This Grandpa Was Touring His Son’s New Home When Three Words Brought Them Both To Tears

this grandpa was touring his son's new home when three words brought them both to tears [Music] Charles Marvin green jr. far better known to internet video fans by a different moniker is being given a tour of his son Michael's new home film the whole time by Michael's girlfriend Bridget the older man has no idea what his son is about to say certainly as no inkling that it will cause both men to weep uncontrollably hugging one another tightly the undeniably sincere outpouring of emotion from the greens in this moment is a far cry from the material they usually film you see Charles as better known as the YouTube celebrity angry grandpa Michael is the mastermind behind their viral video phenomenon which has a mammoth 4.2 million subscribers and over 1.1 billion views on the internet clip site the pensioners internet celebrity status had started quite by accident on Christmas Day back in 2007 when Charles unleashed a tirade of anger that was captured on film by Michael's new camcorder which his father had ironically given him as a Christmas present the senior citizens fury was triggered when he found out that his family had already opened their presents without him being there I should have been here for this what's your problem I'm your dad he yells in the footage before telling the family you can all kiss my fat ass and storming out of his daughter's house slamming the door behind him his daughter cries while sitting on the kitchen floor her baby wailing loudly meanwhile another child appears buried under a pile of wrapping paper all in all it doesn't sound like a funny situation in the slightest and Michael hadn't intended to catch his father behaving humorously furious on film rather he did it to show him evidence of his poor behavior in the son's own words he was such an around the house all the time Michael first posted the video on break.com a humor website but nowadays he maintains that he only did that so he could share it with his sister in New York City not so the world could see it however the video very quickly garnered tens of thousands of views dude having been featured prominently on the website's homepage it was obvious people were getting something from Charles outbursts Michael seized his opportunity and began posting more videos of his father's rants online on sites like the break he bombs world and YouTube over the years the brand grew and grew with Charles appearing on MTV Comedy Central truTV and the British clip show rude tube being unnaturally furious about everyday things become a job for Charles and Michael Greene Michael has always insisted that he had never intended to make his father a star rather the fame money and free merchandise were a byproduct of him filming Charles simply being himself on camera the son claims his dad's anger was entirely genuine even if he sometimes had to cajole angry grandpa or a GP as he became known into a customarily fiery reaction even though there was some debate about how much of a GP s anger was 100% genuine and how much was played up for the camera there was never any doubt about the father and son duo his love for one another it's true they regularly pranked one another and angry grandpa hurled abuse and broke things in frustration however he also admitted I love my son I worship the ground he walks on some of the most popular angry grandpa videos include Charles flying into a rage and a pizza parlor when he's forced to wait two hours for his meal and another in which a GP smashes his son's PlayStation 4 console and his own coffee table to pieces because Michael hadn't come to his house to make Christmas cookies interestingly Michael's day job may give some insight into the inner workings of angry grandpa when he first started uploading videos Michael was a web designer and the developer behind the website Heyman hustle calm this was the online home of infamous pro wrestling promoter commentator and personality Paul Heyman who created Extreme Championship Wrestling ECW and has a long-standing relationship with World Wrestling Entertainment WWE as a wrestling fan Michael would have some knowledge of kayfabe the industry term for a performer staying in character at all times in 2013 the Charleston city paper theorized that angry grandpa was at least in part a performance art piece that owed a lot to the concept of kayfabe the article argued that if you watch enough videos you'll see certain cracks in AGP s-- persona such a slight grin swarming on his lips when he's supposed to be angry the writer also wondered whether some props such as the utility hammer used to destroy the ps4 and coffee table were planted for use in the performance this too would be in a similar vein to steel folding chairs left conveniently close at hand and wrestling regardless of whether or not his anger was always genuine there could be no doubting how genuinely people loved angry grandpa indeed a late life for a and internet fame appeared to give this old man a new lease of life he referred to his fans as young uns and always made sure to stay in contact with them through facebook messaging and even phone calls when being interviewed by the Charleston City Paper Charles gave the journalist Paul Bauer's contact details for a few such young uns who told him just how important angry grandpa had been in their lives an Australian 29 year old named Heather spoke of getting her medicine of laughter from the videos which helped her deal with anxiety disorder in acrophobia meanwhile nazir a 15 year old spoke of a bullying campaign he suffered every day at the hands of a classmate he told how he always looked forward to the next angry grandpa video tell them get through it a GPS brand of anger which mostly comes across as something akin to an eccentric uncle throwing a tantrum was surprisingly affecting to his fan base indeed a 34 year old fan named drew Hayes a medical student from Baylor University in Texas drew a direct comparison between angry grandpa and his own uncle Terry everybody has a crazy uncle and he comes across just like that said haze his own relative had bipolar disorder and a habit of talking out of his head he spoke of filming his own uncle in the past believing that people would have gotten enjoyment out of it 15 years ago I was always telling everybody if I could get this crap on tape people would buy it I made some videos forgot about them and once I saw angry grandpa I was like oh my gosh it's him some may question the morality of filming someone with a mental illness for the purposes of entertainment and/or financial gain however Hayes believed