The Kid Mero
Born in The Bronx as Joel Martinez, cult celebrity The Kid Mero co-hosted a number of successful comedic internet and television talk shows, beginning with the podcast and web series "Desus vs. Mero" (Complex TV, 2013-2014). While working as a teaching aide at a Bronx junior high school, Mero developed a following on Twitter by sharing comedic tweets about his life and current events. He wrote music reviews for Vice's Noisey music platform from 2012 to 2014. He crossed virtual paths with Desus Nice, another Twitter user and former summer school classmate who shared his witty, hard-hitting style. The two established "Desus vs. Mero" as an extension of their Twitter feeds. He translated the humor he often witnessed at school into a successful formula of off-color jokes that criticized subjects without demeaning them. Mero appeared with Desus on several MTV shows, including "Guy Code" (MTV2, 2011- ), "Joking Off" (MTV2, 2015- ) and "Uncommon Sense With Charlamagne'' (MTV2, 2015- ), before debuting a new podcast called "Bodega Boys" (2015- ). The pair also hosted the television series "Desus & Mero" (Viceland, 2016- ).
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Romeo Santos: The King of Bachata | Self | - | 2021 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2017-2020 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Host | 2019-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 11% | The View | Guest | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 48% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 2020 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hot Ones | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2019 |
76% | 63% | Neo Yokio | Lexy (Voice) | 2017-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desus & Mero | Host | 2016-2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Party Legends | Self | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 88% | At Midnight With Chris Hardwick | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2017 |