HOT: Leanne Morgan is back — and she’s saying the quiet parts out loud. 🔥
In her brand-new Netflix special Unspeakable Things, the 60-year-old comedy powerhouse turns everyday chaos into pure catharsis — laughing through aging, motherhood, and the beautiful mess of being human.
It’s raw. It’s fearless. It’s Leanne at her most unfiltered — a woman who’s lived it all and still finds a punchline in the pain. Fans are calling it “her funniest — and most honest — hour yet.”
Unspeakable Things drops this week — grab your tissues and your wine. 🍷💋
Because no one tells the truth quite like Leanne Morgan.
Leanne Morgan’s Long-Awaited Comeback: ‘Unspeakable Things’ Spills the Sweet Tea on Life, Love, and Late-Blooming Fame
By Sarah Ellis, Entertainment Writer November 13, 2025
At 60, Leanne Morgan isn’t just making a comeback—she’s storming the stage like a Tennessee tornado, heels high and heart wide open. Her second Netflix special, Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things, dropped on November 4, 2025, and within days, it rocketed to No. 1 on the platform’s global Top 10, outpacing scripted juggernauts and proving once again that Morgan’s brand of unfiltered Southern wit is the antidote to our over-curated feeds. Filmed live at Cape Fear Community College’s Wilson Center in Wilmington, North Carolina, from June 19-21, this hour-long riot is her most authentic yet: a cheeky, tear-streaked tapestry of everyday chaos turned golden. From the absurdities of grandparenting to the one-and-done perils of CBD, Morgan holds nothing back, blending belly laughs with the kind of raw emotional truth that leaves you cackling one minute and reaching for tissues the next. “I’m spilling all the sweet tea,” she drawls in the opener, and honey, she means it—serving up her most hilarious, heartfelt performance to date.
For the blissfully unacquainted, Morgan is the Knoxville, Tennessee, gem who traded jewelry sales and minivan carpools for sold-out arenas after decades of quiet dreaming. Her 2023 debut special, I’m Every Woman, shattered records as Netflix’s most-watched stand-up by a woman since then, clocking millions of views with stories of menopause mishaps and motherhood mantras that felt like eavesdropping on your sassy aunt’s porch swing. What set her apart? No edge, no shock—just relatable realness wrapped in a drawl thick as sorghum syrup. Fast-forward to 2025: Morgan’s sitcom Leanne (co-created with Chuck Lorre) premiered to rave reviews and a swift Season 2 renewal, she stole scenes as Reese Witherspoon’s sister in the rom-com You’re Cordially Invited, and now Unspeakable Things cements her as comedy’s late-blooming MVP. Directed by Manny Rodriguez with executive producers Judi Marmel and Emily Noonan, it’s the first of a two-special deal with Netflix, with another slated for 2027. As Morgan told The Hollywood Reporter in a recent podcast sit-down, “I’ve got the best fans—they’ve got money, they want to laugh, and they’ve been ignored too long.”
The special opens with Morgan, resplendent in emerald green and those sky-high heels that become a running gag (“Chuck Morgan insists—says it makes my legs look like a gazelle’s”), striding onto a simple stage bathed in warm spotlights. No pyrotechnics, no backup dancers—just her, a mic, and 1,200 rapt locals who whoop like family at a reunion. She dives straight into gratitude: “Y’all turned my first hour into gold—now I’m here to pay it forward with the stuff I couldn’t say before.” What follows is a time-traveling whirlwind: childhood prayers gone awry (“Lord, I asked for adventure, not this Atlanta traffic!”), the holy terror of family vacations (“I prayed, ‘What did I do so bad that this is my getaway?'”), and a sidesplitting detour to Atlanta’s Clermont Lounge during You’re Cordially Invited filming. “There I was, 60 and sipping a beer with dancers half my age—felt like a field trip to the zoo, but I was the exhibit!” It’s peak Morgan: body-positive bawdiness that pokes fun at her curves (“I’ve gotten so big, my shadow has its own zip code”) without a whiff of meanness, turning self-deprecation into empowerment.
