Is that this a joke?
Comic Craig Robinson, recognized for enjoying Darryl Philbin in “The Workplace,” shocked followers when he introduced plans to shut the curtain on his comedy profession and concentrate on his “true calling.”
“I'm formally quitting comedy to concentrate on my true calling,” Robinson shared in a relaxed Instagram reel posted on June 29. “Keep tuned. I'm engaged on one thing large.”
The “Scorching Tub Time Machine” actor posted two cryptic Instagram posts this week, the place he mentioned leaving the enterprise, however he didn't elaborate on the small print of his subsequent enterprise.
“It's been an incredible run and y'all [have] been wonderful and fantastic however I'm following one thing larger,” Robinson mentioned on Sunday.
Robinson, 53, posted a follow-up Instagram reel on Monday, seemingly carrying the precise white shirt from the primary video, and confessed that the thought didn't prove as he deliberate.
“Seems having a dream and constructing a enterprise with your mates are two VERY various things,” Robinson mentioned in a follow-up Instagram reel posted on Monday.
The Chicago native, who additionally starred within the comedy blockbuster “Pineapple Specific,” requested his followers to provide him enterprise recommendation.
“I can't go into element simply but, however for actual although, any assist could be large.”
The Submit has reached out to Robinson.
Followers questioned if the “Brooklyn 9-9” actor was retiring from comedy or if these “quitting” posts had been simply a part of a bit.
“Yeah we ain't failing for that,” one fan commented underneath his preliminary announcement.
The jokester has dozens of stand-up exhibits booked at comedy golf equipment throughout the US via November, according to StubHub.
Robinson rose to fame by taking smaller sitcoms in exhibits like “Buddies” and “The Bernie Mac Present” till his massive break got here in 2005 when he was forged in “The Workplace.”
“The Workplace” forged was nominated for 5 Display Actors Guild Awards for Excellent Efficiency by an Ensemble in a Comedy Sequence.
Robinson has acted in dozens of tasks since “The Workplace” and was nominated for a 2024 Daytime Emmy Award for internet hosting “Harlem Globetrotters: Play It Ahead.”
One other longtime comic introduced he was dropping the microphone – for good – after his last particular.
George Lopez mentioned his particular, “George Lopez: Muy Católico (Very Catholic),” which debuted in February 2025, was his final one, according to an interview with Tameron Hall on her discuss present in October 2024.
“I've subjected the American folks to sufficient of my crap,” Lopez shared.
