ANAHEIM, Calif. — After two decades of stand-up comedy, Cristela Alonzo said she’s finally joined the ranks of the middle class.
The 43-year-old Texas native, who currently lives in Los Angeles, shared the hardships she and her family faced growing up in poverty in her first Netflix special, “Lower Classy,” in 2016. And now, Alonzo said she’s upgraded to “Middle Classy,” her new Netflix comedy special hitting the streaming platform worldwide on June 28.
“It was all starting during writing ‘Lower Classy,’ where I was barely breaking into this level of life that I wasn’t used to,” Alonzo said during a recent phone interview. “Being able to take care of yourself is a whole different level than just getting by, and that’s a lesson I had to learn. That’s the difference between lower and middle classy.”
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