Keegan-Michael Key
Personal life
Personal life
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Key was married to actress and [dialect coach](/wiki/Dialect_coach "Dialect coach") Cynthia Blaise from 1998 until 2017\. They were legally separated in November 2015, with Key filing for divorce the following month. He married producer and director Elisa "Elle" Pugliese in New York City on June 8, 2018\.

Key is a Christian and has practiced [Buddhism](/wiki/Buddhism "Buddhism"), [Catholicism](/wiki/Catholicism "Catholicism"), and [Evangelicalism](/wiki/Evangelicalism "Evangelicalism") in the past. Being biracial has been a source of comedic material for Key, who told [Terry Gross](/wiki/Terry_Gross "Terry Gross") in an interview for [NPR](/wiki/NPR "NPR"), "I think the reason [Jordan](/wiki/Jordan_Peele "Jordan Peele") and I became actors is because we did a fair amount of [code\-switching](/wiki/Code-switching "Code-switching") growing up and still do."

Key is a keen [soccer](/wiki/Association_football "Association football") fan and an avid supporter of [English Premier League](/wiki/Premier_League "Premier League") club [Liverpool](/wiki/Liverpool_F.C. "Liverpool F.C."), and has also been a fan of the [NFL](/wiki/National_Football_League "National Football League")'s [Detroit Lions](/wiki/Detroit_Lions "Detroit Lions").


What role did being biracial play in Key's comedic material?