The Truth About Daniel Tosh's Marriage

Around 2009, shortly before social media started tapping into misinformation veins, one of the most visible provocateurs of the online world was standup comic Daniel Tosh. Thanks to his Comedy Central program "Tosh.0," the freshly-scrubbed funnyman delighted in stealing some of the funniest and weirdest video clips from the internet, and skewering them with his witty analysis that zipped past PG territory, almost reaching the NSFW threshold. That repartee of risqué and insulting one-liners often received laughs from fans and severe backlash from offended viewers and celebrities alike who took issue with some of his material. "I'm not a misogynistic and racist person," said Tosh in response, while speaking at a media conference covered by EW. "But I do find those jokes funny, so I say them."

For the 12 seasons that "Tosh.0" ran, fans got a peek into how Tosh's mind works, and even got an eyeful on a few sketches the unscripted show featured. Some of those sideshows leaned towards the bizarre side, such as the time he helped a small-time thief stage a bloody armed robbery of a Girl Scout troop, or when he received a rather intimate nude massage. Granted, fans have learned more about his epidermal topography while still in the dark about his private life, upon which Tosh keeps a tight lid. And yes, that goes for his marriage to writer Carly Hallam, too.

Daniel Tosh managed to create a show that morphs the droll elements of "America's Funniest Home Videos" with the freakier aspects of "Monty Python's Holy Grail," and there's a good chance his Floridian upbringing might have something to do with it. For years, the Sunshine State has been synonymous with the exploits of its more arcane denizens succinctly lumped into an exclusive "Florida Man" category, making it low-hanging fruit for social media trolls, from the dude who displayed a gigantic roll of toilet paper in his front yard to folks who tried to kill COVID by impaling their nostrils with hair dryers. It's a tempting thought that the headline-making mayhem might have been inspirational fodder for Tosh, who originated from Germany. "My parents were having sex in Europe and gave birth to me there," he said to the Santa Barbara Independent. "I grew up in Florida and went to school there, and ended up going to University of Central Florida."

Per Page Six, Carly Hallam is also a Floridian. A writer and actor, Hallam's show biz dreams took her to the West Coast. Evidently, Tosh and Hallam did not cross paths while they were both living in Florida. California would eventually get credit for that encounter.

In 2018, TMZ broke the news that Daniel Tosh and Carly Hallam had secretly married. More surprisingly, the covert ceremony took place in Malbu on April 15, 2016, more than two years after the news became public; evidently, hardly anyone knew the two were actually dating. The nuptials bucked against obligatory traditional hype surrounding Hollywood unions, although Tosh and Hallam are not the only public couple to eschew having a very public and grandiose wedding. A number of celebrities have famously gotten married in secret, from Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher to Cardi B and Offset. 

Tosh and Hallam kept that matrimonial hatch tightly sealed, with apparently no wedding picture leakage, and no news of their marital status on their social media accounts. And the two continued to keep things pretty private moving forward; on "Tosh.0," Tosh was more likely to mention his late dog Castro than his wife. On Twitter, Hallam referred to Tosh only once during the pandemic, but not by name. "Husband tested negative for covid," she wrote," but positive for being a lil' b***h every time he gets sick." While colleagues might have wondered how the work-life dynamic would turn out at "Tosh.0," they were disappointed, when Hallam headed to "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" after she got married.

While Daniel Tosh and Carly Hallam keep their relationship as private as possible, it seems safe to say she appears to be made of some pretty strong stuff. It probably hasn't been that easy living with someone who has the same level of celebrity cachet as fellow Comedy Central draws as "The Daily Show" host Trevor Noah or the characters of "South Park," no strangers to offending viewers themselves. While "Tosh.0" was on the air, the star was called out for sexism, racism, and transphobia. The most controversial instance turned out to be a 2012 appearance at The Laugh Factory nightclub, where a sexual assault joke turned off so many people at the venue and online, he later had to apologize for his utterances. 

Hallam started working on "Tosh.0" only two years earlier, while the show's star was dating Megan Abrigo. Tosh and Abrigo were still very much a thing when he taped a number of specials where he riffed about his dynamic with his then-girlfriend (and no, said riffs were not exactly super flattering). While we can't say for certain, there have been whispers about whether or not the stuff he said about her in his acts was what ultimately tanked things for them. Of course, a comedian making jokes about their significant other is a tale as old as time, but in recent years, it sure looks like he has pivoted away from incorporating bits about his present-day relationship into his work. 

Recent years concerning the professional careers of Daniel Tosh and Carly Hallam have been rather bittersweet. Tosh's case was particularly heartbreaking, especially after he renewed a contract with Comedy Central in January, 2020 that would see his series stay on for five more seasons. But that August, the cable channel killed the deal to make way for more animated series, newsier comedy shows, and movie-oriented content. "After 12 years together, Comedy Central and I are consciously uncoupling," tweeted Tosh (per Hollywood Reporter). "They get the cartoons, and I'm heading to any network with stronger WiFi."

Receiving considerably less publicity over her career fate was Carly Hallam, who left "Tosh.0" to write for the Fox comedy "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" in 2016, which the network dropped after the sitcom's fifth season in 2018. Despite a revival by NBC that fall, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" was only slated for a 13-episode run and was never renewed. Since the cancellation of those two major projects, Tosh and Hallam have been silent in terms of Hollywood output, save for some voiceover work by Tosh on an animated series called "Paradise PD" and a surfing documentary collaboration between the couple. And of course, there's Tosh's work on the road; as of this writing, his latest tour will go through the end of 2022.