The Brief: Actor Paul Rudd appeared on Hot Ones, inspiring a versatile video meme format.
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Paul Rudd appeared on the interview YouTube show “Hot Ones” which is known for having “hot questions and even hotter wings.” In the episode, which was titled “Paul Rudd Does a Historic Dab While Eating Spicy Wings,” Rudd and host Sean Evans combined all ten sauces onto one cauliflower wing for an “all ten sauces dab.” While preparing the wings, they exchanged the following words:
Rudd: Look at us, hey look at us
Evans: Look at us, who wouldda thought
Rudd: Not me
This clip has been turned into a reaction meme format in which people share their surprise at ending up in a variety of situations. Paul Rudd “look at us” Hot Ones memes went viral on Twitter, conveying scenarios like waking up in a Wendy’s parking lot, actually following through with brunch plans, and marrying your former enemy.
And, in case you were wondering, yes, Rudd did address the Ant-Man and Thanos fan theory in the interview, saying “I consider it a lost opportunity.”
When you make next morning brunch plans when you’re hammered and then actually follow through with them pic.twitter.com/dWu31q0CQe
— ry (@Mr__Tweeets) October 20, 2019
me and my friends drunkenly eating McDonald’s at 3am after one of us threw up, one of us lost our ID and another texted their ex pic.twitter.com/lhw8TDnZe0
— kat (@_thegreatkatsby) October 22, 2019
me and my friend when we end up at the wendys parking lot for the 3rd night in a row pic.twitter.com/lpWFoDe0zN
— Char Cherette (@CharCherette) October 22, 2019
me & my mentally ill friends when we complete small tasks like getting up before noon & completing an assignment pic.twitter.com/WuIBEkNEeu
— dan•yella (@dznyella) October 21, 2019
Darcy to Elizabeth on their wedding daypic.twitter.com/VFf2A8iU3s
— Madison Gallup (@mademgal) October 22, 2019
A freelancer to their check when it finally comes in the mail pic.twitter.com/JWidCt0ph1
— Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) October 22, 2019
When you and your boo finally decide on a place to eat pic.twitter.com/fEdlU5T8EV
— Anthony Rodriguez (@saint_papii) October 21, 2019
me at 7pm: guys i’m not going out again for awhile i can’t afford it
me at 4am talking to myself in the club bathroom mirror: pic.twitter.com/hoVelgOxHE
— luke (@houlets) October 22, 2019
scorpios and tauruses when they’re able to stop stalking their exes page pic.twitter.com/MYDCHc1khj
— junostrology 💜🧸🗝 (@martianmercury) October 23, 2019