Matt Rife is a 28 year old American comedian that owes much of his success to one app: TikTok. But before he went viral, Rife actually got his start in entertainment acting in TV shows and movies.
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00:00 There's one TikTok comedian appearing on just about everyone's For You page,
00:04 and it's none other than Matt Rife.
00:06 Matt Rife is a 28-year-old American comedian that owes much of his success to one app, TikTok.
00:16 But before he went viral, Rife actually got his start in entertainment, acting in TV shows and
00:22 movies. Rife broke through the entertainment world by appearing on the MTV show Wild 'N Out.
00:28 Your word is amphibian. All right, I got it, I got it.
00:32 I'm an earthquake, I cave your whole village in. I switch it up like I'm amphibian. I take all of
00:40 your s--t, I'm pillaging. DC has the face of an amphibian. As Rife's acting career grew,
00:46 he also appeared in shows like Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Verb Patrol and Fresh Off the Boat.
00:52 When it comes to his stand-up career, though, Rife became a promising comedian while on the
00:57 show called Bring the Funny. Jesus could come back. Just,
01:00 what's up girl? I'm Jesus Christ. And girls would still be like, yeah, we know. Your birthday's
01:09 December 25th, you're a Capricorn, my ex is a Capricorn, won't make that mistake again.
01:14 Rife was eliminated from the competition a couple weeks into the semifinal showcase,
01:19 but he found other ways to show off his talent. While Rife is known for his self-produced comedy
01:24 shows, it was really TikTok that launched him into the spotlight. The comedian's stand-up clip
01:29 started going viral in 2022, and he talked about how TikTok saved his career while appearing on
01:35 The Tonight Show. I was like, this is so stupid. Why am I even bothering posting this? It's not
01:39 going to do anything. My friend was like, you already edited it. Just post it and then we'll
01:43 have a fun time tonight. And then that video over the next couple of days went insanely viral,
01:48 like 20 to 30 million views. And then that made every other video on my profile go viral and
01:53 everything just kind of exploded out of nowhere. 30 million views. Yeah, dude. Insane.
02:00 Though Rife has seen immense success over the past few years, the star has had a number of
02:05 controversies, most recently including some comments made in a promo he did with Men's Health
02:10 Magazine. Now, Rife is coming under fire for misogynistic jokes made during his Netflix special
02:17 Natural Selection. Social media users are particularly upset over the jokes, considering
02:22 his career was built by women fans. Rife responded to the controversy in an Instagram story, writing,
02:28 "If you've ever been offended by a joke I've told, here's a link to my official apology."
02:33 The link leads to a website selling helmets for people with special needs.