Remember actor/comedian, Kel Mitchell? He played the goofy character, “Ed,” who rocked micro-braids in the 1997 comedy movie, Good Burger. One of his classic lines was “Welcome to Good Burger, home of the Good Burger! Can I take your order?” He’s also widely known for his six year run (1996- 2000) on the Kenan & Kel comedy series, which also starred his Good Burger acting partner, Kenan Thomas (of Saturday Night Live).
On Tuesday (7-7-2017) the Good Burger cast celebrated their 20th anniversary and at 38 years old, Kel also has an even bigger blessing to celebrate. He and his lovely wife, Asia Lee, just welcomed their first child together- daughter, Wisdom- who weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz. at birth “with a head full of hair and full of happiness” as Kel stated. Kel also has two other daughters, Lyric and Allure, from his previous marriage.
Kel Mitchell & Wife’s Baby Girl
The baby news came as a surprise to his many fans. On Tuesday, Kel became a trending topic after fans were wishing him congrats on the 20th anniversary of Good Burger. That’s when Kel decided to share that he also had bigger news. Here’s what he wrote on Instagram:
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Kel & Wife, Asia Lee
Meet Asia Lee. She also comes from the entertainment world, as a rap artist. These days though, she is loving the happy mommy-life and her husband. Check out the photos she and Kel recently shared from her baby shower. Kel even wrote a touching message to her online (swipe left):
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Kel’s Advice To Married Men
Mitchell may be a comedian, but when it comes to showering his queen with the respect and love she deserves, he is a very serious cat. Kel is also committed to his christian beliefs, so he took a minute to share how he incorporates his religion into his marriage and offered a few words of advice to other married men who follow the same faith:
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Years Long Tension w/Former Co-Star Finally Squashed
Although we watched Kenan & Kel do their thing together on screen for years, they apparently had some tension in their friendship after the Kenan & Kel show ended. Some say it may have stemmed from the fact that both men auditioned for a role on Saturday Night Live a while back, but only one of them got it- Kenan Thomas. The only grey area was that both of them gave different accounts of the what really happened between them. Here’s what HuffPost reported:
One day a few years back, Kenan Thompson got a call at his home in New York City. […] “I was in my backyard,” [Keenan] Thompson told HuffPost earlier this year. “I haven’t talked to this dude in years. I wondered ― ’cause I heard the same rumors of beef and all that, so I didn’t really know, since I hadn’t spoken with him ― if there was really a problem or not.”
In 2012, [Kel Mitchell] told TMZ, “The truth is Kenan does not want to be seen with me in any form of media, or even have my name mentioned around him.” In 2014, he said the two had had “no contact” since Mitchell showed up to Thompson’s birthday party unannounced more than five years before. In 2015, he said, “We haven’t seen each other in a long time.”
Thankfully Kenan and Kel squashed their beef in recent years and they even did a Good Burger skit together in Sept. 2015 on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Check it out below:
What Kel Is Doing Now
These days you can catch Kel Mitchell on the Nickelodean sitcom, Game Shakers. He’s been starring on the show since 2015 and plays “Double G,” a rap artist and business partner of the ‘Game Shaker Company.’ Kel also does stand-up comedy on the regular.
Congratulations again to Kel Mitchell and his wife, Asia on the birth of their baby girl.
