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Cara Cunningham

December 28, 2022

"Chris Crocker" redirects here. For the athlete, see Chris Crocker (American football).

Cara Cunningham (formerly Chris Crocker; born December 7, 1987), is an American transgender Internet personality, songwriter, recording artist, YouTuber, and former pornographic film actor. As of October 2010, Cunningham's videos had received a combined 50 million plays on MySpace, and her vlog channel on YouTube was the 100th-most viewed of all time in all categories, with over 205 million video views, before Cunningham closed her YouTube account in September 2015.[2][3] Her work consists mainly of short-form, self-directed monologues shot in her grandparents' home.[4]

Cara Cunningham
Cunningham in 2009
Born
Christopher Cunningham

(1987-12-07) December 7, 1987 (age 35)
Bristol, Tennessee, U.S.
Years active2006–present
Known for

Cunningham gained fame in September 2007 from her viral video "Leave Britney Alone!", in which she tearfully defended pop singer Britney Spears' comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards; the video received over four million views in two days.[5] The video gained international media attention, hundreds of parodies, and criticism for Cunningham,[6][7][8][9] which included accusations of narcissism, melodramatics, histrionics, and using Spears' personal shortcomings to bolster her own fame.[10] Others have accused Cunningham of acting in the "Leave Britney Alone!" video, although Cunningham insisted it was genuine on a September 2007 appearance on Maury Povich's Maury show.[11][12][13]

Cunningham produces and acts in her own videos, and is a self-described edutainer.[14][15]

In most of Cunningham's adolescent works, she presents herself as an openly gender non-conforming person and effeminate Southerner in a "small-minded town" in the Bible Belt. During her teenage years, Cunningham used "Crocker" as a stage name in order to keep her identity and location secret, due to death threats she received.[14][16][17] In 2014, Queerty stated that with thousands of Facebook and Twitter followers, Cunningham is "one of those self-invented social media icons".[18]

Early life

Cunningham was born in East Tennessee to a teenage couple and was raised by her grandparents.[4] Cunningham said she "raised eyebrows" by bringing Barbie dolls to kindergarten for show and tell rather than the toys or action figures more conventionally associated with boys.[4] Cunningham continued to live in Tennessee throughout her youth, and was homeschooled in response to constant "death threats, bullying and glares at her clothes and makeup"[14][4] specifically after reportedly being "harassed by a homophobic high school gym coach".[16][19] Cunningham lived with her fundamentalist[20] Pentecostal grandparents who continued raising her when her teenage parents were not able. While her grandfather reportedly knows little about her Internet fame, her grandmother has reluctantly appeared in some of her videos.[14][4][21]

Internet career

Cunningham is best known for her Britney Spears video, uploaded to YouTube on September 10, 2007. The first part of the infamous work was posted September 9, 2007, called "Leave Britney Alone pt.1" to her MySpace page, while the better-known "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" (part 2) was posted to both Myspace and YouTube. In "Leave Britney Alone pt.1", an emotional Cunningham stated that she did not want fellow Southerner[4] Britney Spears[22] to spiral out of control like Anna Nicole Smith, who had died in February 2007. As of November 2010, the video had been viewed over 35 million times and had accumulated a total of over 500,000 comments. It is just a few seconds shorter than the second part, and Cunningham, although emotional, remains relatively calm and composed, becoming teary only at the very end.[23]

In the videos, Cunningham condemns gossip columnists such as Perez Hilton and reality TV star Simon Cowell who criticized Britney Spears' onstage music performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas.[24][25][26] Within the first 24 hours of its posting, the video had accumulated over 2 million views.[11] As of January 2009, it had accumulated a total of 24 million views and was the second-most discussed video of all time on the site (in all categories), with over 350,000 comments.[24][27] "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!" was one of YouTube's fastest "climbing" videos, reaching the minimum seven million views needed (as of September 2007) to be included in the "Top 100".[28] The video was nominated in the Commentary category in the 2007 YouTube Awards.[29] The video received worldwide attention and earned Cunningham interviews on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Today Show, Maury, The Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM morning show. Cunningham and her video were also commented upon in the mainstream media by shows like The View and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[11][30] YouTube said "the melodramatic two-minute clip made [Cunningham] an instant YouTube star" and named it one of the top videos of 2007.[31] Wired magazine named it the top video of 2007.[32]

