Where are they now?.

[DannyDeVito]

Was Internet-Famous.

Living, breathing memes, long after the clicks have subsided.​

Internet fame comes on like an earthquake, with little warning. In a matter of hours, a video can go viral and be viewed 50 million times. Then it (usually) recedes into a very long, thin afterlife.

Here, nine YouTube sensations whose lives were upended briefly in the past decade (plus one from the prehistoric web era, before YouTube made its debut in 2005) speak about this odd, relatively new kind of fame.

Most embraced the experience, seeing where it would take them. Some ended up in dark places. A couple have made it their living and found themselves with new careers. Others stepped away, opting out of the flame wars.

Pay attention: Someday, the accidental celebrity could be you.

https://nymag.com/following/2015/12/10-viral-sensations-on-life-after-internet-fame.html#

 

[Slick]

:don'twantto-see:/

 

[PEPE]

Too funny.

[h=2]Mahir Cagri: “I Kiss You”[/h]

Year of viral fame: 1999.
Views: None. This was pre-YouTube.
The site: Cagri, a Turkish journalist, put up a site seeking a girlfriend, full of photos of himself (playing Ping-Pong, holding an accordion) and awkward English (“I have many many music enstrumans my home I can play”). Claimed the goofy language was added by a hacker.
Since then: In 2006, threatened to sue Sacha Baron Cohen and Fox over Cohen’s Borat character, which Cagri believed to be based on his likeness. Now completing a documentary about his life, ‘I Kiss You.’
I am married now, so my average day is spent with my wife. We are practicing sports, listening to music, traveling, doing picnics. Nothing changed about my identity or lifestyle after being famous. I am still living in the same neighborhood, with same friends. But if I wanted — and it is still possible — I could live in the U.S. Hollywood promised me a villa, servants, and limo, but I didn’t want that.
The best part of being famous is that you can give messages to millions of people who love you around the world and orient them toward good things. Also, having many friends from different parts of world — including ladies, of course.
[On Borat] Of course I am mad at him — wouldn’t you be? It’s disrespect, without my permission, earning lots of money. This is stealing. If they had even a little dignity, Borat and the company could apologize to me, but they didn’t even do that. I don’t want to descend to their level. I transferred it to the greatest court and greatest judge, Allah. He will make them pay even if they are not aware.

 

[Wanker]

[h=1]"Gossip Girl" Characters: Where Are They Now?[/h]
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/news/a46618/gossip-girl-characters-where-are-they-now/

 

[Boing]

Why care :unknw: