When The Random E-Celeb You Dislike Is Finally Outed

About

When The Random E-Celeb You Dislike Is Finally Outed is a catchphrase used as a reaction and exploitable meme featuring American producer and internet personality Tariq Nasheed alongside text that reads, "When the random e-celeb you dislike for just being dumb and annoying and unfunny finally is outed for a legitimate reason to dislike them." The image comes from a 2022 post by now-suspended X / Twitter user @5ega5aturn5tan. The image is often used to react to internet celebrities who are canceled or embroiled in controversy.

Origin

X user @5ega5aturn5tan made the earliest known posts combining a photo of American filmmaker and internet personality Tariq Nasheed with text that read, "When the random e-celeb you dislike for just being dumb and annoying and unfunny finally is outed for a legitimate reason to dislike them." While the original tweet has since been deleted, it was likely posted sometime before July 2022 (seen below).

The earliest known instance of the screenshot being deployed to comment on an internet celebrity being canceled was a July 28th, 2022, post on the /r/gamingcirclejerk^[1] subreddit, where it gathered over 3,000 upvotes in two years.

Spread

On October 13th, 2022, X^[2] user @_Johei_ posted the meme alongside a caption that read, "#dreamisafreak I'm sure its been done before but," gathering over 30,000 likes in two years (seen below, left). Tumblr^[3] user @carlyraejepsans posted an edited version of the image that read, "When the random hc (head canon) you dislike for just being dumb and annoying and unfunny finally is disproven by canon." The March 31st, 2023, post gathered over 30,000 notes in a year (seen below, right).

On April 26th, 2023, iFunny^[4] user @monstergirls_galore posted a Pirate Posting version of the meme, gathering 175 smiles in a year (seen below, left). On June 9th, Redditor^[5] shan-jee posted a version of the meme to /r/okbuddyretard (seen below, right).

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