Name: How Comedy Helped JoJo Gibbs Come Out Twice to Her Mom
Uploaded: 2020-03-30T03:11:15.000Z
Duration: 5 min 29 s
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Hi you guys, my name is Jonica Jojo Gibbs. 2

where a queer black woman will be the protagonist. 5

And it's a far cry from her growing up in South Carolina, 10

where she said she had to come out to her mom twice. 11

First time I tried to come out to my mom, I was 19. 12

And I was on break, and I was at her house. 13

I was like this must be God telling me to come out. 17

was just like seeming chill and cool with it. 19

Interrupted my mom while she was watching First 48, 23

so not the best time to interrupt your mom. 25

I honestly couldn't bring myself to straight up say, 26

I was like, "I don't think that I connect with men 28

And my mom is 5'11", so she stood up on the bed, 31

and I was like, Oh, okay, you gonna get up, you standing up. 32

And she muted the TV, and I just remember thinking, 33

At that time, I had never ever dated a woman, 35

or even done that, I just knew I had feelings and... 36

I was like, "Girl, abort this mission, it is not the time. 37

You ain't even got a girlfriend to call to console you 38

Yes, like you're gonna have to deal with this yourself. 42

So I ended up being like, "You nevermind, nevermind. 43

And I left, and we just never talked about it again. 46

We just kind of swept it under the rug. 47

It's like my mom blacked it out, I think. 48

before Jojo mentioned it again, after moving to Los Angeles. 51

"Look, this is what it is, this is how I feel." 53

And I just kept it real straightforward, 54

And eventually she was just like, "All right." 56

She was like, "You ain't gonna say nothing 57

I'm like, "Girl, the whole point of me telling you, 59

is that I ain't gotta hide no more, that's the whole thing." 60

She being the amazing, incredible person 61

and mother that she is, got through her own hangups 62

around it, and was like, "I love you, regardless, 63

and I'm here for you and I support you." 64

I ain't no ugly (beep), I could get a man. 67

I ain't brought nobody home, come on now. 68

Jojo took including teaching and working at Gold's Gym 72

Fact, it was comedy that landed her on Lena Waithe's radar. 74

After Jojo and some friends started crowd-funding 75

for their comedic series, "No More Comics in LA". 76

I didn't have a manager or an agent, so I was like, 77

"You just gotta create the opportunity yourself." 78

and create these merchandise boxes with merch in them 81

and USB drives with our Sizzle, and our trailer, 82

and our why video, so people could understand 83

why we doing this, and we sent them out. 84

Lena got one of them, and liked what she saw. 85

She called Jojo and told her about a show 86

Yeah, I mean, it's nothing but God from there. 91

Because they were auditioning not even during pilot season. 92

How closely does your real life track? 93

In a lot of regards, I'm similar to Haddie 95

that are like my best friend, Rashanda. 97

Jojo landed the lead role on Twenties. 98

The show follows Haddie, a writer's production assistant, 99

who desperately wants to become a writer on a popular show, 100

after she's thrown out of her apartment. 101

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