Since 2013 Joe has been married to Bessy Gatto, whose maiden name is Bousseina Haggar. She comes from Lynbrook, NY. Her ancestors are immigrants from Lebanon.
Bessy and Joe are a good-looking loving couple. They were blessed with two beautiful healthy children. In addition to her parenthood duties, Bessy also does lots of charity work. She is an animal rights activist.
In 2015 Joe became the dad for the first time. His wife gave birth to a little sweet girl, named Milana. After that Joe turned into a real daddy girl, so proud of his baby. Nowadays, Milana is the little celebrity, whose photos are uploaded regularly to their accounts. She was a newborn baby, when her mother showed her to the world for the first time, which she signed “My favs.” She was depicted there with her father.
Despite her so young age, Milana has already watched her father’s show and rated it. Her comment was rather simple – she said, “Daddy, you look so silly!”
Remington Joseph Gatto is the second child and first boy in the family of Joe and Bessy Gatto. The couple showed the first photo of him in 2017 on their Instagram. Nowadays this little man graces on his father’s page very often. Joe adores his son; he likes his appearance, the boy’s friendship with his older sister, and his unconditional love for his mother.
Remo’s pictures enjoy great popularity among Joe’s fans. They have already noticed that the boy is his daddy’s little copy.
Who are Joe Gatto parents?
Joseph Gatto (father)
Date of birth: July 28, 1939
Date of death: September 2, 1995
Joe’s father passed away in 1995, being just 56 years old. The reason for his death was pancreatic cancer. Joe loved his father, but he told, that his old man had some bad habits – he was alcohol addicted, and that ruined his health.
Gerri Gatto (mother)
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Date of birth: 1945
Date of death: June 3, 2012
Joe was blessed with a great mother. She escaped in 2012 from this world, but she is still alive in his heart.
Gerri has spent a wonderful life. She was born in Brooklyn, but she spent most of her life on Staten Island. She worked as a secretary at St. Adalbert’s School and then moved up to the position of administrative executive.
She was a faithful wife of Joseph Gatto for 28 years, till his death. They brought up three children, including the popular comedian Joe Gatto.
Joe Gatto siblings
Gina Gatto Tardogno (older sister)
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Date of birth: 1970
Joe maintains a strong connection with his two older sisters, and he often encourages his fans through Instagram to call their siblings.
Gina is a New Jersey resident. She is married to Anthony Tardogno. He serves in a big financial company. Anthony and Gina have three children – Anthony Jr., Sal, and Talia.
Carla Gatto Sullivan (older sister)
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Date of birth: 1973
Joe’s second oldest sister is named Carla. They maintain a close connection even though they can’t see each other very often. Carla is married to her peer, Vincent Sullivan, the private school worker. They are the parents of three kids – two sons and a daughter.
Bio
Joseph Gatto is a talented comedian, whose project “Impractical Jokers” has been on air since 2011. Joe and his three companions James Murray, Sal Vulcano, and Brian Quinn created this hidden camera humorous show, and till now it remains a hit, although almost 10 years have already passed. More than 200 episodes, including 35 specials have been released.
Joe was born in the borough of New York City and grew up in a family of 5. He started making comedy in high school as the constant participant of “Improvisation Club”. After school, he continued his education at a private University.
Although Joe gained a degree in accountant at the college, he didn’t pursue it as a career. His heart was occupied with comedy, he liked to make people laugh most of all, so he united with his three friends James, Sal, and Brian made the band “The Tenderloins”, and they prepared great sketches. Their troupe gained moderate popularity, while they were touring around the country.
The four met their big break in 2011 when they moved their way on television and started “Impractical Jokers”. Their hard work paid off, and in February 2020 the quartet dared to present their first film “Impractical Jokers: The Movie”. The film hit the box office, having made $2.6 million during just the first weekend.
Interesting and fun facts
Joe Gatto is an animal rights activist. He encourages his fans to adopt animals from the shelter. The comedian follows his advice himself – he has adopted four gods, who live happily in his big house nowadays.
Since 2016 he has stopped eating meat, and that helped him to lose weight. The TV star changed six pant sizes, having refused meat products. Now his diet consists almost of fresh vegetables and fruit. He tells, he feels more energetic nowadays.
His way to fame wasn’t easy. Joe couldn’t earn enough money by making his comedy shows at first, so he had to find a regular job in a shop. Soon the future TV star was fired because he was caught playing with a jockstrap. Probably, his sense of humor wasn’t valued high at first.
He doesn’t drink any alcoholic beverages. The reason is his father’s addiction and early death. The comedian decided to stay away from alcohol not to repeat his dad’s mistakes. His band member Murr (James Murray) doesn’t taste alcoholic drinks either.
His height is 5 ft 10 in. His weight is 85 kg. His net worth is $7 million.
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