Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Jerrod Carmichael Was Scared of Coming Out.
Anything other than “I’m gay” was me dodging.
Everything was actually “I’m gay.” But it’s still dodged.
The working title of “Rothaniel” was “I’m Gay.” There are certain phrases that have no substitute.
Like “I’m gay” or telling someone “I’m sorry.” But people can live in cognitive dissonance.
Persons:
Mamadi Doumbouya, Jerrod Carmichael, ”, “ I’m, Carmichael, Seth Meyers ”, Howard Stern, “, ” Carmichael, —, I’ve, You’ve, it’s, I’m, ‘, ’ ’, Dave, Chapelle, ” It’s, Hitler, Martin Luther King, Michael Jackson, ” —, Jay Z, Mozart, Rothko, Jay, It’s, Norm Macdonald, Malcolm X, shouldn’t, Jessica Chastain’s, Bo, Burnham, can’t, Something’s, Seth Meyers ’ ’, Lloyd Bishop, Lizzo, that’s, That’s, She’s, — that’s, Rothaniel, Wesley Morris, Eddie Murphy, you’ve, Eddie, he’s, I’d, You’d, D’Angelo’s, Spalding, Eric Butterworth, Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Christian, Read Eric Butterworth, David Marchese, Neal Stephenson, Laurie Santos, Christopher Walken
Organizations:
The New York Times, York’s Whitney Museum of American, HBO, Twitter, NBC, NBCU, Bank, Getty