Biography
Robert Lee Jr. (born September 17, 1971), known professionally as Bobby Lee, is an American comedian, actor, and podcast host. He is the eldest of two children born to Jeanie Lee and Robert Lee.
In Poway, California, he attended Poway High School. His parents, of Korean and American descent, ran garment companies in California.
Bobby Lee was sexually abused by a man with Down syndrome when he was nine years old, and the incident was made public on the shows The Fighter and The Kid.
He moved in with his parents when he was 18 and began working in restaurants and cafes in the San Diego area while also briefly attending Palomar College. The business where he worked closed in 1994.
After just a few months, he started working at a club where he decided to try his luck at one of his amateur shows. Within a year of dedicating himself to regular comedy, he founded two comedy clubs called Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia.
Bobby Lee also began working regularly at The Comedy Store in Los Angeles.
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| Full name: | Robert Edwin Lee, Jr. |
| Stage name: | Bobby Lee |
| Born: | September 17, 1971 (age 52) |
| Place of birth: | San Diego, California, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.64 minutes |
| Parents: | Jeanie Lee, Robert Lee |
| Siblings: | Steve Lee |
| Wife • Husband/wife: | Khalyla Kuhn (married 2016) |
| Girlfriend • Partner: | Do not have |
| The children: | Do not have |
| Job: | Actor • Comedian |
| Net worth: | 10 million US dollars |
Early life and education
Robert Edwin ‘Bobby’ Lee, Jr. was born in San Diego County, California, to parents Jeanie Lee and Robert E. Lee. He and his younger brother, Steve Lee, grew up in Poway, California.
Bobby Lee attended Poway High School, Twin Peaks Middle School, and Painted Rock Elementary School. While in high school, he was a member of a breakdancing team.
He moved out of his parents’ house at 18 and worked in restaurants and cafes in the San Diego area while attending Palomar College. He eventually quit.
His parents are Korean-Americans who ran clothing stores in Escondido and Encinitas, California. His mother moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
Bobby Lee’s younger brother, Steve Lee, is a guitarist and host of the podcast The Steebee Weebee. In addition to Bobby Lee, Steve Lee has made guest appearances on MAD TV, most notably in skits with Kim Jong-il and Tank.
Career
Bobby Lee worked in various coffee shops and restaurants before pursuing a comedy career. In 1994, the coffee shop where he worked suddenly closed. “I had recently gotten a job at The Comedy Store in San Diego,” he explains (also known as the La Jolla Comedy Store). After a few months of working various club jobs, he decided to pursue stand-up comedy at one of the club’s amateur nights.
Within a year of doing daily stand-up comedy, Bobby Lee was asked to open for Pauly Shore and Carlos Mencia. He then became a regular at Pauly Shore’s mother, Mitzi,’s comedy club, The Comedy Store, in Los Angeles. He has stated in numerous interviews that his parents thought he would stay in the family business and initially rejected his pursuit of a comedy career.
In a podcast interview with actor and comedian Joe Rogan on February 1, 2011, Bobby Lee revealed that his parents barely spoke to him during the first few years of his stand-up comedy career, but after he appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, his father called and asked how much he paid to be on the show, then apologized for not promoting his comedy career.
On MADtv, his younger brother has appeared multiple times without speaking lines, and his entire family has appeared in a parody film. In 2007, Bobby Lee pitched a series to Comedy Central about a Korean family in which his family would star.
Bobby Lee hosted the 9th MusiCares MAP Fundraiser Concert in 2013. In 2020, he and Andrew Santino began co-hosting the podcast Bad Friends.
Personal life
There is no information about Bobby Lee’s dating history as he keeps his personal life as private as possible.
Khalyla Kuhn, a biochemist, is Bobby Lee’s only publicly known girlfriend; they met on Tinder in early 2013 and dated before marrying in August 2016. The most talked about aspect of their marriage was Khalyla’s greed for money.
Many of Bobby Lee’s fans despised her, believing that she only married him for his wealth. She denied the allegations in a Twitter post, claiming that she had lived a very normal life before Bobby Lee came along.
Otherwise, the couple seems to have a lot of fun together, as evidenced by their YouTube podcasts and Khalyla Kuhn’s Instagram photos.
Net worth
According to reliable sources, Bobby Lee’s net worth as of now is estimated to be $10 million, an amount he has accumulated throughout his career in the entertainment industry.
Social media
- Twitter: @bobbyleelive
- Instagram: @bobbyleelive
- YouTube: bobbylee
