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NOTE: It looks like Andy Richter (and What’s Trending) got fooled by a Nash Grier fan account. The point about stealing jokes still stands, though.
***Forget Drake and Meek – the real drama today is between comedian Andy Richter and Vine star Nash Grier over a stolen joke on Nash’s Twitter feed.
Richter publicly called out Grier over this joke and notified Twitter, which has recently begun deleting stolen jokes on copyright grounds.
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Source: twitter.com / Via: twitter.com
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Source: twitter.com / Via: twitter.com
Jonny/Jomny Sun, known for his cartoon avatar and offbeat misspelled humor, is a Canadian comedian who took up Twitter as a creative outlet after leaving sketch comedy – so Grier stealing his joke is more than just being rude, it also affects his career.
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Sure enough, someone did some digging and found the same joke, with the exact same wording, on Jonny’s feed from October 2014. Grier basically copy/pasted the whole thing, complete with Jomny’s signature syntax.
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Jonny appreciated the support from Andy Richter, retweeting him and sending his thanks. Comedians have to stick together, after all.
Finally, this from Richter:
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Stay in your lane, Nash.