Prior to the attention from her September 2007 Leave Britney Alone! video, Cunningham was seen as a viral video sensation and was asked by MTV vlogger and news staffer Matt Sunbulli to provide video for MTV's website which also broadcasts on MTV itself.[14][33] Cunningham indicated that she hoped to develop her acting career; she agreed to develop ideas for a TV show with Los Angeles producer Glenn Meehan and met with representatives from MTV's gay-themed channel LOGO.[14][17] According to Variety, Cunningham signed a development deal with 44 Blue Productions to create a "docusoap" reality television show, which would be called Chris Crocker's 15 Minutes More.[34] Rasha Drachkovitch, the production company's co-founder, stated, "It's going to pretty much be the Chris Crocker experience. We consider [her] a rebel character that people will find interesting. [She's] going to be a TV star."[35]

Although sometimes shown in conjunction with news footage of Spears' performance, the "pure performance art" video became its own story, with the news media and the gossip industry offering opinions on the phenomenon, joking that Cunningham could be "an insidious satiric mastermind" and comparing her to Andy Kaufman.[36][37] In the video, Cunningham proclaims, "All you people care about is readers and making money off of her. She's a human! Leave Britney alone!"[7][38][39] Cunningham stated that although she is often acting in her videos, her emotions were genuine and "straight from the heart"; although she described the clip as a "second take" in one interview, she clarified on Jimmy Kimmel Live! that she meant that it was the second part of a longer video, the first part being "Leave Britney Alone pt. 1".[17][11][40]

The "Leave Britney Alone!" video became a satire target, with parody videos, references in mainstream television spoofs, and films.[41] Actor Seth Green's parody, which included him applying eyeliner several times and promoting his show Robot Chicken, called for people to "leave Chris Crocker alone!"[1] Some video responses characterized Cunningham as a drama queen, and Wired magazine stated that the video "sent world Schadenfreude levels zooming to heights unseen since the Fatty Arbuckle scandal."[32][42] The January 2008 parody film Meet the Spartans used pop culture references and met with generally poor reviews; the Electronic Urban Report called Cunningham's cameo the "film's funniest moment".[41][43] Both Cunningham and the video were also parodied in the South Park episode "Canada on Strike", with a cartoon Cunningham running around in a fight between various Internet memes, telling it to "leave the others alone".[44] In March 2008, a "trance remix" dance single "Leave Britney Alone" was released on iTunes and other sites by "Double J" featuring quotes from Cunningham's video.[45]

While numerous news and media outlets reported on the viral video, Fox News Channel's morning program Fox & Friends commentators questioned Cunningham's gender and compared the fabric backdrop in the video to Osama bin Laden's videos.[46][47][48] Cunningham produced two response videos – Poor FOX "News".. and Rosie O'Donnell was right about FOX "News" (originally posted as "Dear Fox 'News'") – addressing what she characterized as biased treatment while she called Fox News the "Republican, conservative, homophobic channel".[49][50] Cunningham's stated concerns were the commentators calling her a "she/he" and what she felt was needless questioning of her gender instead of commenting on the content of the video.[49][50] Cunningham deactivated her YouTube channel in 2015. In March 2016, Cunningham interviewed for Contrast Magazine and opened up about why she deleted her YouTube channel.[51]

In February 2021, Cunningham created an OnlyFans account.[52] In the same month, following the release of the New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears led to broader public reconsideration of how media treated Spears in 2007, Cunningham released a statement on Instagram framing her experience as a teachable moment. She described the backlash she faced as a visibly genderbending teenager for expressing the same then-unpopular opinion as straight media critics such as Michael Moore as transphobic. She also said that she was verbally and physically assaulted by members of the LGBT community for making them look bad in the media. Cunningham said that the backlash made her fear for her life as a gay teenager without much money living in the South.[52]

Other ventures

 
Cunningham performing with back-up dancers at gay disco club Ice in Hamtramck, Michigan in October 2007

Cunningham has been involved in various projects. In a June 2007 autobiographical comic strip, where she discusses future plans, she states, "I'm going to make the leap from living with my Pentecostal grandparents to living with drag queen roommates. I'm going to star in my own TV show. I'm going to make the leap from outhouses to bathhouses...to my very own house."[53] In October 2007, Cunningham opened Fox Reality channel's "Reality Remix Really Awards".[54] Cunningham was one of Lily Allen's Internet correspondents on the February 2008 premiere episode of BBC's Lily Allen and Friends where she posed questions for the guest celebrities, in this case David Mitchell and later, Cuba Gooding, Jr.[55][56][57] On May 23, 2008, rock band Weezer released a viral music video for their song "Pork and Beans" – "a natural anthem for the self-expression that's been taking shape on YouTube" – which featured various mash-ups of viral videos and YouTube celebrities, including Cunningham, all playing themselves.[58][59][60][61] On May 22, 2009, Cunningham made a video showing a Grammy plaque that she received for her contribution to the band's video. On July 9, 2009, Cunningham appeared on the Comedy Central show Tosh.0.[62]

