathy Griffin and Cyndi Lauper for Griffin's Bravo series My Life on the D-List. The episode featuring Cho aired on June 26, 2008.

Cho and her family and friends appeared in an episode of NBC's series Celebrity Family Feud, which premiered on June 24, 2008. Later that summer, she appeared in her own semi-scripted reality sitcom for VH1, The Cho Show, which premiered on August 21, 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/04/asian-reality-what-were-watching-this-fall/ |title=What We're Watching This Fall |work=AsianWeek |access-date=September 15, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906014411/http://www.asianweek.com/2008/09/04/asian-reality-what-were-watching-this-fall/ |archive-date=September 6, 2008 }} and lasted one season. She next appeared in the supporting cast of the series Drop Dead Diva, which debuted in July 2009.{{cite news|last=Stanley|first=Alessandra|title=Chubby Legal Beagle, Meet Your Inner Skinny Siren|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/arts/television/10fat.html|access-date=June 4, 2020|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 July 2009}}

In April 2011, Cho guest starred on the comedy 30 Rock in the episode "Everything Sunny All the Time Always." She portrayed Kim Jong-Il, then the leader of North Korea, that required her to speak both Korean and English. She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/30-rock/show/58326/viewer.html?flag=1&i=1&gri=58326&grti=101 |title=Tina Fey – 30 Rock |publisher=TV.com |date=April 29, 2011 |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807190159/http://www.tv.com/30-rock/show/58326/viewer.html?flag=1&i=1&gri=58326&grti=101 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }} She later returned to portray Kim Jong-Il's son, Kim Jong-Un. [S:6, E:21] In 2010, Cho was a contestant on the 11th season of Dancing with the Stars.{{cite web|last=Dos Santos |first=Kristin |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b197540_dancing_with_stars_sources_confirm.html |title=Dancing With the Stars Sources Confirm Margaret Cho and Jennifer Grey—Guess Which One Gets Derek Hough? |publisher=E! |date=August 27, 2010 |access-date=November 7, 2011}}

Also in 2011, Cho played a lead role in "America 2049",{{Cite web |title=America 2049 – Breakthrough U.S. |url=https://letsbreakthrough.org/restoring-fairness/america-2049/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |language=en-US}} a Facebook-integrated game highlighting social inequities in a dystopian future.{{Cite report |url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED543350 |title=Evaluation of Breakthrough's "America 2049" Game |last1=Diamond |first1=James |last2=Brunner |first2=Cornelia |date=2011-10-01 |publisher=Education Development Center, Inc |language=en}}

Since January 2013, Cho has been the co-host of the weekly podcast Monsters of Talk along with Jim Short. Cho embarked on her "Mother" tour in the fall of 2013 and slated it for engagements in Europe in 2014. The title of the tour refers not to Cho's impressions of her own mother, but to Cho herself. It is her nickname for the figure she has played to her many gay friends over the years.{{sfn|Hagen|2013|p=30}} In 2014, she participated in Do I Sound Gay?, a documentary film directed and produced by David Thorpe. The film is about stereotypes of gay men's speech patterns.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/do-i-sound-gay-toronto-731253 "'Do I Sound Gay?': Toronto Review"]. The Hollywood Reporter, September 8, 2014.

In January 2019, Cho competed in season one of The Masked Singer as "Poodle". She was eliminated in Episode 4.{{cite web |last1=Dicker |first1=Ron |title='The Masked Singer' Unmasks The Poodle And You'll Never Guess Who (Spoiler Alert) |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-masked-singer-poodle_us_5c499415e4b06ba6d3ba9177 |website=HuffPost |access-date=January 24, 2019 |date=January 24, 2019}}

In July 2019, Cho started a solo podcast called The Margaret Cho, which features guests who primarily work in show business. Guests have included Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness, tattooist and reality TV figure Kat Von D, screenwriter Diablo Cody, drag queen Jackie Beat, and comedian and TV host Michael Yo.{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-margaret-cho/id1470515305|title=The Margaret Cho on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|date=June 17, 2021 }}{{Cite web|url=http://margaretcho.com/2019/07/10/new-podcast-the-margaret-cho/|title=New Podcast: THE MARGARET CHO | Margaret Cho Official Site|date=July 10, 2019 }} Cho has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.