the angry grandpa videos helped him in the grieving process when his beloved uncle passed away he observed it brought a lot of joy in dealing with loss I guess being angry grandpa I had a remarkable effect on charles greane juniors life in 2013 he was by his own admission an alcoholic who weighed 800 pounds and an absent father he received gastric bypass surgery and made some major lifestyle changes but shooting the angry grandpa Clips became another key aspect of his new life when journalist Bowers asked in 2013 if you were born 50 years earlier and you didn't have this outlet Charles cut him off and said I'd have done died he added I wouldn't have cared about my health and I wouldn't have had not led to do anything and I probably would have died it's obvious that angry grandpa meant an awful lot to both Charles and Michael Greene even if most of their output was simply created to make the audience laugh at their pranks however in a video uploaded on July 10th 2015 they gave the world something far more poignant in the four years since it was posted the videos been viewed roughly 16 million times the video opens with Michael talking straight to the camera for the past few months Brigitte and I have been planning a huge prank on angry grandpa and today's the day we're gonna pull it off it's immediately clear from his tone of voice and the soft background music that this isn't going to be the usual silly fare Michael continues we've been taking my dad house-hunting with us under the pretenses that he's looking to buy a house for me and Bridget the only problem is he's been looking for his own house the video then moves on to Bridget filming father and son walking around the property with angry grandpa expressing his admiration for it at every turn a GP first picks out the wainscoting which he says he likes this confuses Michael who clearly has no idea what wainscoting is but after a brief explanation ruse father they move on to admiring the fireplace Michael talks about how he can position as play button u2 bladder and pictures above the fireplace they walk through the other rooms of Alice with angry grandpa remarking excitedly on other features such as a very spacious bathroom shower after a few minutes of filming the tour Michael decides to reveal everything to his father I'd like you to have something like this to pop he said looking AGP square in the eye one day I will right now you make it y'all response Charles who doesn't seem to realize what Michael is beginning to say Michael then gives it to him straight we're searching for a house for you he says he then pulls out a key places in his father's hand and says three words this is yours it confused Charles believes he's big and giving a key to his son's new house but Michael assures him that the property is in fact his they've already purchased it for him angry grandpa then breaks down in a flood of tears burying his head in his sons chest while saying no no Michael I don't deserve this the emotion overwhelms Charles who continues to declare his love for his son well both men crying I love you son I love you so much my whole world revolves around you if I didn't have you in my life I don't know what I'd do he sobs I know we prank each other and do things but swear to God Michael I love you more than life itself angry grandpa would go on to live in the silence for about two and a half years sadly he passed away from cirrhosis of the liver on December 10th 2017 in an emotional tribute posted on both Facebook and haman hustle com Michael mentioned the house which held huge significance for both men a read a few years ago I bought my father a house for the first time in 65 years he was able to spend his money on whatever he wanted and not sinking into rent Michael went on to illuminate what life was like for the green family before angry grandpa became an internet phenomenon even though his father had just died Michael still wanted their fans to know how grateful he was to them he noted before this we had nothing but a trailer we didn't own and a bunch of debt we'd never be able to pay off but somehow all of that changed and it's thanks to all of you that watched our videos and showed endless amounts of love and appreciation Michaels tribute to the purpose the angry grandpa persona had given his father was touching and highly emotional but also open and fiercely honest the past 10 years I was able to spend nearly every day with my father thanks to my job with Paul Heyman and our YouTube channel he wrote Michael wrote I was able to work with him and watch him turn his life around watch him suddenly have a purpose he never had before a reason to live that nobody thought we could have he went on to say that the most important thing you all gave my father was a reason to wake up in the morning and for that I thank you Michael will go on to make a youtube video for all angry grandpa's fans explaining in more detail the circumstances of his father's death so earlier in this year grandpa was diagnosed with cancer and he beat it and we were so happy however this would turn out to be a brief reprieve from ill health Michael continued in July 2017 he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver which we thought was early stage but turns out it was end-stage angry grandpa's health deteriorated from that point on in an encouraging turn of events he was able to make it home for a family Thanksgiving unfortunately it would be AG peas last Thanksgiving everything looked like it was going great got to come home and this is where he died Michael said he then boasted a final statement on Twitter which read heaven just got a whole lot angrier dead I'm going to miss you more than I understand as I write this overall angry grandpa was a very interesting case of modern celebrity it was the appeal of an irate and often incoherent old man who would break things and yell obscenities at his own family why were his fans so dedicated to a man who was accused of being trailer trash and racist by certain YouTube commenters I don't like people to put down anybody AGP told the Charleston City Paper in 2013 the color of your skin doesn't matter to me I have a lot of black young uns and they take up for me too because I get hollered at that I'm racist a lot he also said that he simply laughed at anyone who considered him trailer trash perhaps his appeal was rooted in his lack of pretension in our modern internet savvy world we seek out everyday people and elevate them to celebrity status because we relate to them on some level as angry grandpa himself said I live in a world where everything's real problems are real and I react real [Music] [Music]