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 Single guys have girlfriends.. who are on their best behaviour. Wives do whatever they want 

The '2 Days In New York' star admits having his daughters Lola Simone, 10, and eight-year-old Zahra Savannah with his wife Malaak Compton-Rock, has influenced his comedy routine for the better as he is now an expert on the perils of fatherhood and having a demanding wife.

He mused: ''Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids. People without kids know nothing about kids. Jokes about your kids are always better than jokes about your brother's kids.

''Married guys know more about women than single guys.

"Single guys have girlfriends. Girlfriends are always auditioning, always on their best behaviour.

"Wives are like Supreme Court justices - they do whatever the f**k they want.''

Despite giving him a wealth of material to work with, Chris is adamant he would never air his family's private business on stage and makes sure to keep his jokes generic so as not to offend his wife.

He told Vanity Fair magazine: ''What isn't OK to say on stage? Any of your family's business. No experience that is just theirs. I don't really worry about what they are thinking.

"Anything I say about women, I try to make sure that at least five or six friends of mine are going through a similar situation.

''That way I'm not picking on my wife.

"We like to say I have my real wife, who's a lovely woman, mother to my children.

"Then I have my comedy wife, who's a crazy bitch.''

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Dec 11, 2012

Ponko.Fontoyo

"People without kids know nothing about kids." Idiot!!!
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Dec 11, 2012

mashima?

Business and private life should not interfere with each other
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Dec 11, 2012

Seja-Bana

true that, family and friends don't go tgether, don't include your family when amusing people.
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Dec 11, 2012

lindsay

of course girlfriends are always on their best behaviour because if they misbehave they could be dumped but its funny sometimes that guys marry the misbehaving one than the behaving one
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Dec 11, 2012

Flemza

I quote " "Single guys have girlfriends. Girlfriends are always auditioning, always on their best behaviour.

"Wives are like Supreme Court justices - they do whatever the f**k they want.''

I truely agree with you here my brother its nice to be married, and married women they don`t give a f....ck, all what they want is kids, hence I have 5 sons and I had to go for vaspectomy, otherwise they should have been more sons
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Dec 11, 2012

TrapStar

@Flemza
"hence I have 5 sons and I had to go for vaspectomy"

eix wena man uzozi bulala, hini zona lezi
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Dec 11, 2012

Voetzek

This dude can make jokes, believe me and i also admire him
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Dec 11, 2012

krazy-b

@Flemza
i have a son but i want to get that vis what what too, i know it has something to do tie tubes in the balls
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Dec 11, 2012

BrothaX

Advice to all the married brothers out there, never tell a soul when you cheating on your wife even your best buddy .
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Dec 11, 2012

Bumboklaat

He is a good stand up comic! Unlike that crappy Jammie Foxx!
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