Joel Kim Booster shares the life-saving talk he got from a pastor as a gay teen

Joel Kim Booster shares the life-saving talk he got from a pastor as a gay teen

Joel Kim Booster (Photo: Shutterstock) Joel Kim Booster has carved out a successful career as a comedian, actor, writer, and producer. It’s easy to forget that he’s survived some difficult times in his life. Booster was born in South Korea but adopted by an American couple as an infant. He was raised in Plainfield, Illinois, by a “conservative, white, Evangelical Christian family.” This included homeschooling until the age of 16. How about we t…