Matt Wright (comedian)

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Matt Wright is a Canadian stand-up comedian from Newfoundland and Labrador. [1] He is most noted as a two-time Juno Award nominee for Comedy Album of the Year, receiving nods for his 2019 album Existing Is Exhausting at the Juno Awards of 2021, [2] and for his 2022 album Here Live, Not a Cat at the Juno Awards of 2023. [3]

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