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“Over a decade\u2019s worth of work reduced to a single word in my lexicon,” said one star.<\/h2>\n
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In the world of social media, anything can be turned into a meme in a matter of minutes\u2026especially if you\u2019re a celebrity. One Instagram story or funny moment on a red carpet can become a widespread joke that\u2019s shared thousands of times across the internet. While the general public may get a good laugh, it\u2019s not always as funny for whoever is at the center of the meme. While some stars do find the fun in being a part of an internet trend, others admit they wish they were never involved.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Find out what these stars said about their memes\u2026<\/p>\n

Demi Lovato<\/h3>\n

Demi Lovato<\/strong><\/a> became a meme over a decade ago when a fan took an over-exposed cell phone photo of the singer and edited it so that she looked distorted and almost bald. After it was posted on Tumblr, the character became known as Poot, who fans joked was the singer\u2019s long-lost twin sister who had been locked in a basement. While Demi has now embraced the meme and even dressed up like her for Halloween, she admits she was initially not a fan of the meme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Poot went viral, that actually sucked because I thought that was a real picture of me,\u201d she told Harper\u2019s BAZAAR<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cAnd I was like, \u2018Oh, no. That\u2019s a really bad angle.\u2019 But Poot was photoshopped. Later, I felt better about it because I realized that wasn\u2019t my face.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olivia Cookie & Emma D’Arcy<\/h3>\n

House of Dragons stars Olivia Cooke<\/strong><\/a> and Emma D\u2019Arcy earned meme status after a conversation about their favorite drinks went viral. In an interview, Emma specifically shared that their drink of choice was a negroni sbagliato and soon after, their answer was recreated in videos thousands of times on TikTok. While the internet found the whole thing hilarious, Olivia and Emma admit that they didn\u2019t really enjoy it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI did hate it for a very long time,\u201d Olivia told Entertainment Weekly<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> \u201cI was in the pub. A woman opened the door for me, and she said with a thick Spanish accent, \u2018Stunnin!\u2019 I was just like, \u2018Oh my God. Over a decade\u2019s worth of work reduced to a single word in my lexicon.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emma added that they didn\u2019t love it either, sharing, \u201cI don\u2019t have anything illuminating to say on it because it\u2019s very hard to know how to react when you become a meme.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dua Lipa<\/h3>\n

In 2018, Dua Lipa <\/strong><\/a>went viral after her performance of \u201cNew Rules\u201d at the BRIT Awards, which some fans viewed as lackluster. One comment on the YouTube video ended up becoming a meme, which read, \u201cI love her lack of energy, go girl give us nothing!\u201d Looking back, Dua says the whole thing was \u201churtful\u201d and \u201chumiliating,\u201d forcing her to take a break from the internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe thing that made me the happiest — performing and writing songs — was also making me really upset because people were picking everything apart that I\u2019d been working on, and I had to learn all that in front of everyone,\u201d Dua later told The Guardian<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cIn the public eye, I was figuring out who I was as an artist, as a performer. All that was happening while I was 22, 23 years old and still growing up. You have to build tough skin. You have to be resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Selena Gomez<\/h3>\n

Selena Gomez<\/strong><\/a> has become a meme on more than one occasion and it\u2019s safe to say she\u2019s not a fan. In 2023, a photo of the actress wrapped in a blanket looking into the distance deep in thought became a meme. Fans joked that it looked like a decades-old photo and could have been their \u201cabuelita.\u201d While most people thought the whole thing was lighthearted, Selena vowed to never become a meme again.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI will never be a meme again,\u201d she shared on an Instagram story. \u201cI\u2019d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love.\u201d<\/p>\n

Millie Bobby Brown<\/h3>\n

Millie Bobby Brown <\/strong><\/a>became a meme completely against her will back in 2018 when she was just 14. At the time, people began using images of the actress and adding fake quotes to make it appear that she was spreading anti-LGBTQ messages. In response, she quit social media and issued a statement while accepting an award at the\u00a0 MTV Movie & TV Awards.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince I know there are many young people watching this — and even for the adults, too — they could probably use the reminder that I was taught: if you don\u2019t have anything nice to say, just don’t say it,\u201d she said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThere should be no space in this world for bullying, and I\u2019m not going to tolerate it, and neither should any of you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Jason Derulo<\/h3>\n

Jason Derulo<\/strong><\/a> became a meme after a photo of a man falling down the stairs at the 2015 Met Gala went viral and was alleged to be him — even though it was someone completely different. The photo regularly resurfaces around the famed event every year and Jason admits he finds it all pretty funny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still people on the planet that think that I\u2019d fall down the steps. I\u2019ve definitely seen some messages like, \u2018Are you OK?\u2019 But yeah, every single year, a couple of times a year…it\u2019s not even just the Met Gala anymore! It\u2019s kind of inching its way onto other events, but it’s hilarious,\u201d he told People<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adele<\/h3>\n

