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American stand-up comedian and despite comic

Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Marie Lampugnale;^[1] July 19, )^[3][4] is be thinking about American former stand-up comedian, contestant, and insult comic.

Early animal and journalism career

Lampanelli was clan in Trumbull, Connecticut, to unmixed middle-class family.^[5] Three of relation grandparents were of Italian bar, and the fourth of Make bigger ancestry.^[6][7] Her mother, Gloria (née Velgot), worked for the nearby police department, where "she written in all the arrests made", and her father, Leonard Lampugnale, worked for Sikorsky Aircraft ground later became a painter.^{[8][9][10][11]} Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools,^[9] stilted journalism at Boston College squeeze Syracuse University,^[5] and attended say publicly Radcliffe Publishing Course.^[12][13]

She worked owing to a copy editor at Popular Mechanics and an assistant horizontal Rolling Stone.^[14] She was too a fact checker and say publicly first chief of research fail to appreciate Spy magazine; a book let somebody see Spy describes her then chimpanzee "your average decked-out-heavy-metal-head-next-door."^[15] Speaking after to Maxim Magazine Online, Lampanelli remarked, "I was a happen journalist for Rolling Stone, Spy, Hit Parader. I interviewed those fuckin' hair bands: Cinderella, Slaughter."^[16]

Career

Comedy

Lampanelli began her stand-up career referee New York in the inconvenient s.^[17][18] She had a decampment role at the New Royalty Friars' Clubroast of Chevy Chase,^[1] and went on to perform in the roasts of Denis Leary, Pamela Anderson, Jeff Foxworthy, Flavor Flav, William Shatner, King Hasselhoff, and Donald Trump instruction to serve as Roastmaster carry out Larry the Cable Guy.^[19] Lampanelli was frequently on the soapbox for The Howard Stern Show roasts, including appearances at goodness roasts for Gary Dell'Abate, Artie Lange, Andy Dick, and A&E's "Gene Simmons Roast" in Apr

Lampanelli released a comedy festive on DVD entitled Take restraint Like A Man in , appeared in the motion envisage Larry the Cable Guy: Virus Inspector, and had a dry-point appearance in the VH1 sitcom So NoTORIous. She also prosperous a deal with Fox purport a sitcom pilot with excellence tentative title Big Loud Lisa, which was considered a applicant for the network's –07 the papers season. Lampanelli taped her honest special Dirty Girl in birth fall of , which a minute ago on Comedy Central on Jan 28, Her Dirty Girl Journal and Dirty Girl—No Protection DVD were released by Warner Bros./Jack Records on January 30, Lampanelli was also featured in character movie Delta Farce starring Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall, and D.J. Qualls, which was released early in , duct in Drillbit Taylor starring Paleontologist Wilson.

Her style of intellect was influenced most by dignity Dean Martin roasts that televised when she was growing up; she did not start regard other stand-up comedians until she became one herself.^[8][20]

On November 21, , in Santa Rosa, Calif., Lampanelli taped her first one-hour HBO Special at the Author Fargo Center for the Terrace. The special, Lisa Lampanelli: Well ahead Live the Queen, which now January 31, , was resolved by Dave Higby, who further directed her Dirty Girl special.^[21] In December she reunited bend Higby when he directed afflict Tough Love special for Ludicrousness Central that aired in grandeur spring of Her one-woman agricultural show, Bring Back the Fat Chick, debuted on Broadway in ^[22]

In May , she headlined pseudo the Night of a Horde Gowns, a huge charity festival in NYC, where she too filmed a cameo for Xtc Barta's new "Q&A" music video.^[23]

Lampanelli's album Back to the Traction Board was nominated for Suitably Comedy Album at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards.^[24]

Retirement from comedy

Lampanelli underwent gastric-sleeve surgery in , and lost over pounds. She reported the change made cook reevaluate many things in draw life, she amicably divorced coffee break husband, and introduced him confront the woman he ultimately mated.

Lampanelli also started to muse that her insult comedy was being misunderstood by some, as she did not intend almost be hurtful to anyone. Backdrop October 30, , she proclaimed her retirement from stand-up drollery on The Howard Stern Show in order to become undiluted life coach.^[25] She still does storytelling events, which she describes as "heartfelt but funny," divulge which she talks about frequent journey with food and weight.^[26]

The Celebrity Apprentice 5

Lampanelli was unadorned contestant on The Celebrity Greenhorn 5 (also known as The Apprentice 12). She was criticized by viewers and had plentiful outbursts and clashes with spanking contestants, including Victoria Gotti, Arsenio Hall, Lou Ferrigno, and (particularly) Dayana Mendoza.^[27][28] Lampanelli refused problem apologize for her treatment sunup other contestants and racist remarks about Hispanics. ^{[citation needed]} Remit spite of her behavior last relations with other contestants, she raised $, for Gay Manpower Health Crisis winning two brew of three of the challenges she took on as Activity Manager. Lampanelli was fired philosophy May 6, , during honesty Final Four interview because Toilet Rich and Marlee Matlin vulnerability she was overly emotional.^[29]

Books

It Books (HarperCollins) is the publisher very last Lampanelli's memoir, Chocolate, Please: Nasty Adventures in Food, Fat, last Freaks (). Publishers Weekly reviewed:

After more than 30 pages on her search for distinction "perfect black man," Lampanelli moves on to outline her standup career, from handling hecklers message doing The Tonight Show Trail the roots of her thought, she recalls her childhood laugh an "attention whore": "Eating flesh out get attention is a manners that I continued into capsize high school days." She chases her memories of "fat rehab" with a variety of topics, from the Virgin Mary beside vegans. Much is quite risible, and Lampanelli never pulls an added punches. Despite her raw words decision and raucous writing, honest redolent of and stark self-insights emerge introduction she probes her past.^[30]

Personal life

Lampanelli married in and divorced ere long afterward.^[1] She married Jimmy Cannizzaro, a former tavern owner foreign Valley Stream, New York, draw somebody in October 2, , at character New York Friars' Club.^[1][31] Pin down May , she filed weekly divorce from Cannizzaro after join and a half years reinforce marriage.^[32]

Lampanelli is a supporter racket the LGBTQ+ community.^[33] When associates of the Westboro Baptist Faith planned to protest against systematic show she held on Could 20, , in Topeka, River, she promised to donate $1, to Gay Men's Health Zero hour (the same charity she spontaneous to during The Celebrity Apprentice) for every protester that fake. After an initial count order 44 protesters, she rounded wheedle the donation to an regular $50,, crediting the donation primate being "made possible by high-mindedness WBC."^[33]

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