Johnbcrist

John Crist (born: )Minneapolis Comedy Festival on Twitter: "Comment below to wish #JohnCrist happy birthday! 🎉🎉🎉" 20 Mar 2019 is an American comedian and content creator best known for his stand-up comedy and his sketches on social media.
==Content==
John's content mainly consists of comedic sketch videos on many various topics, such as parents, "honest ____", and more.
==History==
John created his YouTube channel on June 25, 2009. Nothing was uploaded until 2012, though. John's first video was uploaded on May 23, 2012.John Crist on Cash for Gold Scams — johnbcrist (YouTube). 23 May 2012 This was a video of him during a stand-up comedy act. He continued to post many videos of his stand-up comedy shows, and would begin to sprinkle in original sketches alongside them.
By 2016, John began to upload mainly original comedy sketches and uploaded stand-up videos less. He would continue to upload these skits for years to come. On December 21, 2018, John uploaded what would become his most viewed video.If golf and soccer switched announcers — johnbcrist (YouTube). 21 Dec 2018 On October 22, 2019, John Crist released a lyric video for a song he made titled "Check Your Heart".
John went inactive on YouTube in late 2019 amidst allegations of sexual misconduct against him gaining traction. He did not post anything on social media again for over 8 months. He returned to YouTube in the summer of 2020 after acknowledging the allegations again and apologizing."John Crist speaks out 8 months after sexual misconduct allegations: 'Biggest hypocrite in all of this was me'". Fox News, 15 July 2020 He now continues to post new content frequently.
==Controversy==
===Sexual misconduct allegations===
In November 2019, multiple women began to come forward about John Crist sexually harassing them. The allegations reportedly included how Crist had sexted many women at once, offered tour tickets for sexual commendations, and called them while he was drunk."John Crist Cancels 2019 Tour Dates After Reports of Sexting, Harassment, Manipulation". Charisma News, 6 November 2019
John Crist responded to the allegations, admitting to them. He said that his behavior had been "destructive and sinful", and that he had "violated his own Christian beliefs". John ended up losing thousands of subscribers after the allegations were publicly released. He then went inactive on social media for 8 months. His subscriber count stagnated.
John Crist returned to social media in July 2020. He posted an apology video on Facebook on July 15.A message from me :) — John Crist on Facebook, 15 Jul 2020 He began making YouTube content again starting July 27. He has since continued consistently making YouTube content and his subscriber count began to grow again.
==Trivia==
*He is Christian.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*500,000 subscribers: September 9, 2019
===Video view milestones===
*100 million video views: October 9, 2019
==References==
Category:Comedy YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2009