Key keywords: Leslie Jones, Roast My Rental, HGTV, rental renovation show, celebrity host, home improvement comedy, renter-friendly hacks, tenant lifestyle, viral home design content If you’ve scrolled home design feeds on TikTok or Instagram over the past month, you’ve almost certainly seen clips from *Roast My Rental*, HGTV’s surprise breakout hit hosted by comedy icon Leslie Jones. Best known for her 5-year run on *Saturday Night Live*, roles in blockbuster comedies like *Ghostbusters*, and her unfiltered, joyfully loud social media presence, Jones is bringing a totally fresh energy to the traditionally stuffy home improvement genre. The premise of *Roast My Rental* is simple: tenants from across the U.S. submit videos and photos of their frustrating, often absurdly ugly rental properties, from peeling 1970s floral wallpaper landlords refuse to remove, to lopsided kitchen cabinets, to entire studio apartments with zero built-in storage. Jones kicks off each segment with a no-holds-barred roast of the space, cracking jokes that have gone viral across social media—her line about a neon-pink and tangerine kitchen looking “like a unicorn threw up after a rave” has been shared more than 8 million times on TikTok alone. After the roast, Jones and her team of design experts walk tenants through step-by-step, renter-friendly renovation solutions that require no drilling, no permanent modifications, and cost less than $500 on average, so tenants won’t risk losing their security deposits when they move out. Jones, who rented apartments across New York and Los Angeles for more than 20 years before finding mainstream success, says the role feels like a full-circle moment. “I lived in so many garbage rentals where I wanted to scream because I couldn’t even hang a poster without my landlord yelling at me,” she shared in a recent interview. “This show isn’t for people who can drop $100k on a whole-house reno. It’s for the 44 million U.S. households that rent, who want their space to feel like home without breaking the bank or breaking the rules.” Since its premiere in early August, *Roast My Rental* has racked up 2.1 million views on HGTV’s streaming platform, with related social media clips earning over 1.2 billion views globally. HGTV already announced a second season order set to film in early 2025, with plans to feature viewer-submitted rental hack ideas alongside Jones’ signature comedy.