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Actor/comedian Bobby Lee is talking about how he was molested by a guy with down syndrome in a funny way
Bobby Lee
Pseudonym The Slept King
Birth name Robert Lee Jr.
Born September 17, 1971 (age 48)
San Diego, California, U.S.
Medium
Stand-up film television
Nationality American
Years active 1994–present
Genres Observational comedy, black comedy
Subject(s) Human behaviour, human sexuality, American politics, gender differences
Partner(s) Khalyla Kuhn (2013–Present)
Relative(s) Steve Lee (brother)
Website Official Web site
Robert Lee Jr. (born September 17, 1971[A 1]) is an American actor and comedian of Korean descent, best known for being a cast member on MADtv from 2001 to 2009 and for his roles in the films Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Pineapple Express (2008), and The Dictator (2012).[5] Between 2018 and 2019, Lee co-starred in the ABC single-camera sitcom series Splitting Up Together alongside Jenna Fischer and Oliver Hudson.
In 2016, Lee and his girlfriend, Khalyla Kuhn, started a weekly podcast titled TigerBelly, which currently has over 380,000 subscribers and 64 million views on YouTube.
Personal life
Early life
Lee was born Robert Lee, Jr. in San Diego County, California to parents Jeanie and Robert Lee.[6] He and his younger brother grew up in Poway, California.[7] Lee attended Painted Rock Elementary School, Twin Peaks Middle School, and Poway High School.[6] In high school, he was part of a breakdancing team.[8] At 18, Lee moved out of his parents' home and took jobs in restaurants and coffee shops in the San Diego area[9] while attending Palomar College. He later dropped out.[6]
Addiction and sobriety
Lee began taking methamphetamine and marijuana around 12 and went through three drug-rehabilitation attempts, ending his meth abuse around 17. During his period of drug abuse, Lee claims that he not only competed in a wrestling tournament but won under the influence of methamphetamine and LSD.[7][10][11] When he started MADtv, a producer told him that "he wasn't funny and that they wouldn't use him in the show very often."[12] Unable to handle the pressure, Lee relapsed on Vicodin and ended 12 years of sobriety.[7] He got sober after MADtv producer Lauren Dombrowski fought for him after he was fired from the show a second time. Dombrowski died of cancer on October 8, 2008 in Los Angeles at the age of 51.[13] Lee said that one of the only times he has ever cried was at Dombrowski's funeral. On TigerBelly Episode 224, Lee admitted to guest Theo Von that he had relapsed after his father's death in August 2019. At the time of recording, he was 11 days sober and had recently left rehab.[14]
Lee has stated that he is a recovering alcoholic.[15]
Career
Lee worked various jobs at cafes and restaurants before pursuing a career in comedy. In 1994, the coffee shop he was working at abruptly closed.[9][16] “I just went next door to get a job,” he said, “which was The Comedy Store in San Diego” (also known as the La Jolla Comedy Store).[9] After a few months of working odd jobs at the club, he decided to try stand-up during one of their amateur nights.[9] Within a year of doing regular comedy sets, he received offers to open for both Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia.[6][9] Lee went on to work regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, a comedy club owned by Pauly Shore's mother Mitzi.[6]
Lee has admitted in several interviews that his parents had hoped he would continue on with the family business and were less than supportive of his comedic pursuits at first.[6][9][17] During a podcast interview conducted by fellow actor and comedian Joe Rogan on February 1, 2011, Lee stated that during the first few years he did stand-up his parents barely spoke to him, however after his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno his father called him and asked how much he had to pay to be on the show and then apologized for not supporting his comedy career.[18]
Lee is known to include his family in some of his work; his younger brother has appeared in several non-speaking roles on MADtv and his entire family has appeared in a sketch on the show. Lee also pitched a sitcom to Comedy Central in 2007 about a Korean family which was to star his very own family.[17]
Lee hosted the 9th MusiCares MAP Fund Benefit Concert in 2013.[19]
In 2020, Lee began co-hosting the Bad Friends podcast with Andrew Santino.[20]
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