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Sweating Jordan Peele is a reaction image and GIF of actor Jordan Peele sweating profusely in a sketch on the American comedy series Key and Peele. The image has been used to express hyperbolic nervousness.

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On September 18th, 2013, the third season premiere of the series Key and Peele aired in the United States. The episode included the sketch "Browser History" in which a character played by Peele nervously sweats in response to his girlfriend asking about his internet habits (video below).[1]



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On September 23rd, 2013, Redditor [2] austinisme247 posted the sketch in the /r/videos subreddit. The post received more than 3,500 points (95% upvoted) and 1,400 comments in six years.

On December 17th, Redditor[3] pikadrew requested a GIF of a profile close-up shot of Peele sweating based on a GIF from Imgur. Redditor barracuda415 made the GIF (shown below). Later that day, it was shared in the /r/perfectloops subreddit,[4] where it received more than 550 points (92% upvoted).

That day, the GIF was posted to GIPHY. [5] The following day, the GIF was added to the /r/Cinemagraphs subreddit,[6] where it received more than 900 points (86% upvoted).



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