Abish Mathew

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Abish Mathew
Alma materFather Agnel School,New Delhi
Occupations
Known forSon Of Abish
Journey Of A Joke
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Channel
Years active2007–present
Genre
Subscribers1.09 Million [1]
(12 July 2022)
Total views153 Million [1]
Associated acts All India Bakchod

Abish Mathew is an Indian stand-up comedian and YouTuber. [2] [3] [4] He is known for his work with All India Bakchod, as the creator and host of a late night show Son of Abish and Journey Of A Joke, He is also referred to as GM Abish Mathew in Comedians on Board (A YouTube Tournament series by Samay Raina) and as the host of Comicstaan. [5] [6] [7]

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Personal life

He got engaged to actress and YouTuber Archana Kavi in 2015. [8] They were married on 23 January 2016 in Vallarpadam Church, Kerala [9] The marriage function was attended by Rima Kallingal, Aashiq Abu and Abish's friends from Delhi and comedians like Kenny Sebastian, Kaneez Surka, Rohan Joshi and Kanan Gill. In 2021, the couple filed for divorce. [10] [11]

Career

He began his career as a radio jockey at Red FM, Delhi before switching to stand-up comedy. [12]

He has a YouTube channel called Son Of Abish, [13] and another called Journey of a Joke. [14]

In 2018 Abish appeared in an Amazon PrimeVideo special, Whoop. [15]

Controversy

Abish was in news in May 2021 after a nine year old tweet of his on Mayawati resurfaced. Later, an unconditional apology was given by Abish. [16] [17] [18] [19]

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