Chanty Marstica
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Chanty Marostica, formerly known as Chantel Marostica, is a Canadian stand-up comedian[1] who won SiriusXM Canada's Top Comic competition in 2018[2] and received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019 for The Chanty Show.[3]
Marostica came out as non-binary in 2016, and uses gender-neutral pronouns.[4]
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba,[2] they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario.[2] They organize a number of events for LGBTQ comedians, including Church Street Comedy nights at Pegasus, and the touring comedy show Queer and Present Danger.[1]
Marostica won Best Breakout Artist at the 2018 Canadian Comedy Awards.[5] In 2019, they won Best Standup and Best Comedy Album (The Chanty Show).[6]
Billon Incident and Abuse Allegations
February 2019, Comedian Matt Billon was headlining a show with Marostica at the Hubcap Comedy Festival in Moncton, New Brunswick. During his headliner set, Billon made a lighthearted joke about trans athletes and how their inclusion was going to make women’s sports more exciting—a joke Billon had told plenty of times before, including in front of Tommy Chong who was present at the festival and a crowd of (appreciative) queer audiences.
The joke:
"I'm excited for transsexuals finally being accepted into prime time sports, it means that that the WNBA ....is finally going to be watchable"
When he returned to the comics’ table backstage, Marostica had already departed, leaving a handwritten note informing Billon that they (i.e., Marostica) were trans and was devastated by the joke.
"Matt you asshole
I'm trans
Chanty"
By the time he’d finished his second set, Billon’s Facebook page was flooded with accusations of transphobia, following on Marostica’s social-media call out of Billon as a bigot.
Billon repeatedly tried to reach out to Marostica. But these gestures only made the public attacks worse.
Chanty has used their social media influence to cancel several competing comedians. Marostica instigated cancel of Boyd Bank and Hunter Collins also over similar incidents.
The impact on Billon’s career was devastating for the well-liked, talented comedian. On November 24, 2021, Billon committed suicide in Mexico.
In October 2019, it was revealed that Chanty Marostica was involved in multiple sexual misconduct allegations with several female comedians. Marostica posted a long apology on Facebook, which, similar to the allegations themselves, was never picked up by news media. Like similar ineffective apologies made by celebrities accused of abuse or sexual assault, in their apology Marostica traced their violently abusive behavior to the struggles they had to overcome for their career. But despite the tone and language of the post, Marostica did not accept responsibility, stating “I cannot be sorry or be held accountable for things I legitimately did not do.” As of 2023, no legal (civil or criminal) actions have been taken against Marostica.
References[edit]
"Trans comedian Chanty Marostica is reinventing the landscape of stand-up — and it's about damn time". CBC Arts, October 10, 2018.
"Winnipeg comedian named top comic at national competition". CBC News Winnipeg, September 29, 2018.
"Shawn Mendes and the Weeknd lead the 2019 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 29, 2019.
"Bye-bye, boobies". Winnipeg Free Press, December 22, 2016.
"Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
"Nominations & Awards Archives". Canadian Comedy Awards. 2019. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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