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Elijah Daniel
Daniel in January 2014
Born
Elijah Daniel

(1994-01-09) January 9, 1994 (age 30)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation(s)Performance artist, comedian, YouTuber, author
Years active2011–present
AwardsBest Comedian, Shorty Awards (2017)[1][2][3]
WebsiteElijah Daniel on Twitter

Elijah Daniel (born January 9, 1994) is an American performance artist, actor, comedian and author.[4] Daniel is the author of the erotic novel Trump Temptations, which went viral,[5][6][7] becoming an Amazon Best-Seller within 12 hours of its initial publication.[4][8] According to The Washington Post, the book became a Number-One-Best-Seller on Amazon one week after being published.[9] His book received favorable coverage from The Washington Post,[9] Los Angeles Times,[6] GQ magazine,[10] New York Daily News,[11] and VICE.[7]

With his comedy collaborator Christine Sydelko, Daniel was nominated for the category of "Best Comedian" by the Shorty Awards.[2] After successfully making it to the group of finalists in the category,[3] Daniel and Sydelko won the award from the Shorty Awards in 2017.[1] Heavy.com characterized Daniel as a "YouTube star".[12] Paper Magazine referred to Daniel as the "Los Angeles content king".[4] The Washington Post called him "a social media star".[9]

Early life

After his grandmother became ill, Daniel decided he would take care of her.[4] He moved into his grandmother's residence in order to provide for her homecare needs throughout the day.[4] Daniel began to write comedy to occupy himself during this time.[4] He publicized his comedy work through humorous quips to Twitter,[4] and videos to Vine.[13] By 2016, his Twitter following had grown to over 95,000 fans.[9][14][15]

Career

In 2013 Elijah created an official White House We the People petition as a prank, in order to make Miley Cyrus's "Party in the U.S.A." the national anthem of the United States.[13][16][17] This petition received over 2 million signatures.[17] Starting in 2014 Elijah began hosting a weekly internet prank with CollegeHumor called Text Prank Thursday, where he would have his Twitter followers text random phone numbers saying whatever he told them to say.[18][19]

In 2016 Daniel stated in Twitter that he was going to get drunk, write and self-publish an erotic novel starring, Donald Trump, in one day.[8][9][20] He asked for a protagonist and was given a hotel bell hop from a Twitter poll.[21][22][14] Daniel wrote the work in the style of Fifty Shades of Grey, as a parody of the book.[21][22][23] Within four hours, Daniel had released the twenty-page novella titled Trump Temptations: The Billionaire & The Bellboy on Amazon.[24][25][26] The author planned the work to eventually be part of a three-book trilogy.[26] The work was Daniel's debut novel.[27] Donald Trump subsequently blocked Daniel's account on Twitter.[6][28][23] The book became popular, reaching the number two position on Amazon in the subject of humorous erotica.[21][5] It received critical appreciation on Amazon itself, with a five-star-review-rating the week of its publication.[29][30][15]

Trump Temptations reached the number one spot on Amazon in the three separate categories of "Gay Erotica" and "Humorous Erotica" and "LGBT erotica books".[31][32][33] 12 hours after its release, the book was an Amazon Best-Seller.[4] Daniel hired a Trump impersonator, Chris Ferretti, to read the audiobook version of Trump Temptations.[9][34][35] According to The Washington Post, the book became a Number-One-Best-Seller within one week after being published.[9] The book received significant press, and was featured in The Washington Post,[9] New York Daily News,[11] Los Angeles Times,[6] and VICE.[7] The Guardian placed the work within the genre of Donald Trump satire that had cropped up during his 2016 campaign.[36] Writing in his book, Trump This!, biographer Marc Shapiro classed Daniel's erotic novel as "easily the most notorious and largely successful" of works capitalizing on the "silly season" of Republican politics.[25] GQ magazine characterized Daniel's book as "powerful, sexy, and brilliant."[10] Gay Star News called Daniel's work, "a hilarious take on the world of Kindle smut fiction".[37]

Fortune magazine observed, "Elijah Daniel has already shown an almost Trumpian ability to exploit an opening in the marketplace."[38] The publishing website, Wattpad, received one million readers as a result of traffic from Daniel's book.[39][40][41] In May 2016, Daniel negotiated a deal regarding the rights to turn his erotic novel into a feature film.[39][40][41] The film studio NakedSword began to work with Daniel in 2016 to adapt the book into a film.[39][41][42] NakedSword stated they were interested in the film project due to the absurd nature of the book's plot.[39][40][41] The book inspired dramatic readings and musical theater style songs based on its contents.[13] Daniel reflected in an interview on the increased attention he received as a result of the book, "I've been doing really stupid things for years. This was like the biggest one. This was like the thing that got me the most attention for being stupid."[43]

