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Who is Jerrod Carmichael dating? Golden Globe Awards 2023 host came out as gay on HBO special

During his HBO special 'Rothaniel', Jerrod Carmichael told the audience he had a secret he 'kept from my father, my mother, my family, my friends'

BY MEENAKSHI SENGUPTA

PUBLISHED JAN 10, 2023

Jerrod Carmichael is rumored to be dating Ari Katcher (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images and Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Hulu)

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA: The Golden Globes will return with its 80th edition on Tuesday, January 10, after its absence in 2022. The award organizer, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was boycotted last year due to the lack of diversity among nominees but now is all set to make a grand entry with a slew of new award categories and nominees. The award ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel and will be broadcast on NBC and Peacock at 5 pm PT and 8 pm ET, as previously reported by MEAWW. And Emmy-winning comedian Jerrod Carmichael will be the host for the evening.

Carmichael, who has starred in three stand-up comedy specials on HBO - 'Love at the Store' in 2014, 'Jerrod Carmichael: 8' in 2017, and 'Rothaniel' in 2022, will follow in the footsteps of Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Ricky Gervais, as he steps in to host the 2023 Golden Globe awards. During his HBO special 'Rothaniel' in April 2022, he came out as gay. He told the audience that he had "a secret," adding, "One that I kept from my father, my mother, my family, my friends — and you, all of you. Professionally, personally. And the secret is that I’m gay," reports Los Angeles Times.

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He said, "I'm accepting the love, I really appreciate the love. My ego wants to rebel against it. I rebelled against it my whole life. I never thought I'd come out. I didn't think I'd ever, ever, ever come out. Probably at many points, I thought I'd rather die than confront the truth of that, to actually say it to people. Because I know it changes people's — some people — it changes their perception of me. I can't control that."

Who is Jerrod Carmichael dating?

Since making the announcement, he has not confirmed whether he is dating someone. However, there have been multiple reports of him dating producer Ari Katcher, who commented on the comedian’s coming out by saying it's a "slow progression”, with Carmichael first identifying as bisexual. "And then it became explicit stories about sex with men. And after, It became, ‘I’m gay and it’s important for me to say that,'” explained Katcher, as reported by Bustle.

Katcher is known for his writings on 'Ramy,' 'On the Count of Three,' 'Saturday Night Live,' and 'The Carmichael Show.' Apart from that, he also worked on TV series 'Home Videos,' 'Sermon On the Mount,' 'Drew Michael: Red Blue Green,' among others.