12 Sep Chris Crocker Reveals What He’s Learned About Life 10 Years After Posting “Leave Britney Alone” Video

It may be a decade ago, but 2007 was a particularly memorable year. If you were born in the early nineties like myself, your life probably revolved around MSN and Bebo. It was a much simpler time. The internet was slower and smart phones were still in their infancy.

But when it came to celebrities, there was one particular breakdown that captured everyone’s attention – even if you still had a dial-up connection. Britney Spear’s now infamous 2007 meltdown, captured the attention of paparazzi everywhere, and peaked when she shaved her head.

The then 25-year-old Britney’s fragile mental state became a media feeding frenzy when photographs of her shaving her head and later attacking a car with an umbrella emerged. But then one of her fans decided to dramatically speak out.

That fan was the then unknown 19-year-old Chris Crocker. He uploaded a tearful, mascara-streaked video of himself to the relatively new video sharing platform YouTube, pleading with the media to leave his idol Britney alone.

On top of the head-shaving incident, he was defending Britney after her MTV comeback performance was subject to harsh criticism when she failed to lip synch her song ‘Gimme More’ and dance in time with the music.

“What really bothers me is the people out there who don’t see her as a person,” Crocker said, before welling up. “If anything happens to Britney Spears, the world can kill my a** goodbye. I’m jumping off the nearest f*cking building.”

“All you people care about is readers and making money off of her. She’s a human being. LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!”

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