Leave Britney Alone

added Dec 12, 2008 at 08:11PM UTC

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“Leave Britney Alone” is the viral video that launched the career of the Youtube Celebrity Chris Crocker. On September 10, 2007, Chris Crocker uploaded an emotional plea to the media and the general public to give Britney a break from all the criticism she had been receiving leading up to and after her comeback performance at the 2007 MTV Music Awards.

The video gained over 2 million views in the first two hours, eventually accruing 29 million views by January of 2010.

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From the first day, September 10, 2007, “Leave Britney Alone” could also be found on Chris’ Myspace, and his Metacafe account.

The same day, the video was picked up by concreteloop.com, Gallery of the Absurd, YTMND and more.

Derivatives

In the days following “Leave Britney Alone” a number of response videos were created. Many were direct commentary, while others were parodies and remixes.

Perez Hilton Says: Britney, Leave ME Alone!

Re: LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!

LEAVE CHRIS CROCKER ALONE! Britney Spears Responds

Seth Green Says Leave Chris Crocker Alone!
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Leave the “Leave Britney Alone Guy” Alone!!

Leave Spongebob Alone!

YTP: LEAVE SPONGEBOB ALONE!

Leave Windows Vista Alone, Chris Crocker!

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10 Comments

Anonymous
Apr 13, 2009 at 08:35AM UTC , Anonymous wrote:

Chris Crocker . . .
No one likes him . . .
Check out Seth Green’s parody . . .
[A] [W] [E] [S] [O] [M] [E] . . .

Longcat
May 07, 2009 at 07:21PM UTC , Longcat wrote:

I first heard this on the radio whilst driving down a busy road. God knows what the other drivers thought, because I was sitting there tears streaming down my face with laughter.

JUST LEAVE HER ALONE!

Will Kimball
Jul 10, 2009 at 05:58AM UTC , Will Kimball wrote:

Can I go ahead and write a history for this one?

Chris Menning
Jul 10, 2009 at 01:54PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

Will, absolutely.

prokadae
Sep 23, 2009 at 10:50PM UTC , prokadae wrote:

DONT leave her alone!
not if we can juice him/her/they for funny like THIS!

BlakFenix
Sep 23, 2009 at 11:17PM UTC , BlakFenix wrote:

LEAVE CHRIS CROCKER ALONE!!!

TheErwinator
Oct 05, 2009 at 06:59PM UTC , TheErwinator wrote:

I’m helping :D

TheErwinator
Oct 05, 2009 at 07:08PM UTC , TheErwinator wrote:

Biotic Zombie
Feb 02, 2010 at 01:11AM UTC , Biotic Zombie wrote:

Finally glad to see this article done!

Jakub Ostapczuk
Feb 17, 2010 at 07:32PM UTC , Jakub Ostapczuk wrote:

The meme mutated and appeared in Poland. A user called Luntek17 (Luntek is often blamed at Polish YTP) sent a video “Przestańcie do cholery krytykować Dodę” (Stop the fuck criticing Doda). Doda is a Polish music star. The video seems to be deleted, but it spawned a lot of parodies, like these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRYpboUnjc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr8QXc0R-AQ

What do you think?

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