Cunningham released her first single, "Mind in the Gutter", in 2008. She released her first EP titled The First Bite digitally on iTunes March 19, 2011. "I Want Your Bite" was then released as the second single.[63] Later that year, Cunningham released the songs "Second to None", "Tug of War", and "Taking My Life Back". In 2012, Cunningham released the songs "Locked Up Lovers" and "Lucky Tonight".[64] Cunningham's second EP, Walls Down, was released on March 14, 2013, under her new stage name Chris Cunningham-Crocker. The EP is a departure of her previous dance style, mainly consisting of ballads and features a duet with her mother. The first single from the EP, "Breaking Up", was released on January 24, 2013.[65] Cunningham announced in August 2011 that a film documenting her life over the past few years would be released, titled Me at the Zoo. The film also explores how video sharing and social media have shaped the way people share her stories and go about her lives.[66] On January 17, 2012, HBO Documentary Films secured the US broadcasting rights to the film.[66] It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2012[67] and on HBO on June 25, 2012.[68]

In July 2011, it was announced that Cunningham had been signed by Chi Chi LaRue to appear in a pornographic film.[69] She made her adult film debut in October 2012 for Maverick Men.[70] In 2014, Lucas Entertainment digitally released Chris Crocker's Raw Love, which features Cunningham in a scene with her then-boyfriend Justin Dean.[71][72][73] Cunningham stated that acting in porn was going to be more than a single event; "it was going to be the porn and then a website, with the same companies." She said she was focused on setting up a future with her then-boyfriend and getting a house and a mortgage. "I said, 'Well if I'm going to do it, then let's make it worth it.' So, then we broke up a week before the porn came out. So then, yeah, it kind of ended." She added, "You have to contractually, and things, promote a porn. So I regret doing it with my ex more than I regret doing it in general." She said she could do porn again, but wondered how she would extend that into a viable career. "[W]here is the reality show? And where are the people that have seen how interesting my life is? Not that many people were, like, the first of their kind to be an Internet celebrity—what happens after that?" she said. "What happens after you extend your 15 minutes of fame to 30 minutes of fame, and it's six, seven years later, and you're still living at home in Tennessee? I think that's an interesting story, a little more than Honey Boo Boo."[72]

Personal life

Appearance, transition and gender identity

Following her mainstream success, Cunningham gradually began to change her image from feminine to masculine, eventually adopting a predominantly masculine appearance by 2012.[73] Cunningham said that although she understands she is more socially or traditionally attractive, she dislikes people saying it and "the most irritating thing" is when men she finds attractive say they find her more attractive this way. She felt that people should accept all of her instead of only the masculine side, and that dating is difficult because "[the guys] can't always accept that [she] used to dress up or that that's a part of [her] still and that [she still dresses up]."[73] She identifies with the acceptance she received from her grandmother, who always wanted her to present as masculine, but she also finds it upsetting because she did not accept the way Cunningham was before.[72]

Cunningham previously said that her gender was not male and female, but a combination of both, although it is more so a different gender at times, and that it was not a conscious effort for her to become more masculine.[72][73] "I started gradually. I was wearing less makeup and pushing my hair back and putting it in a pony tail instead of curling it or wearing it long." She stated that she "never realize[s] the changes that are taking place. They literally just happen" and that "[her] hair extensions got shorter and shorter and [she] went from 26-inch extensions to shoulder-length extensions." She said that the process was the same with regard to "dressing like a girl," adding, "It's little by little."[73] With regard to the gender she was more comfortable as, Cunningham stated, "I definitely feel the most connected with myself I've ever felt. Maybe that's because before I began to explore my more masculine traits, I thought I was going to go through with a boob job." Cunningham said she had now "explored both sides" and felt she knew herself well.[72]

Cunningham has expressed discontent with the LGBT community not understanding her genderbending and accompanying gender expression or gender identity: "I can understand straight people being confused but within the gay community? The gay on gay hatred or the gay on gay discrimination is what I find so puzzling." She said "when other queer people say, 'If you were really transsexual...' – because I lived as a girl for three years and people ask, 'Was that all an act?' That's the biggest thing that I get disgusted by." Cunningham said if it were all an act, she would not have gone through the trouble for three years; for example, using women's bathrooms and therefore encountering problems in airports.[73] Cunningham said she thought the whole point of being transgender is being what you feel on the inside. "For me, I wonder why do you have to just feel like a woman trapped in a man's body? Or vice versa? Why can't you identify with both genders and tap into those without being accused of dressing up as a girl for attention?" Cunningham feels that she was "fulfilling whatever vibe [she wants] to go with at that time." She "[tries] to block out people's voices in [her] head and just go with how [she feels]."[73] She acknowledged, however, that her masculine look being "easier on [her] family and society" factored into her presenting as masculine.

