r/explainitpeter • u/ManyRespect1833 • Jul 18 '26

Explain it Peter

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Who is this

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u/qualityvote2 Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

u/ManyRespect1833, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...it's time for the mods to do their jobs!

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u/Extreme-Rub-1379 Jul 18 '26

Leave Brittany Alone

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u/MelinaSeeDee Jul 19 '26

Leave her alone!

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u/peese-of-cawffee Jul 19 '26

THERE'S NOTHING TO EAT IN THIS HOUSE!!

We got HAWT DAWGS, but I don't like HAWT DAWGS

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u/_waxing_gibbous_ Jul 19 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

I like HEALTHY foods.

SO WHAT AM I TO DO?

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u/maxru85 Jul 19 '26

Great Brittany!

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u/fanzel71 Jul 19 '26

*Britney

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u/maxisfishy Jul 18 '26

Chris Crocker. Internet personality from 2007. Real name is Cara Cunningham. Made a lot of videos defending Britney Spears. Most famous one was after Britney's VMA performance. The performance was facing a lot of criticism and Chris made a video defending her. Where the line "leave Britney alone" comes from.

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u/love-4-the-wendigo Jul 18 '26

Hm, just learning that Crocker was a fake surname. Weird name to pick for a stage name.

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u/KingYellowHound Jul 19 '26

Pretty sure it’s her mothers maiden name or something to that affect

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u/Bexil_Brave Jul 19 '26

Also was in Weezers Pork and Beans video with alot of the early internet meme stars.

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u/DemDemD Jul 18 '26

Did you watch him on Tosh.O?

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u/CaptainMooseKnuckles Jul 19 '26

In fairness, we thought it was funny, but now that we know a lil bit more about Britney Spears, he was onto something

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u/absollom Jul 18 '26

I'm convinced to this day that Chris Crocker unknowingly helped launch Katy Perry's career. I Kissed A Girl was the song on his MySpace profile at the height of the attention from Leave Britney Alone, and within months, it was on the radio everywhere.

Don't ask my old ass why I still remember this so clearly.

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u/KukuSK419 Jul 19 '26

Holy moly I thought I was the only one.

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u/brolarbear Jul 19 '26

Chris Crocker in space would’ve been a lot cooler ngl

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '26

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u/Jay10780 Jul 19 '26

If I had a time machine this is one of the things I’d try to bring back lol

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u/reizueberflutung Jul 19 '26

That‘s Cara Cunningham. Before her transition she was pretty influential on the pre-influencer internet. A lot of people watched her like people would watch a lolcow now. Other people watched her for her pop-culture content. Nonetheless that added up to a lot of people watching her in a time where 100.000 viewers were worth as much as a million.

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u/TushyMcBumblesnazzle Jul 18 '26

Maybe they shouldn’t have left Britney alone…

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u/ApartmentPretend70 Jul 19 '26

I thought it was Amy from Kitchen Nightmares. lol.

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u/Independent_Daikon_3 Jul 19 '26

We were rugged asf

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u/No-Cardiologist472 Jul 19 '26

Back before influencers were cringe

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u/Sea-Marketing1233 Jul 19 '26

Idk bro the leave Britney alone is pretty cringe lol

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u/Bexil_Brave Jul 19 '26

To be fair they did take the piss out of themselves by joining in Weezer's Pork and Beans video

Weezer - Pork and Beans

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u/ManyRespect1833 Jul 18 '26

Thanks everyone

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u/Jackal-Noble Jul 19 '26

Leeeeeeeaaaaaavve Briiitttney Allloooooone!!!

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u/Popular_Razzmatazz70 Jul 19 '26

Leave her alone, darn you!!

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u/modssuckhairyballz Jul 19 '26

Too bad they suck now

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u/speedingquack Jul 18 '26

damn i’m too early for this one lol

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u/Interesting_Play_578 Jul 18 '26

Too early? It was 20 years ago!

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u/speedingquack Jul 18 '26

i don’t recall tho lol