Adele<\/strong><\/a> once became a social media meme while attending a basketball game. Although she didn\u2019t mean to do anything particularly funny, fans latched on to the image of the singer ignoring the camera and looking completely unimpressed while sitting courtside. Looking back, Adele says she was actually \u201csulking\u201d at the time because she had asked the camera crew not to film her.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people with the camera came and asked me twice. They were like: \u2018Do you mind if we film you? Can we put you on the screen?\u2019 I said: \u2018Please don\u2019t. Please don\u2019t. I just canceled the Vegas [residency], I really don\u2019t want to.\u2019 They came back and they filmed me,\u201d Adele explained. \u201cThe reason I looked like a different person was because I was sulking. Because I was like: \u2018These motherf–kers have come back and are filming me against my will,\u2019\u201d she explained during a concert<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cI didn\u2019t realize they were airing it on TV. I thought it was just in the room! But anyway, I just wanted to give some context, because I was ignoring, looking everywhere but in the camera, because I was very annoyed because I asked not to be filmed. But I guess I was asking for it by going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kevin James<\/h3>\n

A photo of Kevin James<\/strong><\/a> from the set of King of Queens has taken on a life of its own as a meme — but it wasn\u2019t ever supposed to be released to the public. The image, which features Kevin humbly shrugging his shoulders on set, has been used in a wide variety of posts on social media and while Kevin says the whole thing is \u201cso dumb,\u201d he admits many of the memes are pretty funny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe photographer was just telling me to do goofy things. He was like, \u2018Smile now like you\u2019re sexy. Now, like you\u2019re shy.\u2019 I got into this position like, \u2018What the hell am I doing?\u2019\u201d he explained on The Tonight Show<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThen I said, \u2018Well, please bury that one.\u2019 And he goes, \u2018Yeah, no worries. That won\u2019t come back.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz<\/h3>\n

When Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz <\/strong><\/a>was just a teenager, she faced an \u201conslaught of horrific memes,\u201d many of which focused on her body. Out of all of them, one image where she was photoshopped to look like a character from Family Guy truly affected her struggle with body dysmorphia and her self-confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was one meme that really affected me, of me walking into a hotel with a pizza box in my hand. And this photo got manipulated into a character from Family Guy with the long legs and the short torso, and it was one of the most widespread memes at the time,\u201d she told Hunger mag<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She continued, \u201cEveryone was making fun of my body and I brought it up with someone and they were like, \u2018Oh, shut the f–k up, it\u2019s funny.\u2019 And I just remember sitting there and thinking, my body is being used as a joke and it\u2019s something that I can\u2019t change about who I am, and it is being posted all over Instagram. It was something so benign as walking into a hotel with leftovers. And to this day, when I see that meme, it\u2019s something very hard for me to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keke Palmer<\/h3>\n

A clip of Keke Palmer <\/strong><\/a>from an interview with Vanity Fair was made into a meme after she didn\u2019t recognize former\u200b\u200b Vice President Dick Cheney. In the video, Keke was shown a photo of the politician, to which she hilariously responded, \u201cWho the hell is this? I hate to say it. I hope I don\u2019t sound ridiculous. I don\u2019t know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street, and I wouldn\u2019t know a thing. Sorry to this man.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Keke didn\u2019t mind the clip going viral, even going on to make merch out of her iconic quote. She later shared that she honestly didn\u2019t know who he was — and is glad she didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI just felt bad that I didn\u2019t know who he was because I knew it would be somebody that, maybe, everybody knew,\u201d she said on <\/strong>Watch What Happens Live<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cI didn\u2019t know [but] I\u2019m actually fine. After finding out who he is, I\u2019m glad I didn\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chrissy Teigen<\/h3>\n

Chrissy Teigen<\/strong><\/a> once went viral for her crying face after her husband John Legend<\/strong><\/a> won Best Original Song for \u201cGlory\u201d from the movie Selma during the 2015 Golden Globes. Through the years, the image has been used as a reaction photo and the model has since called it a \u201clegendary moment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

She even shared the image on her Instagram in 2021, ,<\/strong>, \u201chappy anniversary to this drunk dumbass lmao.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Keanu Reeves<\/h3>\n

In 2010, a photo of Keanu Reeves<\/strong><\/a> went viral, where he could be seen eating a sandwich on a park bench and looking somber. The meme, which was dubbed \u201cSad Keanu,\u201d has stuck around the internet for over a decade and even inspired a frame in his comic book BRZRKR.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m just eating a sandwich, man! I was thinking! I had some stuff going on. I was hungry,\u201d Keanu explained on <\/strong>The Late Show<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>about what was going through his head at the time.<\/p>\n

Ben Affeck<\/h3>\n

Ben Affleck <\/strong><\/a>is constantly becoming a meme, particularly for photos snapped by the paparazzi that show the actor looking glum. The relatable images, including one where he\u2019s attempting to carry numerous coffees at once, have gone viral — and Ben admits they happen so frequently because he just doesn\u2019t care how he looks in public.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I don\u2019t present in a very careful way. So I\u2019ll go out and pick up the packages or deliveries and I don\u2019t really care that people are there to take my picture,\u201d he told GQ<\/strong><\/a>, later adding, \u201cNaturally you go, like, \u2018OK, maybe I\u2019ll just wear the same outfit every single day, so the pictures won\u2019t be distinguishable.\u2019 Or maybe, \u2018I\u2019ll just look like a slob,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, nope — then you become the sad Affleck meme spilling the coffee. Which I have to say I think is kind of funny.\u201d<\/p>\n

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