In a Queerty February 2014 interview, Cunningham stated that she was reconsidering whether or not to transition to a female gender identity. "I think I'm getting tired of that chameleon lifestyle," she stated. "Like I said, I know I would be 100 percent happy living as a girl. But it's a lot of work, and it's a lot of therapy you have to go through. And I'm willing to put in that work." She added, "Some people get a haircut. I change genders or gender aesthetics. I don't know that I'll ever be content just one way or another." Cunningham said that she is on a journey when assessing that part of her life, and that she would not mind completely transitioning.[18][74] She said that while living as an "everyday guy", she wanted to see if she liked the experience, but that she was unhappy living that way and it did not work because that is not who she is.[18]

In August 2021, Cunningham came out as transgender and changed her first name to Cara. She also said she would be beginning feminizing hormone therapy.[75]

Onch promotional deal and lawsuit

In October 2007, TMZ reported that Cunningham was being sued by Onch Movement Jewelry for $1 million for fraud and breach of contract, and provided a copy of the civil complaint filed in Los Angeles.[76] Jewelry designer Nelson Chung, professionally known as Onch and a fan of Cunningham, hired her as a celebrity spokesmodel for more than two days' worth of publicity work as well as appearance at World of Wonder's Just Britney art show in exchange for airfare.[77] It was speculated by DMW Media that Cunningham had no legal representative as the agreement seemed unbalanced.[78] Cunningham did make appearances including at gay club Rage and the art show where she was interviewed by MTV showing artwork of her in homage to Spears.[79][80] Onch's YouTube channel also posted videos of appearances which were later removed.[81]

Image and style

Cunningham's uncensored vlogging has been attributed to her isolation as an "effeminate, Southern, flamboyantly gay" adolescent in a "small-minded town" in the Bible Belt."[14] Her sexual orientation and outspokenness have been described as a "subtext... rarely addressed directly and never completely accepted" in her hometown.[14] According to Cunningham, when her grandmother found out that she was gay, she initially "said that [he] needed an exorcism".[14] Cunningham has further commented on her town's lack of gay culture, saying, "The only gay pride parade where I live is in my bedroom" as she held up a rainbow frosted cupcake.[82] She added, "We don't have pride and rainbows here. We have MySpace. We don't have bathhouses, we have outhouses."[53] Communications lecturer Michael Strangelove described Cunningham as a trailblazer for vloggers, especially LGBTQ vloggers, being genuine and campy while criticizing popular culture.[83]

Cunningham's earliest experience with online networking was as an editor of an e-zine, where she met her first boyfriend, with whom she was only able to interact online and by phone. Cunningham later found another online forum, where her acting skills helped her blend in on a free phone party line run out of Los Angeles "filled with flaming black men, black drag queens, and [transgender people] from Compton", where she was outed as white and dubbed "cracker".[14] In June 2006, Cunningham began uploading self-produced videos, characterized as her "singularly bizarre and angry take on gay life and [her] intolerant town".[14]

Although her video defending Britney Spears drew the attention of the wider public, Cunningham had already become one of the most-watched video producers on MySpace and YouTube, having gathered what MSNBC described as a "cult following".[9][11][35] Prior to Cunningham's defense of Spears, some of the more than sixty videos she had posted to the two social networking websites had already been viewed more than a million times each, and her YouTube channel was in the top rankings.[11] Some of the videos were only posted on one site or the other, many becoming "viral video hits".[14]

In May 2007, Cunningham was the subject of a lengthy profile in the Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger, which discussed her Internet fame prior to the "Leave Britney Alone!" video, and the adversities she has faced.[14] Dave Schlenker of the newspaper considered her videos to be bold and seething "flares sent up by a young gay man marooned in a sea of rednecks" who is stuck in a small town that "can't tolerate homosexuality and punishes flamboyance."[14] He stated that Cunningham's videos include "sex-filled confessions" and "wild monologues" talking "about everything from AIDS to pubic hair."[14][11] In many of the videos, Cunningham portrays characters, such as an older deeply religious woman in "The Earl Annie Edna show" series and exaggerated comic characterizations of Southern stereotypes.[36][84]

