Chrissy Teigen, Nick Young, Ariana Grande and More Celebrities Who Became Memes

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Chrissy Teigen, Nick Young, Ariana Grande and More Celebrities Who Became Memes

The only thing better than a funny meme is a funny celebrity meme! The internet is filled with billions upon billions of images, and many of the ones that circulate on a regular basis feature some of the biggest names in sports, movies, TV and music. Of course, the best ones are almost always turned into memes, and the end results range from amusing to downright hilarious. Through the years, athletes such as Nick Young and Michael Jordan have seen their faces become memes online, as have reality stars including Kim Kardashian and Taylor Armstrong and music artists like Ariana Grande and Gucci Mane. Perhaps one of the most popular memes of all shows Chrissy Teigen making an awkward cry face after her husband, John Legend, won a Golden Globe in 2015 for his song “Glory” from the movie Selma. “That was me trying not to react at all because you know how it works at these things,” she explained on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in 2018. “The camera’s, like, two feet in front of you, and the red light goes on, and as soon as that light goes on, I’m like, ‘Be normal.’ I can’t [help it]. I swear, leading up to that red light, I’m OK. Like, I’m really good, and then … I don’t know.” Scroll down to see more celebrities who have become memes!

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Nick Young

The NBA player’s confused look in a 2014 YouTube video is still going strong on social media after all these years.

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Chrissy Teigen

The cookbook author joked that she didn’t “practice my cry face” before Legend won his Golden Globe in 2015. “It’s been 5 minutes and I’m a meme,” she tweeted.

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Meryl Streep

The actress became a meme after she raised her hands to her face and cheered on Debbie Reynolds at the 2015 SAG Awards.

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Tiffany “New York” Pollard

The Flavor of Love alum is still a fan favorite on the internet thanks to 2006 freeze-frame of her sitting on a bed with her hands clasped, sunglasses on and looking, well, not happy.

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Taylor Armstrong

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum’s 2011 meltdown from the “Malibu Beach Party From Hell” episode found a new life eight years later when it became known as the “Woman Yelling at a Cat” meme.

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Kevin Hart

The comedian’s 2016 stand-up special, What Now?, sparked a meme when he leaned away from his microphone and stared bug-eyed into the camera.

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Kris Jenner

The GIF of the Keeping Up With the Kardashians matriarch saying, “This is a case for the FBI” is a go-to on Twitter whenever something confusing happens.

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Tyra Banks

More than a decade on, we’re still “all rooting for” the TV personality and the meme from her 2005 blowup on America’s Next Top Model contestant Tiffany Richardson.

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Ariana Grande

The pop star had to duck after Victoria’s Secret Angel Elsa Hosk nearly smacked her in the head with her wings during a 2014 fashion show. “It was awesome #goals #bangbangintomyface,” Grande later tweeted.

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Gordon Ramsey and Julie Chen

Social media users can’t get enough of the Big Brother host calling herself “an idiot sandwich” during a 2015 sketch with the chef on The Late Late Show With James Corden.

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Michael Jordan

Anytime a sports team fails, it’s almost guaranteed that fans will react with the infamous 2009 photo of the former NBA star sobbing while being inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Gene Wilder

“Condescending Wonka” is a legend among Us and a perfectly sarcastic, always relevant response.

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Gucci Mane

The rapper’s 2016 Breakfast Club interview was jam-packed with WTF faces that spread all over Twitter.

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Kim Kardashian

The reality star’s ugly cry in a 2012 episode of Kourtney & Kim Take New York is too good to go to waste.

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Nicole Kidman

The Big Little Lies star’s bizarre clap at the 2017 Oscars became a phenomenon so big that she was left with no choice but to explain that her rings made it difficult to touch her palms together.

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Keke Palmer

The actress had a hilarious, instantly meme-able reaction to a photo of Dick Cheney in 2019: “I don’t know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street, I wouldn’t [know him]. Sorry to this man.”

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James Van Der Beek

The actor’s crying face on Dawson’s Creek went so viral years after airing that it spawned its own website.