In February 2022, she was cast in the documentary series Everything's Gonna Be All White, airing on Showtime.{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Kai |date=2022-02-10 |title=Everything to Know About Showtime's Provocative New Docuseries, everything's gonna be all white |url=https://parade.com/1333519/kaigreen/everythings-gonna-be-all-white-showtime-backlash/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |website=Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays |language=en}}

In June 2022, Cho co-starred in a romantic comedy film, Fire Island, directed by Andrew Ahn, airing on Hulu.{{Cite web |title=Fire Island |url=https://www.hulu.com/movie/fire-island-c2abb64a-bf06-48fa-8465-c0958e2b8ecd |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=Hulu |language=en-US}}

In November 2023, Cho was a guest on Today with Hoda & Jenna'', as they recounted her career and celebrated her life's work and inspiration to other comedians.

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Cho is also well known for discussing her relationship with her mother, particularly in imitating her mother's heavily accented speech. Her depictions of "Mommy" have become a popular part of her routine. Cho's comedy routines are often explicit. She has covered substance abuse, eating disorders, her bisexuality and obsession with gay men, and Asian-American stereotypes, among other subjects, in her stand-up routines.

A substantial segment of her material and advocacy addresses LGBT issues. In addition to her shows, Cho also developed an additional outlet for her advocacy with the advent of her website and her daily blog. When San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom directed that San Francisco's city hall issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in San Francisco in 2004 (until reversed by the state supreme court), Cho started Love is Love is Love,{{cite web |url=http://www.loveisloveislove.com |title=Love is Love is Love |publisher=Love is Love is Love |access-date=November 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124050042/http://www.loveisloveislove.com/ |archive-date=November 24, 2011 |url-status=dead }} a website promoting the legalization of gay marriage in the United States.

Cho's material often features commentary on politics and contemporary American culture. She has also been outspoken about her dislike of former President George W. Bush. She began to draw intense fire from conservatives over her fiercely anti-Bush commentary; a live performance in Houston, Texas, was threatened with picketing. Although protesters never showed up, she held a counter-protest outside the club until security told her she had to go inside.{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/02/06/protest-this.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002000232/http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/02/06/protest-this.html|url-status=dead|title=Protest This an entry in Margaret's blog|archive-date=October 2, 2008}}

In 2004, Cho was performing at a corporate event in a hotel when, after ten minutes, her microphone was cut off and a band was instructed to begin playing. Cho claims that this was because the manager of the hotel was offended by anti-Bush administration comments. Cho's payment, which was issued by way of check directly to a non-profit organization, a defense fund for the West Memphis Three, initially bounced but was eventually honored.{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/05/28/they-turned-off-the-mic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310015724/http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2004/05/28/they-turned-off-the-mic.html|url-status=dead|title=They Turned Off the Mic an entry in Margaret's blog|archive-date=March 10, 2009}}

In July 2004, during the Democratic National Convention, Cho was disinvited to speak at a Human Rights Campaign/National Stonewall Democrats fundraiser out of fear that her comments might cause controversy. In November 2005, she campaigned to pardon Stanley Tookie Williams, an early Crips gang leader, for his death sentence for four murders, but this campaign failed; on December 13, 2005, after exhausting all forms of appeal, Williams was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison, California.{{Cite web|url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/2005/10/26/save-tookie.html|title=Save Tookie an entry in Margaret's blog}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In 2007, Cho hosted the multi-artist True Colors Tour,{{cite web|url=http://www.truecolorstour.com/ |title=Tour Info |publisher=True Colors Tour |access-date=November 7, 2011}} which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the Logo channel, began on June 8, 2007. Headlined by Cyndi Lauper, the tour also included Debbie Harry, Erasure, The Gossip, Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, The MisShapes, Rosie O'Donnell, Indigo Girls, The Cliks, and other special guests. Profits from the tour helped to benefit the Human Rights Campaign as well as PFLAG and The Matthew Shepard Foundation.