Cunningham believes that the Leave Britney Alone! video and performing in porn have hurt her chances of pursuing an acting career. "A lot of people think the Britney video is what got me famous and what gave me all these opportunities, but if I were to have gone to L.A. as an unknown actor—I probably could have gotten a lot more work." She said, "I don't regret it necessarily; I think it just gives me more hurdles to overcome... Which, you know... and obviously doing the porn thing didn't necessarily help me."[72] Cunningham described the porn aspect as having tarnished things, but said that it is up to her "to make those little calculated moves".[72] "It kind of created a whole other box that I have to overcome," she stated. "But when you're known as the Britney-boy, or you're in a '15 minutes of fame' box, it's very interesting, because the offers start coming at you really quick. And when they dwindle, you don't know what to do."[72]

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cara, cunningham, chris, crocker, redirects, here, athlete, chris, crocker, american, football, formerly, chris, crocker, born, december, 1987, american, transgender, internet, personality, songwriter, recording, artist, youtuber, former, pornographic, film, a. Chris Crocker redirects here For the athlete see Chris Crocker American football Cara Cunningham formerly Chris Crocker born December 7 1987 is an American transgender Internet personality songwriter recording artist YouTuber and former pornographic film actor As of October 2010 update Cunningham s videos had received a combined 50 million plays on MySpace and her vlog channel on YouTube was the 100th most viewed of all time in all categories with over 205 million video views before Cunningham closed her YouTube account in September 2015 2 3 Her work consists mainly of short form self directed monologues shot in her grandparents home 4 Cara CunninghamCunningham in 2009BornChristopher Cunningham 1987 12 07 December 7 1987 age 35 Bristol Tennessee U S Years active2006 presentKnown forComedyperformance art 1 recording artistLGBTQ and youth issuesCunningham gained fame in September 2007 from her viral video Leave Britney Alone in which she tearfully defended pop singer Britney Spears comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards the video received over four million views in two days 5 The video gained international media attention hundreds of parodies and criticism for Cunningham 6 7 8 9 which included accusations of narcissism melodramatics histrionics and using Spears personal shortcomings to bolster her own fame 10 Others have accused Cunningham of acting in the Leave Britney Alone video although Cunningham insisted it was genuine on a September 2007 appearance on Maury Povich s Maury show 11 12 13 Cunningham produces and acts in her own videos and is a self described edutainer 14 15 In most of Cunningham s adolescent works she presents herself as an openly gender non conforming person and effeminate Southerner in a small minded town in the Bible Belt During her teenage years Cunningham used Crocker as a stage name in order to keep her identity and location secret due to death threats she received 14 16 17 In 2014 Queerty stated that with thousands of Facebook and Twitter followers Cunningham is one of those self invented social media icons 18 Contents 1 Early life 2 Internet career 3 Other ventures 4 Personal life 4 1 Appearance transition and gender identity 4 2 Onch promotional deal and lawsuit 5 Image and style 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditCunningham was born in East Tennessee to a teenage couple and was raised by her grandparents 4 Cunningham said she raised eyebrows by bringing Barbie dolls to kindergarten for show and tell rather than the toys or action figures more conventionally associated with boys 4 Cunningham continued to live in Tennessee throughout her youth and was homeschooled in response to constant death threats bullying and glares at her clothes and makeup 14 4 specifically after reportedly being harassed by a homophobic high school gym coach 16 19 Cunningham lived with her fundamentalist 20 Pentecostal grandparents who continued raising her when her teenage parents were not able While her grandfather reportedly knows little about her Internet fame her grandmother has reluctantly appeared in some of her videos 14 4 21 Internet career EditCunningham is best known for her Britney Spears video uploaded to YouTube on September 10 2007 The first part of the infamous work was posted September 9 2007 called Leave Britney Alone pt 1 to her MySpace page while the better known LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE part 2 was posted to both Myspace and YouTube In Leave Britney Alone pt 1 an emotional Cunningham stated that she did not want fellow Southerner 4 Britney Spears 22 to spiral out of control like Anna Nicole Smith who had died in February 2007 As of November 2010 update the video had been viewed over 35 million times and had accumulated a total of over 500 000 comments It is just a few seconds shorter than the second part and Cunningham although emotional remains relatively calm and composed becoming teary only at the very end 23 In the videos Cunningham condemns gossip columnists such as Perez Hilton and reality TV star Simon Cowell who criticized Britney Spears onstage music performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas 24 25 26 Within the first 24 hours of its posting the video had accumulated over 2 million views 11 As of January 2009 update it had accumulated a total of 24 million views and was the second most discussed video of all time on the site in all categories with over 350 000 comments 24 27 LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE was one of YouTube s fastest climbing videos reaching