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(Stand-up Comedian, Actress, Fashion Designer)

Actor-author Margaret Cho's ex-husband is Al Ridenour.

Relationship Facts of Margaret Cho

Margaret Cho is not having an affair with anyone presently.
Her sexual orientation is straight.

What is the relationship of Margaret Cho?

Margaret Cho married Al Ridenour on June 13, 2003. Al is an artist involved in the production of Cacophony Society and the Art of Bleeding. Margaret e described her marriage as “very conventional and conservative. The pair separated in September 2014. The separation was confirmed in December after more than 12 years of marriage.

She is openly bisexual. She has stated that she has had a lot of experience in the area of polyamory and alternative sexuality in general. She was involved in a relationship with American Singer Chris Isaak for a brief amount of time. She also dated Michael Landry for a while.  She was involved in another relationship with American actor Garrett Wang. In 1990, she had a brief relationship with American comic Scott Aukerman. In 2008, she had a relationship with American musician Dave Navarro.

Margaret Cho: Biography in Details

Who is Margaret Cho?

Margaret Cho is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and fashion designer. She is also an author and singer-songwriter. In addition, she also has her own clothing line of crotchless underwear for men and women. She played the role of Charlene Lee in ‘It’s My Party.

Age, Parents, Siblings, Family, Nationality and Ethnicity, and Education

Margaret Cho was born on December 5, 1968, in San Francisco, California where she spent her early life. She was born in a Korean family.

In addition, she grew up in a racially diverse neighborhood. She is the daughter of Young-Hie and Seung-Hoon Cho. Moreover, her early life was full of bullying. she had a rough childhood. She has stated that she was sexually molested multiple times as a child by a family friend.

Talking about her education, Margaret attended Lowell High School but skipped class and got bad grades in the ninth and tenth grades, resulting in her expulsion. Later she attended the San Francisco School of the Arts.

Margaret Cho’s Career, Salary, Net Worth

Margaret’s career had some bad years as initially, she worked as a phone sex operator at age 15. She also worked as a dominatrix in her later years. Afterward, she launched a standup career and spent several years developing her material in various clubs. Margaret became part of the unsuccessful Golden Girls spin-off ‘The Golden Palace’ in a small role in 1992.

She got the coveted spot as the opening act for Jerry Seinfeld in 2010. She hosted the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve 95 show with Steve Harvey. In addition, she appeared in an episode of the HBO comedy Sex and the City’s fourth season which aired on June 3, 2001. Later, she also appeared in the comedy 30 Rock in the episode “Everything Sunny All the Time Always.”

Margaret wrote and published an autobiographical book titled, ‘I’m the One That I Want. In 2005, she published her second book I Have Chosen to Stay and Fight. She is currently the host of the weekly podcast Monsters of Talk along with Jim Short. She competed in the eleventh season of Dancing with the Stars and partnered with Louis van Amstel in September 2010. In addition, she has more than 70 credits as an actress.

Moreover, she got a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock in 2012. Additionally, she also garnered the American Comedy Award in 1995 for Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic. Her album “American Myth” garnered the nomination for Best Comedy Album at the Grammy Awards in 2017. She has a total of 1 win and 6 nominations to her name.

Her exact amount of salary is not known. Her net worth is estimated to be around $4 million as of 2022.

Margaret Cho: Rumors, Controversy/Scandal

Margaret Cho has been involved in several controversies professionally. Her New Jersey during 2016 was a controversial show as she reportedly opened up about being a rape victim, insulted audience members, and heckled some people as they left the club. She later apologized for her action.

Later on, Margaret was part of ‘Doctor Strange’s whitewashing controversy which resulted in a feud. She has also been part of several controversies due to her comments regarding Donald Trump. She had an onstage meltdown during a show at the Stress Factor in New Jersey. There are rumors that Margaret might be gay. This is not proven as of now.

Body Measurements: Height, Weight, Body Size

Moving towards her body measurements, Margaret has a height of 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 m). she weighs 157 lbs. Her hair color is Black and her shoe size is 7(US).

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Margaret Cho is quite active on social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. She has more than 476K followers on Twitter. In addition, she has more than 194K followers on Instagram. Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 575.2K followers.

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