In a 2016 interview with Paper Magazine, Daniel characterized the body of his work as performance art.[4] Based off the press of his book Trump Temptations, Daniel was able to sell two television shows.[9][31][44] In conjunction with television production firm PRØHBTD, Daniel was given roles of star, producer, and creator of the two series.[4] These included one docu-series titled Elijah Daniel is Insane, and one scripted comedy titled Social co-starring Vine comedian Christine Sydelko.[9][4] With Sydelko, Daniel became known for a video series posted regularly to YouTube titled Elijah & Christine.[45] Daniel celebrated his literary success from his book, by live streaming himself getting a tattoo critical of Trump.[40][46][47] After planning to throw a dildo at Donald Trump during a rally in Nevada, Daniel was stopped in his efforts by the United States Secret Service and briefly detained and questioned.[46][48][49] In October 2016, FOTV Media Networks Inc. announced a business partnership with Daniel and Sydelko to produce a full season of their live experimental television show Trash, Talking.[50][51]

Daniel and Sydelko attended the convention Drag Con in April 2017 hosted by Ru Paul, where they appeared on a panel discussion advising how to improve one's brand on social media.[52] In May 2017 Daniel and Sydelko released a song titled "Shooketh" after a mini-skit performed by the duo in a previous video.[53][54][45] When referring to Daniel and Sydelko, Hollywood Life characterized them as "AKA the people behind 'shooketh'".[45]

Personal life

After receiving homophobic death threats against his life via direct message on Twitter, Daniel messaged the parents of the Internet troll about the incident.[55][56] Daniel's calm response to the harassment was praised by Metro News and Elite Daily.[55][56]

After the 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting, Daniel was moved by the incident to appeal to any individuals who are closeted to contact him privately for support.[57] Daniel also wrote An open letter to the LGBT kids who feel lost and scared on Fusion.net.[57][58] Tricia Tongco of ATTN: praised his writing as a "powerful response" to the attack.[57]

Reception

Elijah Daniel and Christine Sydelko were jointly nominated for the category of "Best Comedian" by the Shorty Awards.[2] After successfully making it to the group of finalists in the category,[3] Daniel and Sydelko won the award from the Shorty Awards in 2017.[1][59][60] Daniel commented in an interview after receiving the award, "It's great that we do nothing and then people love it. And we get paid to do it."[60]

Writing for Heavy.com, Effie Orfanides characterized Daniel as the "Los Angeles based comedian, actor, and YouTube star".[12] Hollywood Life writer Emy La Croix commented on the activity of Daniel's fans, noting after he had received a poisonous spider bite from a brown recluse spider, fears of his death "became the top trend on Twitter."[61] De Elizabeth wrote for Teen Vogue of the social media phenomenon, "We're glad that Elijah was OK, and this is definitely a good lesson to stay far away from brown recluse spiders."[62] Shawn Binder of Paper Magazine called Daniel the "Los Angeles content king".[4] The Washington Post described Daniel as "a social media star and actor".[9] Mary Emily O'Hara of The Daily Dot called Daniel, "a comedian and Vine star".[13]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Director
2014 Lost River Actor: Big Bad Wolf Club Member Ryan Gosling
Happy Ending Actor: Lonely Guy Texting At The Bar / Pedestrian Krishna D.K., Raj Nidimoru
2017 Bing Bong: Official Video, Closer by the Chainsmokers & Halsey Parody Writer Tom Harlock
Division 19 Actor: Pedestrian S.A. Halewood

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Low Winter Sun Actor: Concession Stand Boy Episodes 8 and 9, Season 1
2015 12 Monkeys Actor: Survivor Pilot episode
2016 DSN: Drunk Shopping Network Himself Episode #1.16
Givit Wednesday Producer, Writer, Editor, Actor Givit.com
Trash, Talking Producer, Writer FOTV Media Networks Inc.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Notes
2017 Shorty Awards Best Comedian Elijah Daniel & Christine Sydelko - Winner in Comedy Won [1][3][2]

See also

References

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Further reading

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