Matt Rife Net Worth: How Rich is the Actor and Comedian Actually?

Matt Rife is an American actor and comedian. He is best recognized for his self-produced comedy TV shows, Only Fans, Walking Red Flag, and Matthew Steven Rife. As of 2023, Matt Rife net worth is approximately around $30 million.

Early Life

Matt Rife was born in September 1995 in Columbus, Ohio. He has not spoken much about his parents. But, he is often seen talking about his dad whenever he talks about his childhood days. Rife mentioned that he has grown up without a dad. He was raised by his grandfather, Steven Rife, and his stepfather.

Matt also seems very close to his mom, April Rife, who proudly shares her son’s interviews and tweets about him. Matt revealed in one of his interviews with Bert Kreischer in 2022 that his father, Michael Eric Gutzke committed suicide when he was 17 months old. When the host asked how his father died, he replied that with a gun as it was it’s the best way if you’re going to commit suicide.

Matt Rife Net Worth & Career

Matt Rife was 14 years old when he showed interest in comedy. At that time, he was attending high school and one of the teachers said that the school was organizing a talent show. He eventually decided to perform on the show after being encouraged by a friend. At age 15, he began performing professionally.

Matt was known in the entertainment business after he worked in his self-produced comedy specials such as Only Fans, and Matthew Seven Rife. In 2023, he was featured in his new self-produced show, Walking Red Flag. Earlier in 2019, he appeared on the TV series, Bring the Funny. In the show, he was eliminated after reaching the Semi-Final Showcase.

Following that, he had several guest appearances on the sketchy comedy game series, Wild ‘n Out, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Along with that, he also appeared as Logan on the TV series, Fresh Off the Boat. Rife also worked as a host on MTV’s TV program, Total Request Live in 2017. In addition to that, he has been featured on MTV’s The Challenge: Champs vs. Stars.

Rife came up with a self-titled comedy special, Matthew Steven Rife in April 2023. Following that, he released another comedy special, Walking Red Flag in June 2023. The special focused mainly on crowd-work. Rife mentioned that he made the whole comedy special surrounding the audience’s topic, red flags. Through that, he was sending a message to audiences to stop interrupting his future sets.

Netflix Controversy

Matt dropped his Netflix standup special titled Natural Selection in November 2023. However, the comedy special got into controversy after he started the special with a domestic violence joke. In response to the controversy, he linked a fake apology note to the website offering safety helmets to disabled people.

In December 2023, he further got into controversy for posting a message to a 6-year-old kid claiming his mom bought gifts for him from the money earned on the website OnlyFans.However, he later deleted the message after receiving a public outage for making nasty comments against a 6-year-old kid.

Matt made the controversial comment on Instagram after TikTok star Bunny Hedaya’s 6-year-old son criticized his newly released Netflix standup special titled Natural Selection. Rife said in the standup special that just because the planet Jupiter has a ring and you don’t have a ring, it doesn’t mean that you are supposed to search for all this magical advice.

Hedaya’s son commented after hearing that it’s Saturn that has the rings, and it also has more visible rings. In the end, he tells Rife that he is mean to girls. In a reply, Rife commented that Jupiter also has a ring, and Santa is not real, and his mom buys him a present with the profit she makes on OnlyFans.

Even though he deleted the comment, Hedaya has a screenshot of the comment which she shared in a TikTok video addressing his actions at length. In the video, she said that Matt has decided to begin beef with her 6-year-old kid online. Hedaya further replied to his OnlyFans comment saying to Rife that not every woman makes only by showing their bodies online referring to him that’s what he does,

Personal Life

Matt Rife once dated Brooke Schofield, who accused him of having seven other girlfriends while they were still in a relationship. In December 2023, she appeared in the podcast “Cancelled with Tana Mongeau”, and spoke out against him. She also showed pictures of Rife with another girl at the beginning of 2023, when she was dating him. Rife was also in a brief relationship with actress, Kate Beckinsale.

Matt Rife Net Worth

As of 2023, Matt Rife’s total net worth is estimated to be around $30 million. He has accumulated a huge fortune by producing multiple comedy special shows. Rife has also starred as an actor in the BET+ drama movie North of the 10 in early 2022.