Jo Koy’s New Netflix Special Is a Celebration of His Filipino Roots
Audrey Cleo Yap For Jo Koy, filming his latest comedy special in the Philippines was what he calls an item on his bucket list. In “Jo Koy: In His Elements” — his third special on Netflix, out on June 12 — he shares the stage with fellow Filipino American performers and comedians including Joey Guila, Andrew Orolfo and Andrew Lopez, breakdancer Ronnie and Philippines-born singer/songwriter Inigo Pascual, among others.“[When] they gave me this special, it’s kind of like this Filipino thing, when one person makes it, you open the door and bring other Filipinos in,” he says on “Variety Live!” “So, that’s what I did.