Comedians Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini talk about their ‘Marriage of Convenience’

Jewish comedian Jess Salomon and Palestinian comedian Eman El-Husseini met and fell in love almost 10 years ago in Montreal. They got married, moved to New York City and now star in the Crave TV special The El-Salomons: Marriage of Convenience.

In the latest edition of “Hard or Soft,” Salomon and El-Husseini stop by Xtra to answer questions about how they met, their thirstiest DMs and how they want to be buried in a double casket so they can spoon for eternity.

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