the minimum seven million views needed as of September 2007 update to be included in the Top 100 28 The video was nominated in the Commentary category in the 2007 YouTube Awards 29 The video received worldwide attention and earned Cunningham interviews on CNN Fox News MSNBC The Today Show Maury The Howard Stern Show Jimmy Kimmel Live and Ryan Seacrest s KIIS FM morning show Cunningham and her video were also commented upon in the mainstream media by shows like The View and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 11 30 YouTube said the melodramatic two minute clip made Cunningham an instant YouTube star and named it one of the top videos of 2007 31 Wired magazine named it the top video of 2007 32 Prior to the attention from her September 2007 Leave Britney Alone video Cunningham was seen as a viral video sensation and was asked by MTV vlogger and news staffer Matt Sunbulli to provide video for MTV s website which also broadcasts on MTV itself 14 33 Cunningham indicated that she hoped to develop her acting career she agreed to develop ideas for a TV show with Los Angeles producer Glenn Meehan and met with representatives from MTV s gay themed channel LOGO 14 17 According to Variety Cunningham signed a development deal with 44 Blue Productions to create a docusoap reality television show which would be called Chris Crocker s 15 Minutes More 34 Rasha Drachkovitch the production company s co founder stated It s going to pretty much be the Chris Crocker experience We consider her a rebel character that people will find interesting She s going to be a TV star 35 Although sometimes shown in conjunction with news footage of Spears performance the pure performance art video became its own story with the news media and the gossip industry offering opinions on the phenomenon joking that Cunningham could be an insidious satiric mastermind and comparing her to Andy Kaufman 36 37 In the video Cunningham proclaims All you people care about is readers and making money off of her She s a human Leave Britney alone 7 38 39 Cunningham stated that although she is often acting in her videos her emotions were genuine and straight from the heart although she described the clip as a second take in one interview she clarified on Jimmy Kimmel Live that she meant that it was the second part of a longer video the first part being Leave Britney Alone pt 1 17 11 40 The Leave Britney Alone video became a satire target with parody videos references in mainstream television spoofs and films 41 Actor Seth Green s parody which included him applying eyeliner several times and promoting his show Robot Chicken called for people to leave Chris Crocker alone 1 Some video responses characterized Cunningham as a drama queen and Wired magazine stated that the video sent world Schadenfreude levels zooming to heights unseen since the Fatty Arbuckle scandal 32 42 The January 2008 parody film Meet the Spartans used pop culture references and met with generally poor reviews the Electronic Urban Report called Cunningham s cameo the film s funniest moment 41 43 Both Cunningham and the video were also parodied in the South Park episode Canada on Strike with a cartoon Cunningham running around in a fight between various Internet memes telling it to leave the others alone 44 In March 2008 a trance remix dance single Leave Britney Alone was released on iTunes and other sites by Double J featuring quotes from Cunningham s video 45 While numerous news and media outlets reported on the viral video Fox News Channel s morning program Fox amp Friends commentators questioned Cunningham s gender and compared the fabric backdrop in the video to Osama bin Laden s videos 46 47 48 Cunningham produced two response videos Poor FOX News and Rosie O Donnell was right about FOX News originally posted as Dear Fox News addressing what she characterized as biased treatment while she called Fox News the Republican conservative homophobic channel 49 50 Cunningham s stated concerns were the commentators calling her a she he and what she felt was needless questioning of her gender instead of commenting on the content of the video 49 50 Cunningham deactivated her YouTube channel in 2015 In March 2016 Cunningham interviewed for Contrast Magazine and opened up about why she deleted her YouTube channel 51 In February 2021 Cunningham created an OnlyFans account 52 In the same month following the release of the New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears led to broader public reconsideration of how media treated Spears in 2007 Cunningham released a statement on Instagram framing her experience as a teachable moment She described the backlash she faced as a visibly genderbending teenager for expressing the same then unpopular opinion as straight media critics such as Michael Moore as transphobic She also said that she was verbally and physically assaulted by members of the LGBT community for making them look bad in the media Cunningham said that the backlash made her fear for her life as a gay teenager without much money living in the South 52 Other ventures Edit Cunningham performing with back up dancers at gay disco club Ice in Hamtramck Michigan in October 2007 Cunningham has been involved in various projects In a June 2007 autobiographical comic strip where she discusses future plans she states I m going to make the leap from living with my Pentecostal grandparents to living with drag queen roommates I m going to star in my own TV show I m going to make the leap from outhouses to bathhouses to my very own house 53 In October 2007 Cunningham opened Fox Reality channel s Reality Remix Really Awards 54 Cunningham was one of Lily Allen s Internet correspondents on the February 2008 premiere episode of BBC s Lily Allen and Friends where she posed questions for the guest celebrities in this case