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Joe Gatto Reveals If He’ll Reunite With ‘Impractical Jokers’ Costars After Exit From Show
Impractical Jokers alum Joe Gatto exclusively tells Life & Style whether or not he’d return to the prank show following his abrupt exit at the end of 2021, as well as if he has plans to work with his former costars again.
“We’re still best friends [for] life. So, we’re just not work friends, from work anymore. So, I would collaborate with those boys again,” Joe, 48, explained at iHeartRadio Z100’s Jingle Ball 2024 presented by Capital One at New York’s Madison Square Garden on December 13.
But in bad news for the truTV show viewers, Joe added, “I probably won’t be on Jokers anymore, maybe on something new. I’ll never say never. You never know what’s gonna happen.”
While Jokers isn’t on Joe’s immediate horizon, working with Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray and Sal Vulcano is still a likely possibility.
“I think I’ve moved on from the show, they moved on from me as part of it, and I just think I’ll be [doing] other opportunities. We’ve been collaborating for decades, so it’s definitely not the end of us working together,” the Staten Island, New York, native revealed.
Joe has been making fans laugh through his current comedy tour and stand-up special, Messing With People, which dropped on YouTube on September 17.
“It’s been so much fun. It’s really great to get in front of these different crowds in different cities,” the comedian said of his Let’s Get Into It tour, which started in September and goes through June 2025. “I like to make the shows an event where people just forget about all the craziness that’s happening.”
Joe stunned fans when he shared in a December 31, 2021, Instagram post that not only was he leaving Impractical Jokers, but that his longtime marriage to wife Bessy was also coming to an end.
“Sorry in advance for the long and more-serious-than-usual note below, I just wanted to let you all know that I will no longer be involved with Impractical Jokers,” he wrote.
“Alongside my friends, I’ve devoted a decade of my life to building this franchise and couldn’t be prouder of what has been accomplished,” Joe continued. “However, due to some issues in my personal life, I have to step away. [Bessy Gatto] and I have decided to amicably part ways, so now I need to focus on being the best father and coparent to our two incredible kids.”
All four members of Impractical Jokers have been friends since high school. Joe, Brian, 48, James, 48, and Sal, 48, began performing sketch comedy and improv in 1999, and their hidden camera show premiered in December 2011.
While Joe and Bessy, 42, briefly separated, they reconciled two years later. The Motherhood Unstressed star made the surprising revelation to fans in a September 2, 2023, Instagram post that showed the couple on a beach together.
“10 years ago when we started out, I could have never imagined the absolute crazy ride with highs and lows our marriage has endured. But there was always love. And me knowing that there is no one else I’d want to be my person,” Joe gushed in the caption.
He continued, “I love your compassion, your resilience and your giggle. Thanks for this decade. And I’m happy and hopeful that we will be able to get a few more in because we have proven with compassion, forgiveness and an open heart we can do this. Together. Looking forward to more of it all, including laughing together, memory making with our incredible family and of course … dogs. Love you so much Mrs. Gatto.”
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