Whereas it’s true comedians have a tendency to make use of real-life issues as fodder for his or her units, issues have been no laughing matter when it got here to and the joke Gary Owen made about dishonest on his ex-wife, Kenya Duke, was no laughing matter. And now, he’s revealing what occurred because of it and the surprising factor that led as much as their divorce within the first place.
In a now viral clip, Owe sat down with controversial “comic” Andrew Schulz to speak about his profession and upcoming initiatives. Nonetheless, when the subject turned to his rocky relationship historical past and his infidelity, Schulz performed a earlier interview they did collectively from years in the past when Owen mentioned that he’d been fortunately married for 16 years.
However, when he was requested what number of of these 16 years he’d been devoted, the “Assume Like a Man” star choked on a drink and laughed it off…however didn’t reply the query.
Trying again on the footage with Schulz, Owen was visibly uncomfortable and sweating, saying that he had no clue they have been going to indicate that tape. He additionally then let on that that precise video was performed in court docket throughout his divorce proceedings between him and Duke.
“That got here up in court docket bro, that got here up in court docket. We settled, however that got here up in court docket,” he mentioned earlier than later explaining how his spouse introduced up the video throughout one their hearings.
Trying again on the interview second, Owen nonetheless feels prefer it was in the end a hilarious second, describing it as “natural” however mentioned that “the PTSD is actual.” he additionally shockingly revealed that the shortage of intimacy performed a giant half of their marriage dissolution, saying that within the final six years of their 20-year marriage, he and his then-wife had solely had intercourse 3 times.
Duke filed for divorce from Owen on March 19, 2021. Within the years that adopted main as much as their eventual settlement, the two received in a public spat over various narratives about how and why they determined to go their separate methods and the way it’s affected their youngsters.