![]() Later that week, Florentine's CD came in at No. The only artist ahead of him was the Backstreet Boys. After numerous plays on the Howard Stern Radio Show, his CD ranking on went from 282,363 to number 2. In July 2001, Florentine released Terrorizing Telemarketers Volume 1. The two married in 2012 (her third, his first) and divorced in 2015 after he hired a private investigator who caught Warner having sex with a New Jersey police officer. In 2010, he had a child with lacrosse coach Samantha Warner. On July 28, 2008, Quivers announced on the radio show that she and Florentine had ended their relationship, the breakup was amicable, Florentine was "genuine and honest," and that he was the one who initiated the breakup. Due to the attention this garnered, Quivers became tight-lipped about the topic. In August 2007, while a guest on The Howard Stern Show, Jim Florentine asked co-host Robin Quivers to go on a date with him during a show segment. Jade, his girlfriend of six years, committed suicide in December 2006 while he was away performing on stage. He and Jim Norton met Dice back stage at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles in the late 90s and the three hit it off, with Florentine and Norton later becoming his opening acts. įlorentine was inspired to do standup comedy after seeing Andrew Dice Clay for the first time on a Rodney Dangerfield comedy special. Florentine became a DJ on WCNJ (now WCNM), his college radio station in Hazlet, New Jersey, in the 1980s. He has stated his love of hard rock music set him on a straight path in life. In his late teens, Florentine had drug and alcohol problems and was in and out of rehab. The business, however, proved unsuccessful, and the family moved back to New Jersey. His family lived for several years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida when his father decided he wanted to set up a family-run hot dog vending business. Florentine was interested in a musical career growing up because of his love for heavy metal music, but would often joke that he never had the talent to play an instrument. He has stated in various interviews and in his stand-up act that he disliked his religious upbringing. ![]() He came from a large Catholic family and was one of the seven children who attended the Catholic school St Ambrose. Personal life įlorentine is a native of central New Jersey. He has six brothers and sisters and launched his career in New York City comedy clubs. He was born on August 18, 1964, in Brooklyn (New York) to a large Catholic family. His 2018 book Everybody is Awful (Except You!) reached No. He has released six albums of stand-up comedy, two comedy specials, six installments in the Terrorizing Telemarketers prank call compilation, and three installments of the Meet the Creeps hidden camera show. He hosts The Jim Florentine Show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio and a podcast called Everybody Is Awful (Except You). ![]() He is best known for co-hosting That Metal Show on VH1 Classic and voicing several characters on Crank Yankers, including Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. James Bernard Florentine (born on August 18, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, author, and television personality.
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