About

Eat Grilled Chicken, also known as the Grilled Chicken Meme, refers to a series of brainrot video edits that use an exploitable clip of someone cutting a whole grilled chicken in half with a male AI voice saying, "Eat grilled chicken," or just, "Grilled chicken." In the original video, the voiceover says, "Instead of eating fried chicken, eat grilled chicken." The clip is commonly spliced into other videos at random, like bait-and-switch media. The trend started on TikTok in October 2025, spreading to other platforms like Twitter / X and Instagram Reels in the following weeks.

Origin

On December 24th, 2024, TikToker^[1] @fitx365official shared a video using AI-generated elements that showcased healthy alternatives to popular junk food, starting with, "Instead of fried chicken, eat grilled chicken." Over 10 months, the video received roughly 104,900 likes.

On January 5th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @t0byj4s shared a video edit that humorously spliced the Eat Grilled Chicken clip as the healthy alternative for every food listed by the voiceover. Over nine months, the video received 18 likes. It's currently the first known upload of the video, and others on X^[8] have credited @t0byj4s as the meme's creator.

Spread

On June 11th, 2025, Instagram^[2] user @heyjaj.pac reposted the video from since-deleted TikToker @k.lol642, per a watermark on the content, receiving over 19,200 likes in four months.

On October 25th, TikToker^[3] @augmentedmisery reposted the abovementioned video, receiving over 1.1 million likes in five days. Also on that same day, X^[6] user @hoodheresies07 shared the video, gaining over 95,000 likes over the same timeframe.

On October 26th, 2025, TikToker^[4] @shahsiddi shared a Joker Open Verse Challenge video, that added a Grilled Chicken video edit meme into the TikTok Duet format. Over four days, the video received roughly 3,500 likes.

On October 28th, TikToker^[5] @im.wet.and.cold translated an Eat Grilled Chicken meme to Russian, gaining over 31,900 likes in two days.

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