Kurtis Conner

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Kurtis Conner
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Conner in March 2022
Personal information
BornKurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner
(1994-05-04) May 4, 1994 (age 29)
North York General Hospital, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation
Spouse(s)
Jenna Allard
​
(m. 2022)​
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2013–present
Genre
Subscribers
  • 4.12 million (main channel)
  • 4.64 million (combined)[a]
[1]
Total views
  • 583.75 million (main channel)
  • 637.32 million (combined)[b]
[1]
Associated acts
YouTube Silver Play Button 2.svg 100,000 subscribers 2017
YouTube Gold Play Button 2.svg 1,000,000 subscribers 2018
Last updated: September 17, 2022

Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner (born May 4, 1994) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and former Viner.

Early life

Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner[2] was born at North York General Hospital in the North York district of Toronto, Canada on May 4, 1994.[3][4] He lived in Hamilton, Ontario,[5] then moved back to Toronto.[6] He first performed stand-up comedy in 2013, at the age of 19, and later joined Humber College's Comedy Writing and Performance program.[7]

Career

Vine

Conner joined Vine in 2014 and gained about 350,000 followers there before it was shut down in 2017.[6]

Stand-up comedy

Conner began performing stand-up shows all over Canada in 2013.[7] He self-released his debut comedy album Cuppla Jokes in 2016, which reached No. 1 on the iTunes comedy charts and No. 6 on the Billboard comedy charts.[7] In 2019, he joined his friends and fellow comedians Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden during their We Are Two Different People Tour.[6][8][9][10]

YouTube

The first video on Conner's main channel was uploaded in 2014. The channel began to gain momentum in 2017, when one of his videos gained 600,000 views in two days.[7]

Conner's YouTube channel has become known for his critique of content perceived as problematic on YouTube, and for making fun of those who wish to marginalize groups of people.[11] In 2019, he and his friend and fellow comedian Jacob Sharpe criticised TikToker Sebastian Bails and Bails' girlfriend Lauren Godwin for making light of domestic abuse on their YouTube channel. Conner and Sharpe were both disturbed by the content, frequently commenting in the video that they found it difficult to make light of such a serious subject. Conner later said he would raise $10,000 for the domestic abuse charity loveisrespect and then match it with his own donation, with over $16,000 being raised and Conner making a donation of $26,000 overall.[12]

Conner also criticised a "female Viagra" trend on YouTube, which involved YouTubers administering a claimed aphrodisiac for women by spiking their girlfriend's drink without their consent. His video was later removed from YouTube as it showed the controversial behaviour, despite a number of other "female Viagra" videos were still being available on the platform at the time.[13]

Conner has made more lighthearted videos, and says that his favorite content is film criticism.[6] He has made content about the TikTok Hype House, manipulative tactics used by Justin Bieber's team to promote his song "Yummy", the 22 Convention (a "convention for women" run by anti-feminist men's rights activists),[6] and pick-up artist Russell Hartley (whom Conner dubbed "misogynist of the year").[14]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Conner posted a video detailing how to become famous on the internet.[15] In April 2021, he and Gonzalez sang a song titled "In Love With a Creeper", which features the two competing for the affections of (and eventually having a threesome with) a creeper from the video game Minecraft.[16]

Personal life

Conner started dating Jenna Allard on December 11, 2014.[17] The two later got married in Tuscany, Italy on October 19, 2022.[18] They have a dog together named Kiwi.[19]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016 "Could You Get Me To Tomorrow?" The Bandicoots music video[20]
2017 Hot Jokes Himself Comedy special

Discography

Albums

Year Title
2016 Cuppla Jokes

Singles

Year Title
2020 "Blood Related"
2022 "True Story"

As Featured Artist

Year Title
2021 "In Love With A Creeper"

(Danny Gonzalez featuring Kurtis Conner)

Notes

  1. ^ Subscibers, broken down by channel:
    4.12 million (Kurtis Conner)
    470 thousand (Very Really Good)
    53.4 thousand (Kurtis Conner Shorts)
  2. ^ Views, broken down by channel:
    586.23 million (Kurtis Conner)
    37.05 million (Very Really Good)
    14.03 million (Kurtis Conner Shorts)

References

  1. ^ a b "About Kurtis Conner". YouTube.
  2. ^ Conner, Kurtis (April 14, 2019). Country Memes. Event occurs at 9:54. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2022 – via YouTube. I'm a real fucking Redneck, okay? Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner!
  3. ^ Fact-Checking Insane Articles Written About Me. Kurtis Conner. June 28, 2021. Event occurs at 13:10. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via YouTube. 'Conner praises his birthday on the forth of May' Oh, my birthday! [...] I was born at North York General.
  4. ^ @kurtisconner (May 4, 2020). "thanks for all the birthday wishes today 💖❤️ luv u" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ WE DID A SHOW IN MY HOMETOWN. Kurtis Conner. March 25, 2017. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ a b c d e Dodgson, Lindsay (February 9, 2020). "Meet Kurtis Conner, one of YouTube's most popular commentators with big dreams of one day having a Netflix comedy special". Insider. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d BWW News Desk. "Comedian Kurtis Conner Has Added a Second Performance at The Den Theatre". Broadway World.
  8. ^ McDaniel, Taylor (September 11, 2019). "YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden captivate fans on comedy show tour". The Oakland Post. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  9. ^ Wynne, Kelly (September 5, 2019). "Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden talk tour, comedy and YouTube careers". Newsweek. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  10. ^ Wilbur, Brock (September 9, 2019). "Drew Gooden and Danny Gonzalez: The John Olivers of YouTube Culture". Paste. Retrieved April 30, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ Decena, Jaelyn (April 5, 2020). "Eight YouTube channels to watch while you're social distancing". The Cougar Chronicle.
  12. ^ Dodgson, Lindsay (December 20, 2019). "A YouTuber called out 2 TikTok stars for a prank where they pretended to be in a violent, abusive relationship". Insider. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  13. ^ Dodgson, Lindsay (May 12, 2020). "A YouTuber posted a video criticizing a problematic trend on the platform, but it was taken down before the offending videos were". Insider. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  14. ^ Lasker, Alex (August 10, 2020). "Problematic dating coach branded as 'misogynist of the year' in brutal video". In the Know. Yahoo! News. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  15. ^ Wynne, Kelly (April 8, 2020). "Kurtis Conner's top tips for finding online success during COVID-19". Newsweek. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  16. ^ Grayson, Nathan (April 28, 2021). "Song About Fucking A Minecraft Creeper Is Obscenely Catchy". Kotaku. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  17. ^ Conner, Kurtis [@kurtisconner] (December 11, 2017). "HAPPY 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO MY LOVE!!!! you make my days so much brighter. love you forever and ever t.co/2h3yfD0NvU" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Conner, Kurtis [@kurtisconner] (October 19, 2022). "went to Italy to marry the love of my life 💕 luv u forever & ever" – via Instagram.
  19. ^ Conner, Kurtis [@kurtisconner] (July 21, 2018). "me and Jenna are parents now :') welcome to the family, kiwi t.co/MOLHv48a5N" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
  20. ^ "The Bandicoots - Could You Get Me to Tomorrow? (Official Video) - YouTube". YouTube.
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