On January 25, 2008, Cho officially gave her support to Barack Obama for the nomination on the Democratic ticket for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-cho/americas-next-top-presid_b_83309.html |title=America's Next Top President |last=Cho |first=Margaret |date=January 25, 2008 |work=HuffPost |access-date=May 2, 2008}} After Republican Presidential candidate John McCain announced his running mate, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, Cho said of her, "I think [Palin] is the worst thing to happen to America since 9/11."{{cite news|url=http://www.washblade.com/2008/9-19/outindc/cover/13293.cfm |title=Honoring Cho |last=Cho |first=Margaret |date=September 19, 2008 |work=Washington Blade |access-date=September 19, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

After same-sex marriage became legal in California in May 2008, Cho was deputized by the City of San Francisco to perform marriages there.{{cite web |last=Malkin |first=Marc |date=July 10, 2008 |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b2876_Deputy_Margaret_Cho_Performing_Gay_Marriages.html |title=Deputy Margaret Cho Performing Gay Marriages |publisher=E! |access-date=July 13, 2008}}

Image:MargaretChoBurlesque.jpg at the 2006 Miss Exotic World Pageant.]]

In 2003, Cho founded a clothing line with friend and fashion designer Ava Stander called High Class Cho.{{cite news|last1=Carpenter|first1=Susan|title=Cho delivers serious line|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-sep-18-wk-alt18-story.html|access-date=December 16, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 18, 2003}} The company eventually went defunct.

In 2004, Cho took up bellydancing and in 2006 started her own line of bellydancing belts and accessories called Hip Wear;{{cite news |last= Dow| first= Steve| title= Margaret Cho: Beautiful |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts-reviews/margaret-cho-beautiful/2008/02/11/1202578640138.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=February 11, 2008 |access-date=February 17, 2010}} these she sold through her website. She also had extensive tattooing done{{cite web|title=Tattoo Age |url=http://www.margaretcho.com/blog/category/tattoo |publisher=Margaret Cho |date=November 29, 2011 |access-date=July 8, 2014}}{{cite news| last= Hagen| first= Paul| title= Cho Must Go On| work= Metrosource |date=Oct–Nov 2013}} to cover the majority of her back.

In November 2006, Cho joined the board of Good Vibrations, a sex toy retailer.{{cite web|url=http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=11541 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017043531/http://www.247gay.com/article.cfm?section=66&id=11541 |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |title=Margaret Cho Joins Sex Toy Retailer's Board of Directors |website= 247Gay.com |date=October 17, 2007 |access-date=November 7, 2011}} With fellow comedian Diana Yanez, she co-wrote "My Puss", a rap song which they recorded as the duo of "Maureen and Angela." Cho appeared in and directed the music video for the song.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10i17NNujDE&eurl= | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/10i17NNujDE| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|title=My Puss |via=YouTube |date=November 27, 2006 |access-date=November 7, 2011}}{{cbignore}} In December 2006, Cho appeared on the Sci-Fi Channel's miniseries The Lost Room as Suzie Kang.{{cite web |title=The Lost Room |website=SciFi.com |url=http://www.scifi.com/lostroom/cast/cho |archive-date=December 14, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214131053/http://www.scifi.com/lostroom/cast/cho/}}

On an episode of The Hour with host George Stroumboulopoulos, Cho mentioned that she loved Broken Social Scene and wishes to be a part of the band (offering to play the rainstick or the triangle). On air, Stroumboulopoulos called band member Kevin Drew from his cell phone, and Cho made her request to join the band via his voicemail.{{Citation|last=Strombo|title=Margaret Cho on The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos|date=April 21, 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YRravizAeo| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211113/8YRravizAeo| archive-date=2021-11-13 | url-status=live|access-date=November 10, 2016}}{{cbignore}}

In April 2009, Cho was photographed by photographer Austin Young and appeared in a Bettie Page–inspired "Heaven Bound" art show.Wolfson, Julie. [http://laist.com/2009/04/30/when_did_you_first_discover.php LAist.com "Lenora Claire on her 'Bettie Page: Heaven Bound' Art Show"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930054609/http://laist.com/2009/04/30/when_did_you_first_discover.php |date=September 30, 2015 }}, laist.com, April 30, 2009.

