Kurtis Conner

Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner[3] (born May 4, 1994) is a Canadian stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and former Viner.

Kurtis Conner
Conner in 2022
Personal information
Born (1994-05-04) May 4, 1994[1]
NationalityCanadian
Occupation
  • YouTube personality
  • Stand-up comedian
  • Podcast host
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2013–present
Genre
Subscribers3.73 million (Kurtis Conner)
417,000 (Very Really Good)
Total views490 million (Kurtis Conner)
28.3 million (Very Really Good)
Associated acts
100,000 subscribers 2017
1,000,000 subscribers 2018

Updated: March 7, 2022

Early comedy career and Vine

Kurtis Matthew Kenneth Conner was born at North York General Hospital on May 4, 1994.[3][1][2]

Conner began his stand-up comedy career in 2013, and later attended the Comedy: Writing and Performance program at Humber College, Toronto. After that, he moved onto Vine, where he gained about 350,000 followers before the app folded in 2017.[4] Conner did several stand-up shows, performing all over Canada.[5] He independently released his debut comedy album "Cuppla Jokes" in 2016, and it reached No. 1 on the iTunes comedy charts and #6 on Billboard comedy.[5]

Conner joined Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden during their live comedy shows, the "We Are Two Different People" tour, in 2019.[6][7][8]

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.[5] Other creators and friends of Conner's in this group are Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden, also formerly of Vine fame.[4]

Content

He is also known for his critique of problematic content on the YouTube platform, and for making fun of others who wish to stigmatise different groups of people.[9] In 2019, Conner and his friend and fellow comedian Jacob Sharpe criticised TikTok star Sebastian Bails and his 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 funds of $10,000 to the domestic abuse charity loveisrespect, and match it with his own donation (over $16,000 was raised, meaning that Conner made a donation of $26,000 overall).[10] 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. Conner's video was later removed from YouTube as it showed the controversial behaviour; at the time, a number of other "female Viagra" videos were still on the platform.[11] He also does more lighthearted videos, and says that his favourite content is film criticism.[4]

He has also 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),[4] and dating coach/pick-up artist Russell Hartley (whom Conner dubbed "misogynist of the year" for the offensive and manipulative advice given in his videos).[12]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Conner posted a video detailing how to become famous on the internet.[13] In April 2021, Conner and Gonzalez co-sang a song titled "In Love With A Creeper", which features the two men competing for the affections of and eventually having a threesome with a Creeper from the video game Minecraft.[14]

Personal life

Before moving to Toronto,[4] Conner lived in Hamilton, Ontario with his parents, Kelly Reise and Lawrence Watson.[15]

Conner began a relationship with his girlfriend Jenna Allard on December 11, 2014.[16] They have a dog together named Kiwi.[17]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Could You Get Me To Tomorrow? - The Bandicoots Kurtis and his girlfriend, Jenna, portray Bonnie and Clyde type characters. Music Video
2017 Hot Jokes: A Comedy Special Himself

Discography

Album

Year Title Peak Chart

Position

Notes
US Comedy
2016 Cuppla Jokes 6

Singles

YearTitleNotes
2020Blood Related

References

  1. Official Twitter account. Accessed October 16, 2016.
  2. Fact-Checking Insane Articles Written About Me. Kurtis Conner. June 29, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via YouTube.
  3. Country Memes. Kurtis Conner. April 19, 2019. Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via YouTube.
  4. 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.
  5. BWW News Desk. "Comedian Kurtis Conner Has Added a Second Performance at The Den Theatre". Broadway World.
  6. McDaniel, Taylor (September 11, 2019). "YouTubers Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden captivate fans on comedy show tour". The Oakland Post. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  7. Wynne, Kelly (September 5, 2019). "Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden talk tour, comedy and YouTube careers". Newsweek. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  8. 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)
  9. Decena, Jaelyn (April 5, 2020). "Eight YouTube channels to watch while you're social distancing". The Cougar Chronicle.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Wynne, Kelly (April 8, 2020). "Kurtis Conner's top tips for finding online success during COVID-19". Newsweek. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  14. Grayson, Nathan (April 28, 2021). "Song About Fucking A Minecraft Creeper Is Obscenely Catchy". Kotaku. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
  15. 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.
  16. Conner, Kurtis [@kurtisconner] (December 11, 2017). "HAPPY 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TO MY LOVE!!!! πŸ’—πŸ’žπŸ˜˜πŸ˜ŠπŸ’–πŸ’˜πŸ’• you make my days so much brighter. love you forever and ever β€οΈπŸ’›β€οΈπŸ’› t.co/2h3yfD0NvU" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
  17. Conner, Kurtis [@kurtisconner] (July 21, 2018). "me and Jenna are parents now :') welcome to the family, kiwi πŸ’–πŸ’–πŸ’– t.co/MOLHv48a5N" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 29, 2021. Retrieved January 23, 2022 – via Twitter.
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