Joe Gatto introduced he was leaving Impractical Jokers almost three years in the past to give attention to household, and he’s by no means appeared again — nor has he ever watched the present that made him well-known, to start with.
“Do I watch the present? No,” the comic revealed to PEOPLE when requested throughout the second evening of the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 21.
“I attempt to be constant and by no means watched. That is truly true,” Gatto continued.
He added, “I by no means watched it on TV. I all the time watched the edits of the present as a result of I labored on the edits. After I wasn’t modifying it anymore, I did not have to look at it as a lot.”
Nonetheless, Gatto mentioned he speaks to his former costars — Brian “Q” Quinn, James “Murr” Murray and Sal Vulcano — on a regular basis, and even just lately frolicked with Quinn in Las Vegas.
“I’m nonetheless greatest associates with these guys,” he defined. “Our friendship began means earlier than the present, and we’ll proceed means after the present. We’re simply not associates from work anymore.”
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Over 10 years on the comedy present, Gatto was pressured to do every thing from stealing groceries from buying carts to pitching terrible (and pretend) TV reveals.
However, the worst factor he needed to do, he informed PEOPLE, was select between taking an axe to an image of his daughter, Milana, or his spouse, Bessy.
“It was such a tough determination, in all probability actually the toughest determination I needed to ever make on that present,” he mentioned.
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And whereas he doesn’t miss these facets of the present, he does miss being together with his associates.
“[The] worst half about not being on the present is you aren’t getting to giggle with your pals day-after-day and receives a commission for it,” he mentioned.
Added Gatto: “[The] greatest a part of it’s that I’ve somewhat bit extra freedom to hang around with the household, which is nice.”
Impractical Jokers is on the market to stream on-line.