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With Britney in the news again and the Netflix documentary "Framing Britney Spears" captivating audiences we thought we'd give an encore presentation of one of Britney's biggest fans, Chris Crocker, who went viral in 2007 for his "Leave Britney Alone" video.
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Chris Crocker turned to the internet to escape the torment of being chased by gangs of boys at the mall.

The internet helped him connect with the greater world around him when he couldn\u2019t create a gay-straight alliance in his school and he left to be home schooled. To grow up a gay, eccentric and flamboyant teen has never been easy especially in a small conservative town in Tennessee.

If it weren\u2019t for the internet where would Chris Crocker be?

Today Chris is one of the most watched and imitated video bloggers online. His iconic video of himself weeping and imploring the public to \u201cLeave Britney Alone\u201d made him a household name.

Chris\u2019 videos represent the dramatic change we\u2019re seeing in how we create and consume media. Chris\u2019 videos are just as popular as the YouTube Presidential debates or the evening news. For millions of people everywhere, his opinion matters.

Despite this, old media companies are threatened by Chris popularity because of his bold desire to express himself at any cost. They can\u2019t control him and he doesn\u2019t need them.

Chris Crocker and a big giant V Chris Crocker takes on the Bible - who will win? Chris Crocker looking fierce

It\u2019s easy to question the authenticity of Chris\u2019 videos because he\u2019s just that good. He\u2019s eerily in touch with his dark emotions and quickly cuts through the hypocrisy of the \u201chaters\u201d with his wit and words.

Chris Chrocker looking eerily looking like Matthew Sheppard\u201cLeave Britney Alone\u201d proves to be one of the most emotionally over the top videos I\u2019ve ever seen online. I believe Chris cried not so much for Britney Spears but rather to express the pain and suffering he endured having gone through the hell of homophobia as a teenager. In many ways, Chris Crocker represents the tortured gay youth who fought back and lived.

Chris Crocker really is a huge fan of Britney Spears, even though she has conservative leanings and a complete lack of interest in gay rights of any kind. Remember, she was FOR the War in Iraq and said in many interviews that we should \u201cstand by our President\u201d despite his reckless policies.

Chris sees something bigger inside of Britney. He believes her to be a liberal person trapped by the conservative world around her.

Chris Crocker is a divaPeople can\u2019t leave Britney alone or any other tragic celebrity for that matter because they help us cope with our everyday problems. When we see someone richer, more attractive and more powerful than us struggling to hold on, it makes it easy to come to peace with our place in the world.

On today\u2019s show Chris Crocker joins us to talk in-depth about his popular video blog, his passion for following people\u2019s horoscope and how he may team up with Puerto Rican TV astrologer Walter Mercado to reach a hip, young new audience. We also talk with Chris about how he personally deals with the vicious hate online and offline, what he thinks of all those parody videos of his work and where in Los Angeles you should hang out if you want to hook up with Chris.

And we put to rest the rumors surrounding Chris\u2019 HIV/AIDS conspiracy as a government biological weapon gone wrong and being vilified for simply being himself and being good at it!

Your broken beer bottle in the bar fight against homophobia- Feast of Fools.

{Best of Feast of Fun, originally posted as FOF #756 \u2013 Chris Crocker Tells on You, May 8, 2008}