The Cinnamon Challenge ... by GloZell and her Big Behind Earrings
GloZell Green is a comedian and Youtube personality. She was born in Orlando, Florida in the United States. She is married to SK Simon (Simon Kevin). They were married on August 9, 2013. She is good friends with Ariana Grande and Colleen Ballinger.
Career
In 2003, GloZell moved to Hollywood to pursue a career in acting and comedy, joining The Groundlings and studying her favorite comedian Jay Leno by attending 600 consecutive tapings of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Her blog initially began as a series of interviews she had with others attending the show, which she initially hosted on her blog, but she soon began using YouTube as a video host. She began to do original videos when people she met at Leno tapings thought she was funny on her own A friend told her that one of her videos, titled "My Push up Bra will help me get my man" (2008), was becoming popular on YouTube; by January 2013, it had since gained over 20 million views. She began to pay more attention to her YouTube fans and focused on making comedic videos on her daily life, celebrity impersonations, and Internet fads. Some of her most popular videos are her "translations" of pop songs, such as Ke$ha's "Tik Tock" and Rihanna's "Rude Boy" earning her the tile of "Internet Meme of the Week" by The Dartmouth. She also parodies popular music videos, working improvisationally. Her 2012 cinnamon challange video became quickly popular and, as of September 2013 has amassed over 32 million views, becoming her most popular video. The video was ranked fourth on The Guardians's "Viral Video Chart" in February 2012.In 2011, GloZell gained wider notice when her vlog about meeting Elijah Wood was mentioned by the actor during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel live! In June 2012, she was featured in a video with former American Idol contestants and YouTube stars to, "reimagine the opening," to the film Disney's Beuaty and the Beast , in which Belle lives in an African-American suburban neighborhood, instead of in a provincial French town. During the summer of 2012, GloZell was featured alongside Danny Tredjo and Flovor Flav and fellow YouTube personalities Antione Dodson and Coleen Ballinger in the 2012 web seiries Dr. Fubalous, where GloZell played the titular doctor's "ranch dressing-loving secretary", Maude "Ma" Cakes.Alongside her YouTube fame, GloZell has performed in various comedic venues. These include The Comedy Store, The Improv, the Laugh Factory, Showtime at the Apollo, Steve Harvey Talent Show, and the J. Anthony Brown's J Spot Comedy Club. She has also been featured multiple times on Perez Hilton's blog. In 2013, GloZell announced on her channel that she would be appearing in the Nickelodeon comedy Sam & Cat, but as of March 2014, GloZell has not announced her role or has been featured in any episodes.
Gallery
“deep breaths, tight chest, life, death” To view the GloZell Green gallery, click here.
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