Farewell, To The Church Of What’s Happening Now

Thank you for being apart of my journey.

To Joey Diaz, Lee, and The Church Family:

I came to the Church family late, but I made it to the party nonetheless.

After becoming a fan of JRE, I stumbled upon one of the most raw and hilarious comics, Joey “Coco” Diaz. It was refreshing to hear somebody who had “made it”, but still had a foot on the ground, be honest in telling their story. Joey made me feel like if he “made it” despite the mistakes he made along the way, then I could do it too.

…But not without putting in the work.

Somewhere within all of the crazy stories that I heard from Joey Diaz, it is how he put in the work that resonated with me the most. No matter what he went through in his life, he never disrespected comedy by not putting his heart and soul into it. And that shows from the level he reached in his career.

What’s most impressive is how he reached the heights that he did in such an honest way, joking about all of the insecurities and the f*ck ups in his life. Joe Diaz feels like a person who just happens to be one of the funniest people alive, rather than a comic. That’s also why his podcast, The Church Of What’s Happening Now was so successful.