Elijah Daniel
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| Born | Elijah Daniel January 9, 1994 Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, author |
| Years active | 2012–present |
Elijah Daniel (Born January 9, 1994) is an American actor, comedian and best selling author living in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his unique brand of comedy, and outlandish internet stunts.
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Early life
Elijah was born in Detroit, Michigan.[1]
Career
Elijah began his career as an internet personality telling jokes on his Twitter account. He quickly blew up due to his comedic social commentary, and crazy stunts.
His appearances include a speakeasy style commercial with Taco Bell for the launch of their Cool Ranch Doritos Locos Tacos. The commercial, which aired on the Taco Bell YouTube channel, had over 1,000,000 views before being made private.[2] Elijah also appeared in a music video with South Korean hip hop-R&B boy group B.A.P for their Badman (EP).[3]
As a prank, In 2013 Elijah created an official White House petition to make Miley Cyrus's Party In The USA our National Anthem which was heavily covered by press at the time.[4][5]
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.[6][7]
In 2016 Elijah tweeted[8] that he was going to get drunk, write and self-publish an erotic novel starring presidential candidate, Donald Trump, in one day. Within a few hours, Daniel had released the novella titled Trump Temptations: The Billionaire & The Bellboy on Amazon.[9] The book was an instant viral hit and quickly topped the charts, becoming a best seller.[10] The book received massive press, and was featured on New York Daily News,[11] Los Angeles Times,[12] VICE,[13] and countless others.
In an interview with Paper Magazine, Elijah said that based off the press of his books, he was able to sell two television shows. One docu-series titled 'Elijah Daniel is Insane', and one scripted comedy titled 'Social' co-starring Vine comedian Christine Sydelko.[14]
Elijah will appear in the next season of MTV's Greatest Party Story Ever.[15]
Legal Troubles
In 2016 Elijah was detained and questioned by the Secret Service after allegedly bringing a sex toy to a Donald Trump rally in Sparks, Nevada and planning to throw it at the presidential candidate. Elijah tweeted and updated his fans to let them know he was fine and just being questioned.[16][17] It was announced that Elijah will tell the story in full on MTV's Greatest Party Story Ever.[18]
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