Producing and acting in her own videos, Cunningham is a self-described edutainer. 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. The video gained international media attention, hundreds of parodies, and criticism for Cunningham, which included accusations of narcissism, melodramatics, histrionics, and using Spears' personal shortcomings to bolster her own fame.
Ĭunningham 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. Her work consists mainly of short-form, self-directed monologues shot in her grandparents' home. 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. Cara Cunningham (formerly Chris Crocker born December 7, 1987), is an American transgender Internet personality, songwriter, recording artist, YouTuber, and former pornographic film actor.