Ms. Jackson's Couples Court Stare Reaction

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Ms. Jackson's Couples Court Stare Reaction refers to a reaction image macro of a woman smiling and staring downward on an episode of Couples Court with the Cutlers.

Origin

On October 26th, 2017, the court show Couples Court with the Cutlers aired the episode "Taylor vs Jackson."^[1] In the episode, the defendant LaJoya Jackson's boyfriend takes the stand and begins lambasting her husband. Jackson is shown with a dumbfounded look on her face, looking downward and smiling.

The following year, on December 14th, 2018, the Couples Court YouTube channel shared the episode. Within seven months, the video received more than 825,000 views (shown below).

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The following day, on December 15th, 2018, Twitter user @LuciaC_x shared a clip of Jackson's stare with the caption "Her reaction to getting caught cheating is the funniest thing ever." The post received more than 6 million views, 215,000 likes and 88,000 retweets in seven months (shown below).

People responded to the video with jokes about Jackson's reaction. For example, on December 15th, Twitter^[4] user @s_soto90 tweeted the image with the caption, "*record scratch* *freeze frame* 'Mrs. Jackson. Yup, that’s me. You’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation.'" The tweet received more than 1,000 likes and 175 retweets in seven months (shown below, left).

On December 16th, Instagram ^[2] account @realitytvteainc posted the clip with the caption She really hit the mannequin challenge 💀." The post received more than 347,000 views and 28,000 likes in seven months (screenshot below, center).

The next day, the Instagram^[3] @theshaderoom shared the video with the caption, "#Wayment! Sis hit the mannequin challenge real quick." The post received more than 2.2 million views and 268,000 likes in seven months (screenshot below, right).