The Next Viral Video Internet Celebrity

Corey Worthington - The Next Viral Video Internet Star

Got his start on, A Current Affair, an Australian tabloid show that was interviewing him due to of a party he threw. The 500 so odd party-goers are claimed to have:

• terrorized neighbors
• vandalized cars
• chased off cops

A video account of the situation on YouTube breaks it down:



It's not just that helicopters and dog squads were called in, or that the damages are over $20,000, that make this kid a bad ass. It's his refusal to take off his glasses, or to show any semblance of remorse, that make his story all the greater.

It continues below:



His parents are angry at him, but he refuses to pick up their calls, and he begins to start to look kind of lame, and that he is likely going to just go home.



In that clip, he looks like he is enjoying his time on the beach, while his parents worry about where he is. It appears he is starting to be portrayed as a douche bag.

Is this just clever media spin? Personally, I never thought that the Don't Tase Me Bro dude was a douche, but the way it was portrayed in the national media really made it look like he was. He should have never been tased for what he said, period. The cops were the biggest douches there, hands down.

His videos were marking the rounds this week, showing up on a variety of social networking sites and bringing in over 200,000 video views all around the net. Graphic Tshirts, an early indicator of viral internet trends, are already in the works, including this BustedTee's Shirt. It's scary how quickly they pick up on this stuff. In addition, there is a Save Corey Website that has an image that can be screen printed onto a tshirt.



As of tonight, there are over 50 groups regarding Corey Worthington, the number of groups proclaiming him a hero only slightly outnumber those denouncing him a wanker. One of my favorites fan groups of his, is the, Corey Delaney for the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System group.

People are interested in having him host parties and there are over 173,00 references in Google. This kid is going to get bigger and bigger. I wonder if he'll ever take off those glasses.