Jess Hilarious is starting off 2024 with an exciting new gig! The comedian recently announced that she is the new permanent co-host for ‘The Breakfast Club.’
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA: In this image released on Aug. 2, (L-R) Charlamagne Tha God, Jess Hilarious, and DJ Envy pose backstage during a taping of iHeartRadio’s Living Black 2023 Block Party in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for iHeartRadio )
After an almost year-long period of inviting guest co-hosts to the program, including rapper Remy Ma, Jess Hilarious spent most of 2023 alongside current hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy. Then, on December 23, she shared the exciting news at an event.
Dressed in a navy blue gown, Jess spoke about the honor of representing her Baltimore City roots as co-host on ‘The Breakfast Club.’
Watch the moment she publicly announced her new position below.
Congrats to the HomeTeam @jess_hilarious announcing she’s officially on @breakfastclubam 🔥🔥 pic.com/xY1nHxoK8O
— THE PARTY KINGPIN !! (@DJQUICKSILVA) December 24, 2023
Jess Hilarious Joins ‘The Breakfast Club’ A Year After Angela Yee Left
As mentioned, ‘The Breakfast Club’ hasn’t had a third co-host since last December, which was when Angela Yee departed from the morning programming. She had announced her departure months earlier in August.
At the time, she revealed that she had landed her own nationally syndicated daily show at iHeart Radio and would no longer be hosting with Envy and Charlamagne. Her show is called ‘Way Up with Angela Yee’ and includes rumor reports, interviews, and ‘Ask Yee’ segments.
After the online announcement in August, Angela spoke about her new opportunity on ‘The Breakfast Club.’
“It is really exciting,” Angela said. “I mean I honestly can’t believe it. I know it took a long time to make this happen so I want to thank everybody at iHeart.” She added, “I really want to thank, first and foremost, the listeners who are part of our Breakfast Club family. We’ve been doing this for 12 years now, and so this is just a tremendous opportunity.”
Months later, in March, she faced backlash and opposing commentary from DJ Envy when she claimed to be the only woman on ‘The Breakfast Club.’
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In May, Charlamagne clarified that there’s no salacious reason Angela left. Speaking on Vlad TV, he said she got an opportunity and took it.