In September 2008, Cho released her single, "I Cho Am a Woman," on iTunes. The song, produced by Desmond Child,{{cite web |url=http://perezhilton.com/2008-09-17-margaret-cho |title=Comedian Margaret Cho has released a single on iTunes. |work=PerezHilton.com |access-date=September 18, 2008 |archive-date=September 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918100440/http://perezhilton.com/2008-09-17-margaret-cho |url-status=dead }} was featured on her VH1 series.

Throughout 2010, she worked on a full-length album, going through the titles "Guitarded" and "Banjovi" before finally settling on Cho Dependent.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Cho-Dependent-Margaret/dp/B003VQO50G |title=Cho Dependent |website=Amazon |access-date=November 7, 2011}} Released on August 24, 2010, the album was supported by music videos for "I'm Sorry," "Eat Shit and Die," and "My Lil' Wayne;" Liam Kyle Sullivan directed the first two. It was nominated for a 2010 Grammy award for Best Comedy Album.{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/NOMINEES |title=Nominees And Winners |publisher=National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503164723/http://www.grammy.com/nominees |archive-date=May 3, 2012 }} In 2011 Showtime released a stand-up comedy special, titled Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent, which featured musical performances from the album.{{cite web|title=Margaret Cho: Cho Dependent|work=Showtime|url=http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/titles/139478/margaret-cho-cho-dependent#/index|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308061336/http://www.sho.com/sho/comedy/titles/139478/margaret-cho-cho-dependent#/index|archive-date=March 8, 2013}}

In May 2010, Cho directed and appeared in, the music video for "I Wanna Be a Bear," a song by "Pixie Herculon," a pseudonym of Jill Sobule. In 2011, Cho sang the Bob Mould song "Your Favorite Thing" at the tribute concert See A Little Light with Grant-Lee Phillips. In the same year she appeared in some of Liam Kyle Sullivan's YouTube videos.

In July 2014, she appeared in "Weird Al" Yankovic's music video for "Tacky."{{cite web|url=http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ |title=Weird Al Yankovic gets 'Tacky' with Pharrell's 'Happy.' |access-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182010/http://www.nerdist.com/vepisode/weird-al-yankovic-gets-tacky-with-pharrells-happy/ |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}

In April 2016, Cho released her second album, American Myth.

In May 2016, she rapped on and made an appearance in the music video for "Green Tea", a song by rapper Awkwafina. Both play with stereotypes of people of East Asian descent in hopes that "women of color embrace their quirkiness, their sexuality, their inner child and their creativity with passion."

Also in 2016, Cho was featured on the track "Ride or Die" on the album Sweet T by American drag queen and singer/artist Ginger Minj.

On December 6, 2024 Cho released the single "Lucky Gift". Produced by Garrison Starr, the track went out to digital platforms in advance of Cho's forthcoming album of the same name.

In July 2019, Cho started a podcast called The Margaret Cho. It features guests who primarily work in show business and features original music by Garrison Starr.

