Comedian reveals important career update for talk show host

It’s a big change in George Lopez’s life.

The comedian, who starred in his own television series “George Lopez,” confirmed his retirement from stand-up comedy when asked by talk show host Tamron Hall during his appearance there.

His upcoming special for Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service “will be the last,” he told Hall in a clip obtained by Deadline and published Thursday. In the clip, Lopez joked that he had “given the American people enough of my crap.”

Now “it seems like the right time” to make the change, he added.

“It was the one thing that never left me my whole life,” Lopez, 63, said of stand-up comedy. “It’s a wonderful place to leave it at this point.”

The comedian was accompanied by his daughter Mayan, 28, during the announcement. The father and daughter co-star in the NBC comedy “Lopez vs. Lopez.”

“I want to spend more time with her,” Lopez said, rubbing Mayan’s shoulder and adding, “I love the show.”

The highly anticipated interview is not expected to be released in full until later this month.

The upcoming stand-up comedy special, which does not yet have a release date, was filmed on September 27th and 28th at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles as part of Lopez’s “ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT!” Comedy” tour.

Lopez’s last recorded special was “We’ll Do It for Half,” released on Netflix in 2020. He also starred in the specials “America’s Mexican,” “Tall, Dark, and Chicano,” “It’s Not Me, It’s You,” and “The Wall” for HBO.