“The Mighty Ducks” star Shaun Weiss is taking his previous dependancy issues and arrests, and turning all of it into comedic gold — utilizing it as model new materials for his stand-up profession … and it is fairly freakin’ hysterical.
Shaun bought candid about his dependancy on the Mic Drop Comedy Club in San Diego this month, taking extremely severe supply materials and turning it into stand-up ammo.
He bought the group laughing fairly exhausting by poking enjoyable at his personal mugshot from his 2020 arrest. He dives deep into his struggles with substance abuse — with some wit in fact — and will get a roar of applause when he broadcasts he is now 3 years sober.
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Check out his final bit about what his “triggers” are for wanting to make use of medicine. Again, he is in all probability not joking … but he finds a approach to crack up the group.
Shaun, who performed Goldberg in ‘Ducks,’ has been engaged on his stand-up act for somewhat over a yr. He’s presently on the street and says, “100% of the proceeds go towards serving to a toddler actor keep off medicine.”
As we reported, the previous little one star opened for fellow comic Russell Peters at a present final yr … following his time residing on the streets and having a number of run-ins with the regulation.
BTW, Shaun tells us he was not too long ago employed by the remedy middle the place he was once a affected person to be a sober coach and interventionalist.
He’s seeking to jump-start a program that helps folks flip their private trauma into comedic materials, similar to he is doing.
Way to go, Goldberg!!!