I have no behind the scenes intel, but this doesn't feel prompted.
This is the kind of shit that Chris thinks is a great idea if he has too long to think. And really, he has nothing but time to think. It's not surprising some weird shit is bubbling out. If this is influenced by anything, it's by the realization that youtube comments can't hurt him. That realization might have come from him, or it might have been suggested by The Chrisluminati, but I'd still bet even dollars he decided to make this video on his own steam.
What I've been telling people since Bob died is that Chris does not do his funny stuff on the internet on his own. He never did. There was always lots of people behind the scenes poking and proding and (frequently) explicitly telling Chris to do something. We also made Chris look a lot more gullible than he is. That wasn't our intention, it just kind of ended up that way. I'm not saying that Chris isn't dumb, but we had lots of help in getting him to fall for stupid shit.
If you're not actively holding Chris onto the internet, he slides off. In the #sonichu IRC channel, I'm always getting people who just read the cwcki for the first time and they think that any minute now, Chris is gonna "come back". They think he can't stand not being an attention whore online, so he's just itching to post videos. The reality of the situation is the exact opposite. Chris is very uncomfortable with making youtube videos.
Also, another thing to point out is that you can't troll Chris purely over the internet anymore. That's another thing I encounter: people who think Chris is sooo dumb and he'd totally fall for their lame trolling plans. My standard advice to these people is "can you meet Chris IRL? No? Well, then your plan isn't working."
Now, of course I do have to mention the exception to this rule:
@Thetan. Thetan really surprised me because she managed to troll Chris purely over the internet. However, Thetan is very talented. She's like a needle in a haystack as far as trolls go.
So, even considering Thetan, my advice still remains the same. If you're not meeting Chris IRL, your plan isn't going to work. Also, if Chris is doing classic Chris stuff, like making videos, there's something going on in the background. He's not doing it on his own.