Career
He currently co-hosts The Insider on Columbia Broadcasting System, as well as Yo Show on Yahoo! television, which garners an average of 1.5 million views per episode. Yo also appears regularly on the comedy panel of East!"s Chelsea Lately and as a guest host for The Talk on Columbia Broadcasting System. Yo continues to appear as a People’s Culture expert on HLN"s Showbiz Tonight hosted by A.J. Hammer. Yo says that being a biracial person who is half Black half Korean, he has "a uniquely relatable and American experience in life".
The comedian states "Comedy is not about one-liners and punchlines, it"s about story telling and a real connection with the audience."
In 2001, he appeared in an episode of Fear Factor in which contestants had to free fall from a hotel window hundreds of feet high
He previously worked as a correspondent for East! News, The Daily 10, Extra and coached Kourtney and Khloé Kardashian as radio DJs for their show Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami on East!. His silver screen credits include.
Losing Control, Cookout 2 and Sofia Coppola’s Bling Ring. Michael tours the country as a professional stand-up comedian, appearing at the Improv’s, Stand-Up Live, Palms Hotel, Laugh Factory, Comedy Store, and Comedy Juice among others
His Hot Mess Tour also performs at colleges throughout the country.
He started a podcast together with comedian Jo Koy on July 23, 2012 called The Michael Yo and Jo Koy Show.
