Mike O'Hearn "Baby Don't Hurt Me" Meme

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Mike O'Hearn "Baby Don't Hurt Me" Meme refers to a series of memes on TikTok where video clips of American bodybuilder Mike O'Hearn, four-time Mr. Natural Universe winner, often taken from his TikTok account, are used alongside ironic meme captions. The memes became popularized in March 2023, gaining viral spread on sites including Twitter.

Origin

It is unclear who first paired a clip of Mike O'Hearn with a meme caption. One of the earliest known examples was posted by TikToker^[6] @thefragrancegod on March 12th, 2023, garnering over 930,000 views in a week (shown below).

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On March 13th, 2023, TikToker^[1] @shaggington.official posted a video that slowly pans up American bodybuilder Mike O'Hearn, captioned, "'Bro you've had way too much to drink…you can't drive,' My car keys:" garnering over 159,000 views in a week (shown below).

The meme continued to spread throughout March 2023 as TikTokers attached absurd captions to videos of O'Hearn. On March 14th, 2023, TikToker^[2] @certified_hood_classic_ posted a meme using a clip of O'Hearn flexing with a caption about holding in a fart, garnering oer 6 million views in a week (shown below). The meme was reposted by Twitter^[3] user @ReallyLoudFart five days later, garnering over 3,000 likes in a day.

On March 16th, TikToker^[4] @realmf100 posted a version of the meme that gained over 2.2 million views in four days (shown below, left). On March 17th, TikToker^[5] @mikeoxpi4ra posted a version of the meme that gained 1.2 million views in three days (shown below, right).

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