When Impractical Jokers premiered in 2011, viewers fell in love with The Tenderloins, a gaggle of 4 comic buddies who compete in opposition to one another in foolish video games that depend on their improvisation abilities. From 2011 to 2021, the group consisted of James Murray, Sal Vulcano, Joe Gatto, and Brian Quinn.
Nevertheless, Gatto opted to depart The Tenderloins and Impractical Jokers in 2011. The opposite three guys have continued with the enjoyable, however the place do they stand with their former group member? Scroll down for all the things we all know.
Is the Impractical Jokers solid nonetheless buddies with Joe Gatto?
Sure, Gatto and the remainder of the solid are nonetheless buddies, regardless of his determination to depart the present. The fellows have all been buddies since highschool, so their friendship started lengthy earlier than there was any fame concerned.
From the second Gatto introduced his departure from Impractical Jokers on Instagram, he made it clear that he had nothing however love and respect for his buddies and costars. “Outdoors of my household, my relationships with Murr, Q and Sal have been an important in my life,” he wrote on Instagram. “I do know they may proceed to make the world snigger.”
In January 2025, Gatto additionally assured The Wrap that his exit from Impractical Jokers received’t be the tip of his collaborations with Quinn, Vulcano, and Murray. “We’ve got been doing it for many years earlier than that, and we will probably be doing it for many years after,” he confirmed. “We work on little aspect issues right here and there collectively. I really like working with them. So who is aware of?”
When Gatto taped his first comedy particular, Messing With Folks, in 2024, the fellows confirmed up for the taping, he mentioned on Theo Von‘s podcast. “They arrive and see me, I see them once they’re on the highway,” he shared. “It’s enjoyable. We attempt to give one another the help.” He additionally reiterated, “Yeah, we’re nonetheless boys.”
Why did Joe Gatto go away Impractical Jokers?
Gatto left Impractical Jokers amid “some points in [his] private life,” he introduced in December 2021, additionally revealing that he and his spouse, Bessy, had determined to separate “amicably.”
“Now I have to deal with being one of the best father and co-parent to our two unimaginable children,” Gatto defined.
Gatto and his spouse ended up reconciling. He confirmed they have been again collectively in September 2023. “Thanks for this decade,” he wrote on Instagram. “And I’m completely satisfied and hopeful that we will get just a few extra in as a result of now we have confirmed with compassion, forgiveness, and an open coronary heart we are able to do that. Collectively.”
Will Joe Gatto ever return to Impractical Jokers?
No. Gatto mentioned in January 2025 that he has no plans to ever return to the improv present. “It doesn’t really feel proper, and I can not decide to coming again to it,” he informed The Wrap. “I’ve moved on from the present, the present has moved on from me. I’m so faraway from it.”
The one circumstance Gatto may come again for, although, can be a collection finale. “I’d, in fact, love to shut it in a enjoyable manner,” he admitted. “We talked about that a little bit bit.”
Impractical Jokers, Season 12, Thursdays, 10/9c, TBS
