'Crazy About One Direction' Channel 4 Fan Documentary, 'Mean-Spirited TV' [VIDEO]: Twitter Reacts to Biased 1D Special About Obsession, Gay Fan-Fiction & More

The Channel 4 documentary special "Crazy About One Direction" aired last night in the United Kingdom, resulting in an outcry from fans on Twitter as well as many media sources criticizing the show. Promoted as a look into the world of the fans of the biggest boy band in the world, the special ended up focusing on the more obsessive and over-the-top fans rather than showing a representation of the fan base as a whole. Even fans of Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift have joined the Twitter fight. What do you think Zayn Malik, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan think of this special?

One big story from the special was one girl who admitted that she had gotten braces just because Niall did. Other portions focused on girls that would go through anything in order to see the boys. "I just want to be more than a fan," one interviewee said. Others stated: "We can find out literally anything," and, "I'm part of a fandom that can kill you if they wanted..."

So what viewers saw were obvious obsessive fans that were tracked down by the production crew in order to show this other side of the fan base. Sure it makes for good ratings and yes these girls are real people, but it is an inappropriate representation of the fans as a whole. Perhaps the show should have advertised the fact that the focus would be on the more "unique" fans.

One reviewer called the special "horrible, mean-spirited TV, which set out to humiliate."

Over on Twitter, trending hashtags started to circulate taking on the theme of the new 1D film coming out this month, One Direction: This Is Us (A.K.A. 1D3D). They included: #THISISNOTUS, #CHANNEL4THISISNOTUS and #1DWereNotLikeTheseGirlsOnTheDocumentary.

Here are some examples:

Extremely embarrassing that people make us out to be total bitches #thisisnotus

— Amy (@amy_basically) August 16, 2013

Really offended by The channel 4 interview. They made us out like were psycho's And all we care about is stalking them. #THISISNOTUS — hi (@ThatsoAAndJ) August 16, 2013

These girls trending #thisisnotus those are the real directioners, those are the loving girls u make a documentary about.

— Just Sam. (@CanadiaanEHH) August 16, 2013

#THISISNOTUS i'm scare of the boys reaction — CHANNEL4THISISNOTUS. (@Salma4043) August 16, 2013

#THISISNOTUS channel 4 made us look insane, we nothing like that

— Gabby Klapheke ♡ (@gklapheke) August 16, 2013

Dear Channel 4 news, #thisIsNotUs we're not those girls you make us out to be! That girl that got braces cuz zayn had them.. NO — 5 Seconds Of Summer (@5SosMiamii) August 16, 2013