Brendan Schaub is placing his stand-up comedy profession on the again burner to concentrate on his household.
Final week, the previous UFC heavyweight delivered a heartbreaking message, revealing that his child daughter was hospitalized and being prepped to bear emergency surgical procedure. The MMA neighborhood rallied round Schaub in his time of want. Happily, his daughter’s process went as deliberate.
Talking on his podcast, The Schaub Present, he revealed that he will likely be strolling away from stand-up comedy after greater than a decade to concentrate on his household. He did depart the door open for some native gigs, however his days of touring throughout and in a foreign country are finished in the interim.
“I needed to cancel in Boston and Nashville,” Schaub mentioned. “Normally, I hate doing that, however I believe this time I simply don’t care. That’s the place I’m at. I gotta be house extra and I’ve to tug again from touring a lot. I gotta be house. I’m drained. I’m freakin’ drained. I’ve been hustling for over 12 years. I’m not gonna cease doing the [podcasts], however so far as the airplane rides and stuff, I’ve gotta sit back.
Possibly do some spots in L.A. SoCal, however going worldwide or going throughout the USA ain’t occurring proper now. I’m gonna take a break from that. Simply concentrate on household and do my factor.”
Schaub frequently seems on a slew of podcasts, together with The Fighter and The Child with fellow comic Bryan Callen and Meals Truck Diaries. He’s additionally an everyday on The Joe Rogan Expertise.