Cho married Al Ridenour, an artist involved in The Cacophony Society and the Art of Bleeding, in 2003.Louie, Rebecca. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2003/10/08/2003-10-08_for_edgy_wit__it_s_cho_time.html "For Edgy Wit, It's Cho Time"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090923121210/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2003/10/08/2003-10-08_for_edgy_wit__it_s_cho_time.html |date=September 23, 2009 }}. Daily News. October 8, 2003. Retrieved September 20, 2008. Cho was featured in an Art of Bleeding performance in March 2006.{{cite web | url= http://artofbleeding.com/poison-march29.html | title= Art of Bleeding Live Ambulance Shows | website= artofbleeding.com | publisher= The Art of Bleeding Foundation | accessdate= | archive-date= March 31, 2006 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060331233441/http://www.artofbleeding.com/poison-march29.html | url-status= dead }} She described her marriage as "very conventional and conservative, I think. I mean we're such weird people that people just can't imagine that we would have a conventional marriage. But yeah, we are very conventional."[http://www.bondmag.net/stories/MargaretCho.php "Margaret Cho Got Married"] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100923032740/http://www.bondmag.net/stories/MargaretCho.php |date=September 23, 2010 }}. Bond Magazine. Retrieved October 4, 2009. They separated in September, 2014, and Cho confirmed their separation in December.{{Cite web|title = Margaret Cho Split: Actress, Comedienne Divorcing Husband Al Ridenour After 11 Years |url = http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/margaret-cho-split-star-divorcing-husband-al-ridenour-after-11-years-20142012|website = Us Weekly|access-date = November 1, 2015|date = December 20, 2014|last = Webber|first = Stephanie}}{{Cite web|title = Margaret Cho Files for Divorce From Husband Al Ridenour After 11 Years of Marriage|url = http://www.people.com/article/margaret-cho-and-husband-divorce-after-11-years|website = People|access-date = November 1, 2015|date = August 13, 2015|last = Stark|first = George}} Cho referred to herself as "divorced" in an April 2015 profile in The New York Times, but actually filed for divorce in August 2015.La Ferla, Ruth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/style/for-margaret-cho-nothing-is-too-private-for-a-punch-line.html "For Margaret Cho, Nothing Is Too Private for a Punch Line"]. The New York Times. April 10, 2015. In April 2019, it was reported that the divorce was finalized.{{cite web|last=Goldblatt|first=Daniel|title=Margaret Cho Cuts $200k Check to Finalize Split From Husband|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/margaret-cho-cuts-200k-check-142301046.html|date=April 17, 2019|access-date=November 24, 2022|website=Yahoo!}}

In the early 1990s, Cho dated director Quentin Tarantino.Goldsztajn, Iris. [https://www.nickiswift.com/583999/a-look-at-margaret-chos-relationship-history/ "A Look At Margaret Cho's Relationship History"] {{Webarchive| url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215234729/https://www.nickiswift.com/583999/a-look-at-margaret-chos-relationship-history/ |date=December 15, 2021 }}. Nicki Swift. August 24, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

{{As of|2008}}, in a profanity-laced blog post, Cho self-identified as a Christian, although she does not agree with nor align ideologically with mainstream Christianity.{{Cite web|url=http://margaretcho.com/2008/09/17/im-a-christian-you-fuckers/| title=I'm a Christian, you Fuckers| work=MargaretCho.com |last= Cho | first= Margaret|date=September 17, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-date= February 12, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190212221654/http://margaretcho.com/2008/09/17/im-a-christian-you-fuckers/|access-date= September 10, 2018}} {{As of|2009}}, Cho was living in Peachtree City, Georgia,{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Queen_Margaret/|title=Queen Margaret|work=The Advocate| first=Amarita | last= Parashar| url-status=dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120128103127/http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Television/Queen_Margaret/|archive-date=January 28, 2012}} as Drop Dead Diva was filmed in the Atlanta area.

