Who is Kurtis Conner?
Kurtis Conner was born under the zodiac sign of Taurus on 4 May 1994, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; he holds Canadian nationality, and his ethnicity is White. Kurtis is a stand-up comedian and magician, a former Viner and now a YouTuber, perhaps known best for his eponymous YouTube channel launched on 15 April 2014, on which he’s gained nearly 3.5 million subscribers.
Early life and education
Kurtis was raised alongside his sister Kylie, by their parents Lawrence and Kelly in Hamilton, Toronto. He attended a local high school, and upon matriculating in 2012, enrolled at Humber College, Toronto where he attended the Comedy: Writing and Performance program, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Arts and Technology in 2016.
Career
Curtis started his career on the now-defunct Vine platform, uploading comedy videos, and attracted over 350,000 followers.
He uploaded his first video “HOT JOKES & COLD DOGS (FT.JACOB SHARPE” onto his YouTube channel, on 21 July 2014, however, sometime in 2017, his popularity grew after one of his videos amassed over 600,000 views in two days.
As a stand-up comedian, he performs all over Canada, and in 2016 he released his debut comedy album “Cuppla Jokes”, which rose to first place on the iTunes comedy charts, and sixth place on Billboard comedy.
Most viewed videos
Curtis’ videos feature his reviews on various contents and themes, his opinions about some social media influencers, movie critics and reviews, and other funny content. His videos combined have gained over 425 million views, and we‘ll mention three of his most popular.
His number one most viewed video “The ‘I’m Not Like Most Girls’ Phenomenon” was uploaded on 15 March 2019, and has amassed over 10 million views, over 500,000 likes, and nearly 55,000 comments – it seemed that Kevin raised a topic that struck some of his fans, and those who dislike him.
Curtis’ second most viewed video “Deep Content That Isn’t Deep at All” was uploaded on 8 February 2019, and been watched over nine million times – he talks about content that can be seen online, and how it affects young people.
The third most popular video on his channel is “The ‘Soft Boy’ Epidemic” uploaded on 4 January 2019, viewed over 7.5 million times, and talks about the kind of guys who are unpopular among girls, even though they try to please them.
Presence on social media platforms
Curtis established his Twitter account in April 2009, now followed by nearly 880,000 people; he’s tweeted over 25,000 times, and his fans can keep track of his work and life through these social media platforms, since he tweets almost every day.
His Instagram account is followed by over 1.1 million people – he’s posted over 1,000 photos and videos featuring his work, everyday life, photos from his stand-up performance, and pictures featuring himself, his girlfriend and their dog.
Love life and relationships
There were various rumors concerning both Curtis’ love life and sexual orientation, especially when he stated that he’s a feminist, however, Curtis hasn’t spoken about any woman or man whom he has been with, except his now girlfriend Jenna.
Jenna Allard is a model and an Instagram star, whom Curtis met back in 2014; they started dating soon afterwards, so they are in a happy relationship for over six years, and according to their pictures together, they enjoy their love.
As of November 2021, Curtis is living with his girlfriend in Toronto, Canada, he hasn’t been married or engaged, and doesn’t have children.
Hobbies and other interests
Maybe it can’t be called a hobby, but Curtis is a big fan of tattoos, having almost 40 on his body, each of them having a special meaning to him. His first was of a whale on his hand, when he was 19-years-old, and his sister did the same tattoo on her hand, because they were both big fans of the movie “Free Willy”. His favorite tattoo is an alien on his right hand, and the one he least likes is a tattoo of a bomb which he got when he was in Las Vegas, Nevada, however, it also reminds him of that trip.
For their anniversary, he and his girlfriend picked a tattoo for each other, he a green onion for her, while he got one of a wine bottle with two glasses. His signature tattoo is his four-arm tattoo on his forearm – he thought it was a good joke.
He likes his number tattoo ‘one-two-three’ which represents the room in a motel where he first slept with his girlfriend, and his smallest tattoo is a question mark on his ankle; he stated that he will do more tattoos as long as he has space on his body, although as he said, he’s spent a couple of thousands getting them – ‘money comes and go, and tattoos are forever’.
Curtis is known as someone who critiques problematic content on YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms, especially if some users are making fun of others.
We can call him a philanthropist since he was raising and donating money for the non-profit organization such as ‘loveisrespect’, a 24-hour telephone resource created to help teenagers who are experiencing domestic abuse.
He’s an animal lover, with dogs being his favorites – he and his girlfriend have a pet dog named Kiwi, which can be seen on Curtis’ Instagram photos.
In his spare time, he likes to hang out with his friends and girlfriend, he likes to travel, go on picnics, and have a party, and you can imagine who the funniest guy at the parties is.
Age, appearance, and net worth
Curtis is 27 years old, he has brown hair and blue eyes, weighs around 143lbs (65kgs), and is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall.
As of November 2021, his net worth has been estimated at $2.5 million; he reputedly has a minimum income of $20,000 per month from his YouTube channel.
