Bobby Lee
San Diego-born stand-up comedian and actor, a MADtv cast member from 2001 to 2009, who hosts the TigerBelly podcast with Khalyla Kuhn and co-hosts Bad Friends with Andrew Santino.
Comedy · Instagram · Updated Oct 21, 2026
Bobby Lee is a stand-up comedian and actor from San Diego, best known for eight years on MADtv and now for two weekly podcasts: TigerBelly, with Khalyla Kuhn, and Bad Friends, with Andrew Santino. As of October 2026 he is still on both: Bad Friends Ep 343 went up on October 19, 2026, and TigerBelly 576 on October 15. In January 2026 he taped a stand-up hour for Hulu at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego, with Bill Burr among its executive producers, per What’s On Disney Plus. In August 2026 he took his first solo tour to Australia and New Zealand.
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Questions people ask
Who is Bobby Lee?
Bobby Lee is a stand-up comedian, actor and podcaster born in San Diego, California. He was a MADtv cast member from 2001 to 2009, per ScreenCrush, and has since worked in film and TV while building two podcasts: TigerBelly, which he hosts with Khalyla Kuhn, and Bad Friends, which he hosts with Andrew Santino. This entry is about the comedian, not any other person named Bobby Lee.
What happened to Bobby Lee? Did he leave Bad Friends?
No. As of October 2026 he is still a host of both of his shows. Bad Friends Ep 343 was published on October 19, 2026, and Apple Podcasts lists Bobby Lee and Andrew Santino as hosts, with new episodes every Monday from 7EQUIS and Wave. In April 2026 the two also wrapped a 10-episode first season of The Bad Game Show, an unscripted series inspired by the podcast and financed by All Things Comedy, per Deadline. Their on-air arguing is the format; we found no reported falling out between them in major or trade press.
What happened to Bobby Lee and Khalyla?
Professionally, nothing ended. Khalyla Kuhn still hosts TigerBelly with him: TigerBelly 576, with guest Pauly Shore, was posted on October 15, 2026, and the TigerBelly channel, open since July 2015, has about 1.03 million subscribers. Anything about their private lives is not something we cover.
What happened to Bobby Lee’s special? Why did he cancel Perth?
The special was taped in mid-January 2026 at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego for Hulu’s Hularious stand-up line, directed by Louis Katz and executive produced by Lee, Bill Burr and Mike Bertolina, per What’s On Disney Plus on January 14, 2026. As of the latest report we found, Variety Australia on April 20, 2026, no release date had been announced. On Perth, he has not said why in anything we could source. What is public: that Variety Australia announcement listed the Riverside Theatre in Perth on August 13 as the opening date, and the promoter’s tour page for The Finally Tour now lists only Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, with no Perth or Adelaide date.
What happened to Bobby Lee from MADtv? Why did he leave, and was he fired or canceled?
He stayed until the show ended. He was a cast member from 2001 to 2009, per ScreenCrush, and MADtv aired on Fox from 1995 to 2009, per /Film. When The CW revived the show in 2016, he came back as a guest in one episode rather than as a regular, per ScreenCrush in July 2016. We found no report in major or trade press of him being fired or canceled in recent years: as of October 2026 he hosts two weekly podcasts, taped a Hulu hour in January 2026 and toured in 2026.
What happened to Bobby Lee on Hot Ones?
He went through the wings in a 2016 episode that First We Feast titled “Bobby Lee Has an Accident Eating Spicy Wings”, season 2, episode 32, released October 27, 2016, per TVmaze. The title tells the story, and the video has about 13.4 million views on the First We Feast channel as of October 2026. He later came back to First We Feast for Heat Eaters.
What happened between Bobby Lee and Theo Von?
A run of guest spots: Lee was on This Past Weekend in September 2024 (#530), which the show described as him returning “to air some grievances with Theo,” and again on May 7, 2026. We found no reported falling out between them in major or trade press.
How old is Bobby Lee, and what is his real name?
He is 55, born September 17, 1971, per Famous Birthdays. He performs as Bobby Lee, and we did not find a full legal name published by him or major press in the sources we used, so we leave it there.
Where is Bobby Lee from?
He was born in San Diego, California, per Famous Birthdays, and he taped his Hulu hour in his hometown in January 2026. Beyond that, we leave his family’s private lives alone.
What movies and TV shows has Bobby Lee been in? Where can I watch him?
Film credits listed by Rotten Tomatoes include Pineapple Express (2008), A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011), The Dictator (2012), Borderlands (2024, as Larry), Busboys (2026) and the animated GOAT (2026, voice of Rusty), plus Netflix’s Love on TV. His promoter also lists the sitcom Splitting Up Together. Weekly, he is on Bad Friends (about 2.5 million subscribers) and TigerBelly on YouTube and podcast apps, and on Instagram @bobbyleelive. His personal YouTube channel has about 207,000 subscribers but has not been active for years. The Hulu hour will stream on Hulu in the US and Disney+ abroad once a date is set.
What is Bobby Lee’s net worth?
He does not publish a number and neither do we.
What about Bobby Lee’s girlfriend and personal life?
Not something we cover.
Who represents Bobby Lee?
We did not find a named agency or manager on his own channels or in trade press. What is public: Bad Friends is produced by 7EQUIS and Wave, per Apple Podcasts, and his Hulu hour is produced by North Hill Productions, per What’s On Disney Plus. Ames Create does not represent him; we cover him because people keep asking what happened to him, and the answer on the record is that he is still working on every front. If that changes, this entry will say so.
Our read
Ames Create does not work with Bobby Lee. This is our view, from a team that works on creator brands for a living.
The format. Two weekly hangs with different temperatures. TigerBelly is the looser home show with Khalyla Kuhn and a crew of regulars; Bad Friends is a sparring match where Santino needles and Lee escalates. Both are filmed, so every episode doubles as a supply of short clips.
Why it travels. Lee is a physical comic, and his reactions read without context, which is why a 2016 Hot Ones episode still sits at about 13.4 million views. Two podcasts plus constant guest spots on other comedians’ shows put him in front of new audiences every week, and that pull now takes his stand-up on tour as far as Auckland.
Brand fit. Podcast-native sponsors already work here: Bad Friends runs on host reads, and The Bad Game Show was built to be paid for by brand integrations and sponsored sketches, per Deadline. The humor is unfiltered and often at his own expense, so cautious family brands are a harder fit. A brand that books him should expect to be part of the bit.
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Sources: Bad Friends on YouTube and Ep 343; Bad Friends on Apple Podcasts; TigerBelly on YouTube and TigerBelly 576; Bobby Lee on YouTube and Instagram; Famous Birthdays; What’s On Disney Plus, January 14, 2026; Variety Australia, April 20, 2026; The Finally Tour page; Deadline, April 21, 2026; ScreenCrush, July 12, 2016; /Film, 2016; Hot Ones on YouTube and TVmaze; Heat Eaters; This Past Weekend #530 and May 2026;Rotten Tomatoes. Subscriber counts read from YouTube, October 2026; we could not read a current Instagram count.
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