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ĭodson was interviewed for the Today Show on NBC on August 31, 2010, about his newfound "Web superstardom". The popularity of the song inspired many covers and remixes, including a punk rock version by a team formed by Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jordan Pundik of New Found Glory, and Ethan Luck of Relient K and musician Tony Lucca. The song was a huge success and eventually reached number 89 on Billboard's Hot 100 list. The video of Dodson's television interview gained sudden popularity and then inspired several musical remixes, including a video by musical group The Gregory Brothers, known as the " Bed Intruder Song". "Bed Intruder Song" and rise to fame Ī man holds a sign at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear that contains an image of Dodson with the "Hide yo kids, hide yo wife" line from the viral video interview. Jonathan Capehart, editorial page writer for The Washington Post, wrote that Dodson became an instant Internet sensation because "in this age of fake reality TV, he puts the real in reality", to which he later added that Dodson "is one of the strongest people we’ve seen in a while". Some local viewers phoned the television station to complain that interviews with people such as Dodson reflected poorly on the community, whereupon the station defended broadcasting the interview by stating that censoring such people is "far worse".
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The video of the interview caught attention because of the passionate and flamboyant style of his delivery, speaking directly to the camera, in which he directly addressed his neighborhood's residents as well as the attempted rapist, and his use of vernacular. So y'all need to hide yo kids, hide yo wife, and hide yo husband cause they rapin' err'body out here." -Antoine Dodsonĭodson was interviewed on July 28, 2010, by Elizabeth Gentle, a reporter for NBC affiliate WAFF-48 News, after an intruder attempted to rape his sister in her second-story bedroom, in Huntsville's Lincoln Park housing projects. He's climbin' in yo windows, he's snatchin' yo people up, tryin' to rape 'em. "Well, obviously we have a rapist in Lincoln Park.