Will Smith, Julia Fox and More

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Celebrities Who Got the Meme Treatment in 2022: From Will Smith’s Oscar Slap to Adam Levine’s DMs

The most buzzed about. Will Smith, Julia Fox, Adam Levine and extra stars acquired the meme remedy in 2022 after making headlines for viral moments.

Fox turned a TikTok sensation in February after a clip from her interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast went viral. After she was requested about being a supply of inspiration for director Josh Safdie, Fox acknowledged she was “Josh Safdie’s muse when he wrote Uncut Gems.” However, the actress pronounced the movie’s title like “unka jahms,” which induced a frenzy on the social media platform.

The video took the web by storm and had many individuals impersonating Fox’s quirky second, together with stars like Shay Mitchell and Cara Delevingne. The Italy native responded to the development by commenting on Page Six’s social media, stating, “Omggggg I was stoned leave me alone!!!! Hahahahahah.”

Unlike Fox’s light-hearted second, the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air alum cemented himself in web infamy in March. During the Oscars, Smith slapped Chris Rock within the face after the comic made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair loss. The King Richard actor rushed the stage and informed Rock to “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth.”

Even although Smith ended up successful an Academy Award that night, he was formally banned from attending the ceremony for the following 10 years. Viewers of the awards present and stars in attendance had been left surprised. Social media flooded with pictures of the dramatic incident repurposed with relatable and ludicrous captions.

Following the occasion, Smith apologized to the stand-up comedian with a prolonged assertion shared by way of Instagram. “Violence in all of its varieties is toxic and damaging. My conduct finally night time’s Academy Awards was unacceptable and inexcusable. Jokes at my expense are part of the job, however a joke about Jada’s medical situation was an excessive amount of for me to bear and I reacted emotionally,” he wrote.

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The Maroon 5 frontman, in the meantime, went viral in September when Sumner Stroh accused the rocker of getting a year-long affair along with her in a viral TikTok. In the video, the social media persona confirmed off screenshots of alleged conversations with the “Payphone” performer. Levine, for his half, is married to Behati Prinsloo and they share two daughters, Dusty and Gia. (The South Africa native was pregnant with their third little one on the time of the scandal.)

One alleged message learn: “It is truly unreal how f—king hot you are. Like, it blows my mind.” The steamy DMs had been replicated into memes.

The “She Will Be Loved” singer addressed the claims on his Instagram Story. While he didn’t deny sending the messages, he was adamant he didn’t have an affair.

“A lot is being said about me right now and I want to clear the air. I used poor judgment in speaking with anyone other than my wife in ANY kind of flirtatious manner. I did not have an affair, nevertheless, I crossed the line during a regrettable period in my life,” he wrote on the time.

Keep scrolling to see which stars turned a meme in 2022:

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Will Smith

The Philadelphia native’s notorious bodily altercation with Rock on the Oscars turned some of the talked-about moments of the yr. The picture of the tense scenario and the road “Keep my wife’s name out of your f–king mouth” took the web by storm and was printed on shirts.

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Julia Fox

The Uncut Gems actress went viral after she mispronounced the movie’s title and declared herself as Josh Safdie’s muse throughout a February interview on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. The soundbite turned a preferred development on TikTok, and Fox later responded to the meme by saying she “was stoned” on the time.

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Kim Kardashian

The Kardashians star acquired the meme remedy in March after she provided some recommendation to aspiring businesswomen throughout an interview with Variety. “Get your f–king ass up and work,” she stated on the time. “It looks like no one needs to work as of late. You must encompass your self with folks that wanna work.”

While the Skims founder’s feedback acquired quite a lot of backlash, the web additionally recreated it right into a quotable second.

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Adam Levine

The “Makes Me Wonder” crooner made heads flip when Stroh allegedly launched his DMs to her on-line. The line, “It is truly unreal how f—king hot you are. Like, it blows my mind,” turned a staple within the parodies of the spicy messages.

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Chris Pine

Amid all of the Don’t Worry Darling drama, Pine turned a meme on a number of events in the course of the movie’s premiere in September. A photograph of the Wonder Woman actor spacing out throughout an interview went viral specifically.

That similar day, Pine and costar Harry Styles made headlines for “spitgate.” In a video from the premiere, the “Watermelon Sugar” singer sat down and appeared to spit on the Star Trek alum within the course of.

Pine shut down the claims together with his rep telling Us Weekly in a press release, “This is a ridiculous story — a complete fabrication and the result of an odd online illusion that is clearly deceiving and allows for foolish speculation. Just to be clear, Harry Styles did not spit on Chris Pine. There is nothing but respect between these two men and any suggestion otherwise is a blatant attempt to create drama that simply does not exist.”

Styles, for his half, later poked enjoyable at it whereas performing in New York City. “Wonderful to be back in New York, I just popped very quickly to Venice to spit on Chris Pine,” he joked on stage.

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Emma D’Arcy

The House of the Dragon star turned a family title after their “drink of choice” turned an web sensation in October. During an interview for HBO Max alongside costar Olivia Cooke, D’Arcy revealed their go-to beverage was a negroni sbagliato with prosecco in it. The interplay between the 2 created a viral soundbite that was recreated by TikTok customers.  

“I keep thinking I should tell my mum that I’ve become a meme in the hope that she’ll be happy for me, but I’d have to explain what a meme is, and I’ve decided it’s too much effort,” they recalled on the time.

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Heidi Klum

The mannequin all the time goes all out for her Halloween costume, however this yr her terrifyingly life like worm outfit was the inspiration for a lot of memes. Social media customers zeroed in on the picture of Klum’s clean stare and yellow eyes for his or her parody posts.

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Jenna Ortega

In November, the Wednesday star turned an web icon after her dance scene for the Netflix sequence turned fashionable on TikTok. The choreography sparked a development on-line and many customers filmed themselves performing the routine.

Ortega revealed she got here up with the choreography herself and that she filmed the scene whereas battling COVID-19.

“I’d gotten the song about a week before and I just pulled from whatever I could…it’s crazy because it was my first day with COVID so it was awful to film,” the You actress shared in an interview with NME. “Yeah, I woke up and – it’s weird, I never get sick and when I do it’s not very bad – I had the body aches.”