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David Mitchell Eating Pizza refers to an image macro meme featuring comedian and actor David Mitchell staring off into space in a blue-tinted restaurant with a whole pizza on the table in front of him. The photo likely originated from David Mitchell's Twitter / X profile picture and is often used to depict awkwardness or lameness online.

Origin

The image of British comedian David Mitchell (best known for his work on Peep Show) likely stems from the display image used on his X^[1] / Twitter account @RealDMitchell, with TinEye placing the image as far back as 2017.

The earliest known repost of the image is an April 22nd, 2024, thread by X^[2] user @DobbyClub06 in which they shared multiple photos of Mitchell eating pizza, gathering over 800 likes in four days (seen below).

Spread

On April 22nd, 2024, X^[3] user @bodkin2005 posted the image of David Mitchell, writing, "Bro send me the photo from last night! The photo:" The post gathered over 120,000 likes in four days (seen below, left). On April 23rd, X^[4] user @hannah1989__ posted the same image with the caption, "Girls will be like ‘1 year with my absolute world xxx’ and this is the picture:," gathering over 140,000 likes in three days (seen below, right).

On April 24th, X^[5] user @dbbeats__ posted the same image with the caption, "White producers will make the most incredible soulful beat you’ve ever heard whole time they look like this," gathering over 70,000 likes in two days (seen below).

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