George Lopez says he's retiring from stand-up after new comedy special

"I’ve subjected the American people to enough of my crap," the comedian joked.

The stand-up comedy circuit just lost one of its brightest lights.

George Lopez, one of the half century's kings of comedy, is retiring from stand-up comedy. His upcoming special for Amazon's Prime Video will be "the last one," he told Tamron Hall in a clip from her talk show that Deadline premiered Thursday. "I’ve subjected the American people to enough of my crap," he joked.

It "seems like the right time. It’s been the one thing that has just never left me my whole life and it’s a wonderful place to leave it at this particular point,” the Blue Beetle actor said.

Representatives for Lopez did not immediately respond to Entertainment Weekly's request for comment.

Lopez was joined on Hall's show by his daughter Mayan. The father and daughter costar on the NBC comedy Lopez vs. Lopez. "I want to spend more time with her," Lopez said, rubbing Mayan's shoulder and adding, "I love the show."

The upcoming comedy special, which does not yet have a release date, was shot at Los Angeles' Dolby Theater on Sept. 27 and 28 as part of Lopez's ALLLRIIIIGHHTTT! Comedy tour. Lopez's last taped special was We'll Do It for Half, which Netflix released in 2020. He also starred in the specials America’s Mexican; Tall, Dark, and Chicano; It’s Not Me, It’s You; and The Wall for HBO.

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Lopez got his start on the stand-up comedy scene in the 1980s, working his way up to TV spots on late night shows like The Arsenio Hall Show and The Johnny Carson Show. In 1992, he told the Los Angeles Times that he'd like to star in his own TV show like Jerry Seinfeld or Roseanne Barr, where he'd have full creative control, because the "parts that they write are horrible for Latinos."

He did eventually get his own show, the groundbreaking self-titled sitcom George Lopez, which ran for six seasons on ABC and won a Creative Arts Emmy award in 2005. Lopez also became the first Mexican American host of an English-language late-night show when TBS premiered Lopez Tonight premiered in 2009.

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Lopez vs Lopez is set to premiere its third season on Oct. 18. Like on his self-titled sitcom, Lopez plays a character named George Lopez; in the most recent show, a moving company owner forced to move in with his daughter (Mayan) after he declares bankruptcy. The series costars The Daily Show alum Al Madrigal, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Caroline Rhea, EGOT winner Rita Moreno, and has featured guest stars from Harvey Guillén to Snoop Dogg to Vanderpump Rules' Scheana Shay.

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