Not Even to Dinner with the Kushners

About

"Not Even to Dinner with the Kushners" is a memorable quote uttered by Project Runway contestant Tyler Neasloney to judge and model Karlie Kloss, who is married to Joshua Kushner, brother of Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump. The clip went viral in January 2020 on Twitter, where many believe that the comment was a criticism of Kloss and her husband's family.

Origin

On January 2nd, 2020, Project Runway judge Brandon Maxwell said of Neasloney's outfit, "I cannot see Karlie wearing it anywhere, honestly." Neasonley responded, "Not even to dinner with the Kushners?" Kloss responded with a shocked expression.

That day, Twitter user @TweetsByLuke tweeted, ""Not even to dinner with the Kushners?" I SCREAMED!!! #ProjectRunway." The post received more than 2.8 million views, 72,00 likes and 10,000 retweets in less than four days (shown below).

"Not even to dinner with the Kushners?" I SCREAMED!!! #ProjectRunway pic.twitter.com/UWf4FaMxfB

— Luke (@TweetsByLuke) January 3, 2020

Neasloney later apologized. At the end of the episode, he said, "I'm professional, so what I said earlier had no hidden agenda, no meaning."

Spread

Hours later, Twitter^[1] user @evanrosskatz shared another version of the video, which received more than 1.7 million views, 68,000 likes and 8,900 retweets in less than three days.

On January 3rd, Twitter user @PopCrave retweeted a high-quality version of the clip with the caption, "Karlie Kloss has a jaw-drop moment after #ProjectRunway contestant shades her with a slam about the 'Kushners.' The model is married to Joshua Kushner, whose brother Jared Kushner is Ivanka Trump’s husband and Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor." The tweet received more than 9,800 likes and 1,700 retweets in less than three days (shown below).

Karlie Kloss has a jaw-drop moment after #ProjectRunway contestant shades her with a slam about the "Kushners." The model is married to Joshua Kushner, whose brother Jared Kushner is Ivanka Trump’s husband and Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor. pic.twitter.com/BEHWveLBTx

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) January 3, 2020

Following the spread of the clip, people began posting memes about the exchange. For example, Twitter^[2] user @ckimberlinjr tweeted a reference to Dakota Johnson's Ellen Interview. The tweet received more than 28,000 likes and 3,000 retweets in less than three days (shown below, left).

Over the next few days, others continued to share memes about the exchange (examples below, center and right).

Several media outlets covered the exchange, including Mashable, ^[3] BuzzFeed ^[4] and more.

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