I hadn’t planned on writing about Chris Crocker because it seems everyone else has already written something about him. But for those you don’t know who Chris is, Chris is a 19-year old boy still living with his grandparents in the mountains of east Tennessee. He creates videos on YouTube and has finally hit the bigtime with a video (”Leave Britney Alone”) in which he is shown having a nuclear meltdown about Britney Spears’ abysmal descent into self-destruction. (I still cannot bring myself to believe he isn’t just having some sarcastic fun rather than being a distraught Britney-fan.)
It is now being announced that Chris, because of his videos, has been signed for his own reality show. So the YouTube virtual star is now a reality star. See, in todays’ instant media environment anyone can be a star if you just create enough drama.
A parody of Chris’ rant has already been posted to YouTube. It’s even funnier but the guy performing is already on tv!