Woody Harrelson at Wimbledon

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About

Woody Harrelson at Wimbledon refers to a series of viral videos and images of actor Woody Harrelson attending the Wimbledon finals tennis match in London, England. Many commented on Harrelson's behavior and facial reactions, leaving many, including the commentators at the event, to theorize that the actor was intoxicated.

Origin

On July 13th, 2019, the men's doubles finals were held at the Wimbledon tennis championship. That day, Twitter user @TylerRuinsTV tweeted a video of attendee and actor Woody Harrelson attempting to return to his seat. They captioned the video, "drunk woody harrelson being kept from his seats at wimbledon is a huge mood." The post received more than 4 million views, 205,000 likes and 36,000 retweets in two days (shown below).

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Throughout the day, @TylerRuinsTV and others continued to post videos of Harrelson's behavior. Minutes after the initial post, Twitter^[1] user @byChrisJoseph tweeted a series of images from the moment. They captioned the image, "A stirring tale of loss, endurance and triumph at #Wimbledon in three acts, starring @WoodyHarrelson." The post received more than 7,000 likes and 1,000 retweets in two days (shown below).

Twitter user @BradGalli retweeted a video of Harrelson reacting to a player being hit with a tennis ball. They captioned the post, "Tennis player at Wimbledon gets hit in groin Director: CUT TO WOODY HARRELSON." The post received more than 1.5 million views, 77,000 likes and 16,000 retweets in two days (shown below).

The following day, Redditor ^[8] Blogger32123 posted the video of the player getting hit. The post received more than 385 points (91% upvoted) in 24 hours.

Several media outlets reported on the memes, including the Washington Post,^[2] Uproxx,^[3] Deadspin,^[4] The New York Post,^[5] USA Today^[6] and more.

That day, Twitter^[7] published a Moments page on the reaction to Harrelson's behavior.