Robby Hoffman Opens Up on Growing Fame in Her 30s as Netflix Special 'Wake Up' Lands
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Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Robby Hoffman Opens Up on Growing Fame in Her 30s as Netflix Special 'Wake Up' Lands
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jun 27
Summary
Hoffman says her rising profile has not erased a deep sense of poverty, a theme that shapes how she views success, money and public attention in her 30s.
Her comedy draws directly from growing up poor in a Hasidic Crown Heights family as the seventh of 10 children, then being outed as gay after years of trying to hide her background and "boyishness."
Those experiences now feed both her latest work — including the Netflix special "Wake Up" and her current tour — and a run of higher-visibility screen roles.
The New York Times profile casts Hoffman as a fast-rising comedian whose blunt persona carries from "Hacks" and HBO's "Rooster" into her offstage life, including her marriage to Gabby Windey.