John Barrowman Thumbs Up

About

John Barrowman's Thumbs Up refers to an image of actor John Barrowman on the television series I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! with his face buried in one of his arms while his other gives a thumbs-up sign. The moment came after Barrowman ate a bull penis. The image spread on Twitter as a reaction image after the episode aired.

Origin

On December 7th, 2018, season 18, episode 20 of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! aired. In the episode, as part of the "Bushtucker Challenge," John Barrowman is forced to eat strange and gross things, including a bull penis.

Spread

After eating the bull penis, Barrowman buried his face in his arm and gave a thumbs up sign. The image became a reaction image on Twitter. User @Dan_Williams_98 made a tweet which read "When your life is going to shit but someone asks if everything’s good" and gained over 3,300 retweets and 11,000 likes (shown below, left). User @Jade_Tipping made a tweet that gained over 2,100 retweets and 6,800 likes (shown below, right).

Other popular tweets include a tweet by @abbiewintonn that gained over 740 retweets and 4,300 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @scottruth that gained over 150 retweets and 700 likes (shown below, right). The jokes were covered by Mashable^[1] and Independent.^[2]

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