David Mitchell and later Cuba Gooding Jr 55 56 57 On May 23 2008 rock band Weezer released a viral music video for their song Pork and Beans a natural anthem for the self expression that s been taking shape on YouTube which featured various mash ups of viral videos and YouTube celebrities including Cunningham all playing themselves 58 59 60 61 On May 22 2009 Cunningham made a video showing a Grammy plaque that she received for her contribution to the band s video On July 9 2009 Cunningham appeared on the Comedy Central show Tosh 0 62 Cunningham released her first single Mind in the Gutter in 2008 She released her first EP titled The First Bite digitally on iTunes March 19 2011 I Want Your Bite was then released as the second single 63 Later that year Cunningham released the songs Second to None Tug of War and Taking My Life Back In 2012 Cunningham released the songs Locked Up Lovers and Lucky Tonight 64 Cunningham s second EP Walls Down was released on March 14 2013 under her new stage name Chris Cunningham Crocker The EP is a departure of her previous dance style mainly consisting of ballads and features a duet with her mother The first single from the EP Breaking Up was released on January 24 2013 65 Cunningham announced in August 2011 that a film documenting her life over the past few years would be released titled Me at the Zoo The film also explores how video sharing and social media have shaped the way people share her stories and go about her lives 66 On January 17 2012 HBO Documentary Films secured the US broadcasting rights to the film 66 It premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on January 21 2012 67 and on HBO on June 25 2012 68 In July 2011 it was announced that Cunningham had been signed by Chi Chi LaRue to appear in a pornographic film 69 She made her adult film debut in October 2012 for Maverick Men 70 In 2014 Lucas Entertainment digitally released Chris Crocker s Raw Love which features Cunningham in a scene with her then boyfriend Justin Dean 71 72 73 Cunningham stated that acting in porn was going to be more than a single event it was going to be the porn and then a website with the same companies She said she was focused on setting up a future with her then boyfriend and getting a house and a mortgage I said Well if I m going to do it then let s make it worth it So then we broke up a week before the porn came out So then yeah it kind of ended She added You have to contractually and things promote a porn So I regret doing it with my ex more than I regret doing it in general She said she could do porn again but wondered how she would extend that into a viable career W here is the reality show And where are the people that have seen how interesting my life is Not that many people were like the first of their kind to be an Internet celebrity what happens after that she said What happens after you extend your 15 minutes of fame to 30 minutes of fame and it s six seven years later and you re still living at home in Tennessee I think that s an interesting story a little more than Honey Boo Boo 72 Personal life EditAppearance transition and gender identity Edit Following her mainstream success Cunningham gradually began to change her image from feminine to masculine eventually adopting a predominantly masculine appearance by 2012 73 Cunningham said that although she understands she is more socially or traditionally attractive she dislikes people saying it and the most irritating thing is when men she finds attractive say they find her more attractive this way She felt that people should accept all of her instead of only the masculine side and that dating is difficult because the guys can t always accept that she used to dress up or that that s a part of her still and that she still dresses up 73 She identifies with the acceptance she received from her grandmother who always wanted her to present as masculine but she also finds it upsetting because she did not accept the way Cunningham was before 72 Cunningham previously said that her gender was not male and female but a combination of both although it is more so a different gender at times and that it was not a conscious effort for her to become more masculine 72 73 I started gradually I was wearing less makeup and pushing my hair back and putting it in a pony tail instead of curling it or wearing it long She stated that she never realize s the changes that are taking place They literally just happen and that her hair extensions got shorter and shorter and she went from 26 inch extensions to shoulder length extensions She said that the process was the same with regard to dressing like a girl adding It s little by little 73 With regard to the gender she was more comfortable as Cunningham stated I definitely feel the most connected with myself I ve ever felt Maybe that s because before I began to explore my more masculine traits I thought I was going to go through with a boob job Cunningham said she had now explored both sides and felt she knew herself well 72 Cunningham has expressed discontent with the LGBT community not understanding her genderbending and accompanying gender expression or gender identity I can understand straight people being confused but within the gay community The gay on gay hatred or the gay on gay discrimination is what I find so puzzling She said when other queer people say If you were really transsexual because I lived as a girl for three years and people ask Was that all an act That s the biggest thing that I get disgusted by Cunningham said if it were all an act she would not have gone through the trouble for three years for example using women s bathrooms and therefore encountering problems in airports 73 Cunningham said she thought the whole point of being transgender is being what you feel on the inside For me I wonder why do you have