RFK Jr.'s running mate Nicole Shanahan reveals she donated another $8 million to his presidential campaign during Nashville comedy event with Russell Brand

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate Nicole Shanahan revealed Wednesday night that she had donated another $8 million of her own fortune to fund the independent's presidential campaign. 

Shanahan touted the donation at a comedy fundraiser for the campaign in Nashville, Tennessee, which featured controversial comedian Russell Brand, Rob Schneider and others. 

On Thursday the campaign announced that its ballot access campaign had been fully funded, thanks to Shanahan's millions. 

During the comedy event, Shanahan came onstage and gave a nod to the press.

'I think I know what they're going to say - they're going to say Bobby only picked me for my money,' the VP contender told the crowd, according to The New York Times. 

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (left ) was given $8 million more dollars by his running mate, Bay Area lawyer Nicole Shanahan (right), she announced at Wednesday night's Nashville, Tennessee comedy fundraiser 

The comedy night featured controversial comedian Russell Brand, who's been accused of sexual misconduct by several women 

Shanahan's name started being mentioned as a possible running mate after she donated $4 million to the Kennedy-aligned super PAC to fund a Super Bowl commercial earlier this year. 

The Bay Area lawyer and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin officially joined the ticket in late March, with Kennedy making the announcement in her hometown of Oakland, California. 

She then remained off the campaign trail for some time, only appearing at public events with Kennedy again starting this week.  

The $8 million donation brings up her total given to the campaign to $10 million, excluding the $4 million donation to the super PAC. 

Shanahan's millions are being used to secure a spot on the ballot for the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket in every state, a massive undertaking as each state has different rules and most require an arduous amount of signature-gathering. 

So far, Kennedy's name will be on the ballots in Utah, Michigan, California, Delaware, Oklahoma and Texas, the campaign said. 

The campaign has gathered enough signatures to be on the ballots in New Hampshire, Hawaii, North Carolina, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa, Ohio and reportedly Nevada, though there was a hiccup in the Nevada signature-gathering process.

'This isn't just about funding our own campaign,' Shanahan said in a statement. 'We want to liberate presidential elections from the grip of the existing two-party duopoly, and revitalize American democracy.'

'Nobody thinks the Democrat-Republican domination of our system is a good thing,' she added. 'Since their candidates are so unpopular, this year is the perfect time to challenge it.' 

Shanahan has admitted that it's unlikely the duo will end up in the White House. 

'You know it would be great if we could take office come November, after the election, but we understand we're up against a lot and so we're jsut taking every opportunity, every day, to help shape policy through the voice of candidacy,' she said on a recent episode of her Back to the People podcast, which is how she's reached out to voters, instead of heading out on the campaignt rail. 

Kennedy, a prominent anti-vaxxer, has also allowed a number of controversial characters into his orbit, inviting Brand - who's been accused of sexual misconduct by a handful of women - to perform in Nashville and not resisting an endorsement from Kevin Spacey, who has also been accused of sexual misdeeds.