But Unspeakable Things shines brightest in its emotional pivots, where hilarity cracks open to reveal the heart beneath. Morgan unpacks fame’s double-edged sword with unflinching honesty: the thrill of Emmys flirtations (“Pedro Pascal? Bless his heart, he smiled—I nearly dropped my clutch”) clashing with Knoxville Sundays where she’s still just “Mama Leanne” wrangling grandkids. A segment on her 34-year marriage to high-school sweetheart Chuck—whom she dubs “the secret to it all: separate bathrooms and mutual eye-rolling”—lands equal parts guffaws and “awws,” especially when she admits, “Fame don’t fix the empty nest; it just gives you better lighting for the tears.” Her one-time CBD experiment? A cautionary hoot: “Thought it’d mellow me out—woke up reorganizing the garage at 3 a.m., convinced the raccoons were FBI informants.” Yet woven through is a thread of vulnerability: aging in Hollywood’s glare, the ache of kids grown and flown, and finding joy in the “unspeakable” mess of it all. As Vulture noted in its review, “Morgan speaks to her audience as an emissary from another world—one where grandmas rule and vulnerability is the punchline.”
Critics are swooning over this evolution. The Los Angeles Times called it “a late-stage glow-up that couldn’t come at a better time,” praising how Morgan “finds her footing in comedy after raising a family, staying grounded amid the glamour.” Billboard highlighted her “lane of her own,” where church-raised tales meet cheeky confessions, declaring, “What sets her apart is that unique perspective as a 60-year-old mother and grandmother.” Decider‘s “Stream It or Skip It” verdict? A resounding “Stream It,” for the comedian who “still aims to please her husband—and us—while owning her spotlight.” On Rotten Tomatoes, it’s fresh at 89% from critics, with audiences echoing: “Hilarious and heartfelt—Leanne’s the therapy we didn’t know we needed,” raves one reviewer, while another gripes, “First special slayed; this one’s meaner on the edges—not my tea.” Ready Steady Cut summed it up: “Impossible to dislike… charmingly homely about family, CBD, and long marriages.” Even Primetime lauds its “Southern charm with sharp humor,” noting the special’s rocket to Netflix’s top spot as “a testament to her fast-growing, generation-spanning audience.”
The internet? A full-on revival meeting. Since the trailer’s October 29 drop—teasing “the mother of all comedy specials” with clips of Morgan’s CBD woes and strip-club shock—#UnspeakableThings has trended stateside, amassing over 500,000 mentions on X. Netflix’s official @NetflixIsAJoke account has been dropping quotable clips like confetti: “Pre-church fights are the worst” (15K likes), “Apologies to Jennifer” (a nod to a wardrobe malfunction gag, 8K likes), and “You better believe Leanne’s been to a strip club” (5K likes). Fans are feral: @nigerian1001’s clip of a silent, stunned audience reaction to a Leah joke went viral with 1.9K likes, captioned, “She had to get herself together real quick.” @irish3301 gushed, “Husband laughed so hard he couldn’t breathe—we love all your shows!” Venues like Harrah’s Cherokee Center and American Airlines Center chimed in with pride: “We adored having her—now catch Unspeakable Things!” Wilmington’s local buzz is electric too; @PortCityPulseNC celebrated the Wilson Center’s spotlight: “Big laughs, bigger spotlight for our city!” Not all reactions are unanimous—@josh_snares bailed after 10 minutes, calling it “unwatchable” and a “tax write-off,” while @CrockerBoy quipped, “Loved it—hated the dress. Sabotage?”—but the tide of adoration drowns out the dissent.
What makes Unspeakable Things Morgan’s pinnacle? It’s the alchemy of holding nothing back: the grandma who once hid under kitchen tables now commands Hollywood, yet her stories pulse with the same grounded grace. A pivotal bit on apologies—to friends, family, even her post-fame self—transitions seamlessly from giggles to gasps: “Fame’s fun, but it’s the ‘unspeakable’ regrets that keep you humble.” As she closes, bringing out her family for a curtain-call hug, the crowd erupts—not just in applause, but in that rare, communal release of laughter laced with love. Comic Basics nailed it: “Netflix’s most-watched show of the week, and for good reason.”
In a comedy landscape craving connection, Morgan’s comeback isn’t just hot—it’s heartfelt revolution. Stream Unspeakable Things now; it’s the hour that reminds us: Life’s chaos is golden when you laugh through the tears. And Leanne? She’s just getting warmed up.
