Ms. Pat

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Ms. Pat
Born
Patricia Williams

(1972-04-02) April 2, 1972 (age 51)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education General Educational Development
Occupation(s)Comedian, actress, podcast host
Years active2002–present
Television The Ms. Pat Show
Children4
Comedy career
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • books
  • podcasts
Genres
Subject(s)
Website mspatcomedy.com

Patricia "Pat" Williams (born April 2, 1972), better known by her stage name Ms. Pat, is an American stand-up comedian and actress known for The Ms. Pat Show . She is host of the podcast The Patdown with Ms. Pat. [1]

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Career

Comedy

Ms. Pat started doing comedy after being encouraged by her caseworker. She did her first stand-up in Atlanta in 2002. Her career as a comic elevated to the next stage in 2006, after she moved to Indianapolis, where she improved her comedic skills at Morty's, a well-known comic store. [2]

In 2015, she participated in the ninth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing . [2]

Ms. Pat has appeared on popular shows and podcasts hosted by Kevin Hart, Marc Maron, Joe Rogan, Eddie Ifft, Bert Kreischer, Joey "CoCo" Diaz, Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir. [3] She is also a frequent guest talent on the comedy program titled The Bob & Tom Show.

In 2017, she released her first stand-up album, Rabbit. [4] In 2018, she appeared in Netflix's stand-up series The Degenerates. [5] On February 8, 2022, Netflix released her hour-long comedy special, "Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?" [6]

TV show

After getting dropped by Fox and Hulu, a TV show based on her life was picked up by the premium streaming service BET+ in October 2020 and premiered on August 12, 2021, as The Ms. Pat Show . Its first season consists of 10 episodes. Stage actor J. Bernard Calloway plays her husband and Tami Roman plays her sister. [7] The series was renewed for a second season on September 2, 2021. [8]

Author

She is the co-author of Rabbit – The Autobiography of Ms. Pat, a comical autobiography detailing her turbulent upbringing. The book was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature in 2018.

Podcast Host

In 2019, Ms. Pat began hosting a podcast available on YouTube titled The Patdown with Ms. Pat. In the podcast, Ms. Pat discuses day-to-day issues with her co-hosts, sometimes telling stories of her lived experiences which raise awareness of racial prejudice. [9]

Personal life

Patricia Williams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 2, 1972. [10] She gave birth to her first child at 14 and her second at 15. [11] The father of her first two children was eight years older; he began sexually abusing her when she was 12 years old. Earlier in childhood, she also suffered sexual abuse from one of her mother's boyfriends. [11] At age 15, she began selling crack cocaine in Atlanta, while supporting herself and her two children using the street name "Rabbit". [11]

She is open about having two abortions in her teenage years. [12] Her two younger children were conceived later in life with her husband, Garrett. [13] She then adopted four children who are the biological children of her niece. [13]

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The Ms. Pat Show is an American television sitcom created by Jordan E. Cooper and Patricia "Ms. Pat" Williams that premiered on the streaming service BET+ on August 12, 2021. The show is based on the comedy and life story of comedian Ms. Pat as a convicted felon from the streets of Atlanta turned reluctant suburban mother. On September 2, 2021, BET+ renewed the series for a second season which premiered on August 11, 2022. On July 6, 2022, BET+ renewed the series for a third season, which premiered on February 23, 2023. On May 30, 2023, BET+ renewed the series for a fourth season. The show was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2022 and the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2023.

References

  1. ↑ "The Patdown Podcast".
  2. 1 2 Geoff Edgers. "How Ms. Pat overcame drugs, prison and abuse – and rose to comedy stardom". The Washington Post . Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ Lindquist, David. "From crack dealer to star comedian: Plainfield mom, Ms. Pat, tells all in new memoir". www.indystar.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ↑ "Ms. Pat details journey from rough upbringing to comedy success in autobiography, new album | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  5. ↑ "The Degenerates is Returning to Netflix With a KILLER Lineup". The Interrobang. 2019-08-23. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  6. ↑ "Ms. Pat: Y'all Wanna Hear Something Crazy?". Netflix . 2020-02-08.
  7. ↑ Otterson, Joe (2020-10-14). "'Ms. Pat' Sitcom Moves to BET Plus With Series Order (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
  8. ↑ "Ms. Pat Show Renewed for Season 2". 2 September 2021.
  9. ↑ Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). London and New York: Routledge. p. 35. doi:10.4324/9781003268680. ISBN   978-1032215020. S2CID   253620654.
  10. ↑ Edgers. "How Ms. Pat overcame drugs, prison and abuse – and rose to comedy stardom". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  11. 1 2 3 "Ms. Pat – This is not happening". YouTube .
  12. ↑ "The Patdown Podcast Episode 7: Butt Butter and Abortion". YouTube .
  13. 1 2 Edgars, Geoff (March 8, 2018). "Ms. Pat went from prison to stand-up".
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