Cho is openly bisexual{{cite web |url= http://www.glbtq.com/arts/chom.html |title=Cho, Margaret (b. 1968) |publisher= | website= glbtq.com |access-date=November 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111104071620/http://www.glbtq.com/arts/chom.html |archive-date=November 4, 2011 }} and has stated that she has "a lot of experience in the area of polyamory and alternative sexuality in general."{{cite web| url= http://caamedia.org/blog/2015/01/08/margaret-cho-talks-about-sex/ |title= Margaret Cho Talks About Sex |date=January 8, 2015 |publisher= | website= caamedia.org |access-date= January 11, 2015}} When discussing her sexuality in a 2018 Huffington Post interview, Cho said, "I don't know using 'bisexual' is right because that indicates there's only two genders and I don't believe that. I've been with people all across the spectrum of gender and who have all kinds of different expressions of gender so it's so hard to say. Maybe 'pansexual' is technically the more correct term but I like 'bisexual' because it's kind of '70s."{{Cite news |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/margaret-cho-bisexuality-pride_us_5b27b980e4b0783ae12b754e|title=Margaret Cho: 'Nobody Has Ever Really Accepted That I'm Truly Bisexual'| last= Michelson |first= Noah| date=June 19, 2018| work=HuffPost| access-date=July 15, 2018}} Cho states that she "loves" Fire Island and spends summers there.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/in-her-shoes-podcast-with-margaret-cho.html|author=Lindsay Peoples|title=Kicking Off Pride Month With Margaret Cho|publisher=New York magazine|date=June 8, 2022|accessdate=June 30, 2022|quote= It's a place that I really love. Fire Island is steeped in gay history and it's a place we've always gone to feel safe in the summer…}} She first learned about sexuality in the 1960s from her parents, who had bought a gay bookstore. In the 1980s, she identified as a lesbian, saying the title at that time had the stereotype of "wearing jean shorts, Doc Martens, a bike chain, a messenger bag and a portable CD player spinning Ani DiFranco".{{Cite news |last=Rotter |first=Josh |title='There were no Asian comedians': Margaret Cho reflects on SF roots |url=https://www.sfgate.com/culture-events/article/Margaret-Cho-reflects-on-SF-roots-16956614.php |access-date=2024-02-21 |work=SFGATE |language=en}}

Cho was a guest on comedian Bobby Lee's Tigerbelly Podcast Episode 71, which was uploaded on December 16, 2016.{{Citation|title=Margaret Cho and the Yellow Telephone {{!}} TigerBelly 71| date=December 16, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNkT9CJclD4| via= YouTube| access-date=January 26, 2020}} In that episode, she recounted an incident between her and actress Tilda Swinton. According to Cho, Swinton contacted her via email to discuss the Asian American community's reaction to the news that Swinton had been cast to play the Ancient One, who in comic books is Tibetan, in the film Doctor Strange.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/news/doctor-strange-whitewashing-ancient-one-tilda-swinton-manaa-1201908555/|title=Asian American Media Group Blasts Tilda Swinton Casting in 'Doctor Strange'| last= Yee| first=Lawrence|date=November 3, 2016| website=Variety|access-date= January 26, 2020}} Cho found the inquiry odd, since she didn't know Swinton and had never talked to her before nor did she have anything to do with the film or casting. On December 21, Swinton released the email exchange between her and Cho to the website Jezebel.{{Cite web| url=https://jezebel.com/tilda-swinton-sent-us-her-email-exchange-with-margaret-1790203875|title=Tilda Swinton Sent Us Her Email Exchange with Margaret Cho About Doctor Strange, Diversity, and Whitewashing| website=Jezebel|date=December 16, 2016 |access-date=January 26, 2020}} According to Swinton, she had contacted Cho to better understand why Asian Americans were upset about the casting.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/12/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho|title=Tilda Swinton Responds to Margaret Cho's Account of Whitewashing Conversation| last= Desta|first=Yohana|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 16, 2016|access-date=January 26, 2020}} In response to the release, Cho stated that she stands by her words both on TigerBelly and in the email exchange.{{Cite magazine| url= https://ew.com/article/2016/12/17/tilda-swinton-margaret-cho-emails-doctor-strange-whitewashing/|title=Margaret Cho on Tilda Swinton Conversation: 'My Emails Stand on Their Own'| magazine= Entertainment Weekly|access-date= January 26, 2020}}{{Cite web| url= https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/12/21/506347676/when-swinton-and-cho-talk-race-the-points-lost-in-translation|title=When Swinton And Cho Talk Race, The Point's Lost in Translation|last=Demby|first=Gene|date=December 21, 2016| publisher= NPR| access-date=January 26, 2020}}{{Clarify|reason=It is currently unclear what the dispute is regarding the email exchange. We need to clarify what was originally claimed, then what was counter-claimed, and then Cho's response.|date=September 2022}}