to just feel like a woman trapped in a man s body Or vice versa Why can t you identify with both genders and tap into those without being accused of dressing up as a girl for attention Cunningham feels that she was fulfilling whatever vibe she wants to go with at that time She tries to block out people s voices in her head and just go with how she feels 73 She acknowledged however that her masculine look being easier on her family and society factored into her presenting as masculine In a Queerty February 2014 interview Cunningham stated that she was reconsidering whether or not to transition to a female gender identity I think I m getting tired of that chameleon lifestyle she stated Like I said I know I would be 100 percent happy living as a girl But it s a lot of work and it s a lot of therapy you have to go through And I m willing to put in that work She added Some people get a haircut I change genders or gender aesthetics I don t know that I ll ever be content just one way or another Cunningham said that she is on a journey when assessing that part of her life and that she would not mind completely transitioning 18 74 She said that while living as an everyday guy she wanted to see if she liked the experience but that she was unhappy living that way and it did not work because that is not who she is 18 In August 2021 Cunningham came out as transgender and changed her first name to Cara She also said she would be beginning feminizing hormone therapy 75 Onch promotional deal and lawsuit Edit In October 2007 TMZ reported that Cunningham was being sued by Onch Movement Jewelry for 1 million for fraud and breach of contract and provided a copy of the civil complaint filed in Los Angeles 76 Jewelry designer Nelson Chung professionally known as Onch and a fan of Cunningham hired her as a celebrity spokesmodel for more than two days worth of publicity work as well as appearance at World of Wonder s Just Britney art show in exchange for airfare 77 It was speculated by DMW Media that Cunningham had no legal representative as the agreement seemed unbalanced 78 Cunningham did make appearances including at gay club Rage and the art show where she was interviewed by MTV showing artwork of her in homage to Spears 79 80 Onch s YouTube channel also posted videos of appearances which were later removed 81 Image and style EditCunningham s uncensored vlogging has been attributed to her isolation as an effeminate Southern flamboyantly gay adolescent in a small minded town in the Bible Belt 14 Her sexual orientation and outspokenness have been described as a subtext rarely addressed directly and never completely accepted in her hometown 14 According to Cunningham when her grandmother found out that she was gay she initially said that he needed an exorcism 14 Cunningham has further commented on her town s lack of gay culture saying The only gay pride parade where I live is in my bedroom as she held up a rainbow frosted cupcake 82 She added We don t have pride and rainbows here We have MySpace We don t have bathhouses we have outhouses 53 Communications lecturer Michael Strangelove described Cunningham as a trailblazer for vloggers especially LGBTQ vloggers being genuine and campy while criticizing popular culture 83 Cunningham s earliest experience with online networking was as an editor of an e zine where she met her first boyfriend with whom she was only able to interact online and by phone Cunningham later found another online forum where her acting skills helped her blend in on a free phone party line run out of Los Angeles filled with flaming black men black drag queens and transgender people from Compton where she was outed as white and dubbed cracker 14 In June 2006 Cunningham began uploading self produced videos characterized as her singularly bizarre and angry take on gay life and her intolerant town 14 Although her video defending Britney Spears drew the attention of the wider public Cunningham had already become one of the most watched video producers on MySpace and YouTube having gathered what MSNBC described as a cult following 9 11 35 Prior to Cunningham s defense of Spears some of the more than sixty videos she had posted to the two social networking websites had already been viewed more than a million times each and her YouTube channel was in the top rankings 11 Some of the videos were only posted on one site or the other many becoming viral video hits 14 In May 2007 Cunningham was the subject of a lengthy profile in the Seattle alternative weekly The Stranger which discussed her Internet fame prior to the Leave Britney Alone video and the adversities she has faced 14 Dave Schlenker of the newspaper considered her videos to be bold and seething flares sent up by a young gay man marooned in a sea of rednecks who is stuck in a small town that can t tolerate homosexuality and punishes flamboyance 14 He stated that Cunningham s videos include sex filled confessions and wild monologues talking about everything from AIDS to pubic hair 14 11 In many of the videos Cunningham portrays characters such as an older deeply religious woman in The Earl Annie Edna show series and exaggerated comic characterizations of Southern stereotypes 36 84 Cunningham believes that the Leave Britney Alone video and performing in porn have hurt her chances of pursuing an acting career A lot of people think the Britney video is what got me famous and what gave me all these opportunities but if I were to have gone to L A as an unknown actor I probably could have gotten a lot more work She said I don t regret it necessarily I think it just gives me more hurdles to overcome Which you know and obviously doing the porn thing didn t necessarily help me 72 Cunningham described the porn aspect as having tarnished things but said that 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