Kicking off Pride Month in style, Hulu released a gay romantic comedy, Fire Island, on June 3, 2022. Inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island follows a group of friends who embark on a week-long vacation to Fire Land, a popular gay destination off the south coast of Long Island. American actor, comedian, and writer Joel Kim Booster plays Noah – based on Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice – in the film Fire Island. Let’s talk about Joel’s partner, John Michael Kelly, in this article.
Stay tuned till the end to know about John’s relationship with Joel, age, work, Instagram and more.
Meet John Michael Kelly, Partner of Joel Kim Booster
Joel Kim Booster was born Kim Joonmin in South Korea and was later adopted by an American couple. For college, Joel attended Millikin University and majored in theater.
Joel first rose to fame when he appeared in his own Comedy Central stand-up special Stand-Up Presents in 2017. As an actor, Joel has appeared in the YouTube original Viper Club, Netflix’s The Week Of, and Hulu’s Shrill. He also starred in the NBC comedy series Sunnyside. Additionally, Joel is a regular on NPR’s Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! and co-hosts the podcast Urgent Care with Joel Kim Booster + Mitra Jouhari.
Joel is openly gay and has been dating game producer John Michael Kelly since May 2021, according to his Facebook page.
On Valentine’s Day 2022, Joel shared photos of himself and his partner John and wrote, “My love. There’s no other way, I finally got the best one.”
John Michael Kelly and partner Joel Kim Booster celebrate their first Valentine’s Day together.
These two lovely individuals are absolutely head over heels for each other and regularly feature each other on Instagram. They both wish each other happy birthdays. On John’s birthday, Joel shared a bunch of pictures of his partner and himself and wrote a long but sweet birthday message for him. Some of his words were: “He is the smartest, most interesting man in the world and makes me laugh more than any person alive every day even when the jokes are terrible and make my head hurt and I feel so special knowing that…”
On Joel’s birthday, John wrote sweet words to him and wished him a happy birthday. He wrote, “Every conversation with you is an adventure, every moment tiptoeing on the dance floor is a joy… I love you so much, Joel Kim Booster. Happy birthday, baba.”
On March 15, the couple shared photos on Instagram of them passionately kissing in public, captured by writer/director Jared Frieder.
While we don’t know about Joel’s previous relationships, John dated a man named Chris around 2018. He has featured Chris on his Instagram more than once. John once shared a photo of him and Chris after a pool party and wrote, “When there’s only one photo left after a pool party” in the caption.
John Michael Kelly Age
As per the information, John Michael Kelly is 28 years old at the time of writing this article. His date of birth is December 16, 1993.
John Michael Kelly’s work
Speaking of John Michael Kelly’s job, he currently works as a Senior Creative Producer at Riot Games. He joined Riot Games in January 2021. John’s responsibilities there are to oversee “the Worldbuilding, Lore, and Creative Technology teams for the central Creative department at Riot Games” with a primary focus on “identifying, developing, and expanding the League of Legends IP for use in current and future/potential gaming, television, and print media projects.”
Previously, John worked at Oculus VR from January 2018 to May 2021. He joined the company as a Content Producer and was promoted to Producer. As Producer for Oculus Platform, he oversaw the Platform Art team, maintained relationships with XFN, built better processes for stakeholder communication and review, and worked closely with art, tech art, design, product, and UR to build the Oculus Virtual Environments portfolio.
John has spent the majority of his career working at Electronic Arts. He joined the video game company in May 2013 as an Assistant Production Intern and worked his way up to Feature Producer. At EA, he was Lead World Producer and Associate UX and Performance Producer for The Sims 4 Cats and Dogs. John was also Gameplay Producer (Holidays + Decorations) for The Sims 4 Seasons.
According to John’s LinkedIn profile, he attended the University of Southern California in 2011 for his undergraduate studies. He graduated from there in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Interactive Media and Games. Additionally, John Michael Kelly attended Aurora High School for his high school education.
Is John Michael Kelly on Instagram?
John Michael Kelly has an Instagram account @jmsuds where he has over 7k followers. From his IG bio, we can tell that apart from being a game maker, he is also a movie buff. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook.
Related FAQs
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Where is John Michael Kelly from?
Although John Michael Kelly currently lives in San Francisco, California, he is originally from Aurora, Ohio. According to his Facebook, John only moved to San Francisco in 2015.
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How tall is John Michael Kelly?
According to John’s Provisional Guide License issued in 2009, he was 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed approximately 130 pounds.