donatella VERSACE π
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About
donatella VERSACE π refers to memes and jokes made in reference to a memorable comment posted by fashion designer Donatella Versace on a post by model Bella Hadid. After Bella Hadid posted an image in support of Palestine on Valentine's Day in 2022, Versace replied with an unrelated comment that read, "donatella VERSACE π." The comment often makes a recurrence in popular culture, with people making jokes about the event on Twitter and TikTok in consecutive months.
Origin
On February 14th, 2022, model Bella Hadid posted a photo of Valentine's candy made to read, "Will You Free My Palestine?" The Instagram post received a reply from designer Donatella Versace that read, "donatella VERSACE π" (seen below).[1]
A screenshot of the interaction was then posted by Twitter user @gorjogle on February 15th, 2022.[2] The image was also reposted by various accounts in consecutive months, receiving over 200,000 likes collectively.[3][4][5]
Spread
On September 23rd, 2022, Twitter[6] user @eccentricverde posted a series of images from a Versace fashion show alongside a caption that referenced her comment, gathering over 14,000 likes in roughly seven months (seen below, left). On April 5th, 2023, Twitter[7] user @mazzypopstar posted a Barbie Poster meme that referenced the comment as well, gathering over 10,000 likes in three weeks (seen below, right).
On April 2nd, 2022, TikToker[8] @ihannah2point0 posted a meme about Versace's comment using the Shannon Sharpe meme template, gathering over 500,000 plays and 65,000 likes in a year (seen below, left). On March 18th, 2023, TikToker[9] @davidcorishhh posted a video joking about the event using the Bold Glamour filter, gathering over 3 million plays and 500,000 likes in a month (seen below, right).
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[1] Instagram β Bella Hadid
[4] Twitter β SaeedDiCaprio
[6] Twitter β eccentricverde
[7] Twitter β mazzypopstar
[8] TikTok β ihannah2point0
[9] TikTok β davidcorishhh
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