CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - The Valentine's Day breakup of two North Carolina college students that featured singers, hundreds of spectators and a profanity-laced tirade was a hoax after all.
Ryan Burke confessed Monday that the confrontation, which became an instant hit on YouTube.com, was all a stunt to show the power of Internet communities and the amount of money that companies make from them. The pair weren't even dating.
The fake breakup garnered plenty of attention, including more than 747,000 hits on YouTube, where users post video online, and local and national media coverage.
"The fact that actual news agencies are interested was a surprise," Burke told The Charlotte Observer. "We did think it would get some media attention but not from those outlets (like newspapers)."
I guess it'd be too much to hope for that real issues that are important would become the focus rather than staged break ups or at least people could be drawn to my favorite YouTube star...LazyDork at least he's not fake...
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