In August 2007, while a guest on the Howard Stern Show, Jim Florentine asked co-host Robin Quivers to go on a date with him during a show segment. His girlfriend of six years committed suicide in December 2006. He would often joke on air that marriage and kids were not for him. He later mentioned after seeing Andrew Dice Clay for the first time on a Rodney Dangerfield Comedy special, he wanted a career in stand-up comedy. Florentine was later a DJ on his college radio station in Hazlet, New Jersey WCNJ. He has stated his love of hard rock music set him on a straight path in life. In his late teens, Florentine had drug and alcohol problems and was in and out of rehab. The business, however, proved unsuccessful, and the family moved back to New Jersey. Florentine was interested in a musical career growing up because of his love for heavy metal music but would often joke that he never had the talent to play an instrument.įlorentine lived for several years in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where his father wanted to set up a family-run hot dog vending business. He has stated in various interviews and in his stand-up act that he disliked his religious upbringing. He came from a large Catholic family and was one of seven children who attended the Catholic school St Ambrose.

Personal lifeįlorentine is a native of central New Jersey.

He launched his career in New York City comedy clubs. He was born on August 18, 1964, in Brooklyn, New York to a large Catholic family he has six brothers and sisters.

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