Cho revealed in a panel discussion that after doing genealogy testing, she discovered that she had some Chinese ancestry.{{Citation|title=A Star-Studded Dinner {{!}} Recipe For Change| date=June 29, 2021 | url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX26NwtuXi8|language= en| via= YouTube | access-date=2021-07-01}}

• In 2000, her "E! Celebrity Profile" won a Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television organization acknowledging its "superior quality and effective portrayal of the changing roles and concerns of women."
• The same year, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awarded her with a Golden Gate Award and described her as an entertainer who, "as a pioneer, has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity."[http://www.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=99&PHPSESSID=f Margaret Cho, Billie Jean King, E*TRADE's Kathy Levinson and Dennis & Judy Shepard To Be Honored At GLAAD's Washington, DC and San Francisco Media Awards Ceremonies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926221737/http://www.glaad.org/publications/archive_detail.php?id=99&PHPSESSID=f |date=September 26, 2007 }}, GLAAD.org, April 26, 2000.
• In 2001, she was given a Lambda Liberty Award by Lambda Legal for "pressing us to see how false constructions of race, sexuality, and gender operate similarly to obscure and demean identity."Martin, Karen Doyle. [http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid%3A1114 Cho Nuff: Outspoken comic brings her all-inclusive act to Charlotte] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181514/http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:1114 |date=September 30, 2007 }}, April 24, 2002.
• In 2003, she was given an Intrepid Award by the National Organization for Women.{{cite web |url=http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/cho.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408213337/http://www.now.org/organization/gala/2003/cho.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 8, 2005 |title=NOW's First Annual Intrepid Awards Gala: Margaret Cho |publisher=NOW.org |date=July 10, 2003 |access-date=November 7, 2011 }}
• In 2004, she was awarded with the First Amendment Award from the American Civil Liberties Union.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aclu-sc.org/News/Releases/2004/100755/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017061829/http://www.aclu-sc.org/News/Releases/2004/100755/|url-status=dead|title=ACLU News: ACLU/SC Honors Civil Liberties Advocates At Annual Garden Party|archive-date=October 17, 2007}}
• In 2007, she won for Outstanding Comedy Performance in AZN's Asian Excellence Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newnownext.com/2007/06/true_colors_tal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516123313/http://www.newnownext.com/2007/06/true_colors_tal.html|url-status=dead|title=NewNowNext.com Blog: True Colors Interview: Margaret Cho's Gay Agenda|archive-date=May 16, 2008}}
• April 30, 2008 was declared "Margaret Cho Day" in San Francisco.{{cite web| url= http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2008/05/last_night_margaret_cho_day_at.php |title= Last Night: Margaret Cho Day at City Hall| website= SFWeekly.com | first= Janine |last= Kahn |date= May 1, 2008| access-date= September 22, 2015}}
• In 2015, Joan Juliet Buck, writing in W, called Cho a modern-day femme fatale, writing:

[N]ot all women comedians are dangerous; some are just very funny: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are too relatable, Joan Rivers was too firmly ensconced in the society that she mocked. Amy Schumer relies a little too much on the word "pussy" to be any kind of threat, though she would like very much to be a bad person. On the other hand, ... Margaret Cho know[s] no boundaries and inspire[s] palpable fear anytime [she] begin[s] one of [her] riffs.{{cite web|url=http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/2015/03/dangerous-women-femme-fatales/|title=No Guts, No Glamour|first=Joan Juliet|last=Buck|access-date=January 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204124455/http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/2015/03/dangerous-women-femme-fatales/|archive-date=February 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}

• "I'm the One That I Want" (1999)
• "Notorious C.H.O." (2002)
• "Revolution" (2003)
• "State of Emergency" (2004)
• "Assassin" (2005)
• "True Colors" (2007–2008)
• "Beautiful" (2008)
• "Cho Dependent" (2010)
• "Mother!" (2013)
• "The 'There's No I in Team but there is a Cho in PsyCHO' Tour" (Often referred to simply as "The PsyCHO Tour") (2015)
• "Fresh Off The Bloat Tour" (2017)

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2013–2015: Co-hosted w/ Jim Short, 131 episodes

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