Chris Crocker Net Worth

What Is Chris Crocker's Net Worth?

Chris Crocker (now known as Cara Cunningham) is an American internet celebrity who has a net worth of $250,000. For someone who's famous mostly for doing videos on the internet, that's not a net worth to sneeze at. Crocker's "big break" came from a YouTube video entitled "Leave Britney Alone," in which Chris tearfully implores viewers to leave Britney Spears alone. For whatever reason, the video became a big viral hit, getting more than four million views in just two days. From there, Crocker was able to begin working as an "edutainer," releasing video posts about a variety of subjects. Somewhat interestingly, the name "Chris Crocker" is a pseudonym, something made necessary by death threats Chris received as a teenager. Crocker later focused on a music career, releasing the EPs "The First Bite" (2011) and "Walls Down" (2013). In 2021, Chris came out as transgender and began going by the name Cara Cunningham.

Early Life

Chris Crocker was born Christopher Cunningham on December 7, 1987, in Bristol, Tennessee. Chris later began using the first name Cara. Born to teenage parents, Cunningham was raised by her fundamentalist Pentecostal grandparents. She was homeschooled because of "death threats, bullying and glares at her clothes and makeup," and she was "harassed by a homophobic high school gym coach."

Career

Cunningham found fame after posting the video "Leave Britney Alone" on YouTube and MySpace in September 2007. The video was in response to criticism of Britney Spears' performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards, and within 24 hours, it had been viewed more than two million times. As of early 2009, the video's views had climbed to 24 million. The video resulted in Cara being interviewed on "Today," "The Howard Stern Show," CNN, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," and MSNBC, and YouTube named it one of the year's top videos. According to Variety, 44 Blue Productions signed her to a development deal to create a "docusoap" reality series called "Chris Crocker's 15 Minutes More." In 2015, Cunningham decided to deactivate her YouTube channel, and she told Contrast Magazine, "It's kind of like, in a way, where child stars have to see their childhood all the time on replay? That's how I felt with my YouTube channel. Because I started it when I was so young. There were a lot of things on there that I would never say at 28 years old."

Cara was featured in Weezer's 2008 music video "Pork and Beans," which won a Grammy for Best Short Form Music Video. In 2009, she appeared on Comedy Central's "Tosh.0." Cunningham has released the EPs "The First Bite" (2011) and "Walls Down" (2013) and the singles "Mind in the Gutter" (2008), "I Want Your Bite" (2011), "Tug of War" (2011), "Second to None" (2011), "Taking My Life Back" (2011), "Lucky Tonight" (2012), "Locked Up Lovers" (2012), and "Breaking Up" (2013). In 2012, she was the subject of the HBO documentary "Me at the Zoo," which "traces a line through a tapestry of web comments, response videos, fans, and haters to map the controversial rise of an Internet folk hero." The film was directed by Chris Moukarbel and Valerie Veatch, and Cara was credited as a co-producer and cinematographer. "Me at the Zoo" won a New Visions Award in the Non Fiction category at the Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival and earned a Grand Jury Prize nomination in the Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival.

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Personal Life

After finding success, Cunningham changed her appearance from feminine to more masculine. In 2012, she told HuffPost, "People usually ask me something really simple-minded like 'So you're a man now?' and they want it to be this really simple answer. And the real answer is that I don't feel like just a man or just a woman. I feel really comfortable with both the feminine and masculine sides of myself." When asked about the process of presenting as more masculine, she stated, "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. My hair extensions got shorter and shorter and I went from 26-inch extensions to shoulder-length extensions. My answer for this is the same as when people ask me 'When did you start dressing like a girl?' I never realize the changes that are taking place. They literally just happen. It's never a conscious thought of I'm going to wake up tomorrow and be a different person." In a 2014 Queerty interview, Cunningham spoke about potentially transitioning to a female gender identity, revealing, "I think I'm getting tired of that chameleon lifestyle. 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." In August 2021, she came out as transgender and said that she was planning on undergoing feminizing hormone therapy.

In 2024, Cara announced her support for Donald Trump's presidential campaign after previously opposing him. She said that she was supporting him because of his anti-establishment views and other factors. After becoming famous, Cunningham was hired as a celebrity spokesmodel by Onch Movement Jewelry for two days in Los Angeles. The company asked her to "wear solely Onch Movement Jewelry" during the trip and "do two days of press" in exchange for a plane ticket. In October 2007, Onch sued Cara for $1 million, alleging fraud and breach of contract.

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