Marlon Wayans revealed that he used his youngster Kai’s transition and remodeled the journey right into a comedy particular.

Marlon Wayans is popping a number of the most private and emotional components of his life into laughs with a uncooked comedy particular centered round his oldest youngster, Kai.

The actor and comic is placing his entire coronary heart onstage, utilizing humor to speak about Kai’s gender transition and his personal journey from confusion to full-on help.

Wayans defined the particular in his personal phrases throughout an interview with Men’s Health.

“It’s about my transition—dealing with them transitioning—as a father and how I went from denial to acceptance,” Wayans mentioned.

Kai, who was beforehand generally known as Amai, started transitioning a number of years again and is now of their early 20s. According to Wayans, Kai’s nonetheless the identical brainiac they’ve all the time been; they simply have a beard now.

Wayans mentioned the shift in perspective didn’t take lengthy. He mentioned it took a few week for him to cease tripping and begin studying easy methods to love the proper means.

Since then, he has used his platform to help Kai publicly, reply to trolls, and encourage individuals to respect pronouns and identities.

He’s been open about how robust it was to course of all the pieces at first.

“It’s beautiful, but the journey was painful. When you come from that place, you’re not just doing jokes. You’re healing people—in a funny way,” he mentioned.

Wayans has been preserving it mild, beforehand joking that Kai now resembles his brother Shawn Wayans, including some levity to a subject that’s usually handled with pressure.

When Soulja Boy tried to come back for Kai with some transphobic nonsense on-line, Marlon Wayans didn’t hold back and feuded with the rapper to make it clear he wasn’t here for any disrespect toward his kid.

Outside the stand-up world, Wayans is stepping right into a darker position within the upcoming horror-thriller “HIM,” set for launch on September 19, 2025.

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