Celebrities, they’re just like us! Meaning 2020 has been wearing them down, man. In an all-too-real new meme (thanks to Reese Witherspoon, who kicked things off), stars across genres are sharing pictures of themselves to represent each month of this cursed year.
The meme is quite simple: Start with January and post a picture that represents you in that month. Rinse and repeat from January until September. That’s it. That’s the meme. But why it works is because many celebrities have iconic moments throughout pop culture to represent to the snowball-like progression of 2020. We watch as they, like us, moved from relatively normal early months—perky, cheerful, smiling—into the horrors of March, April, May, June, July, August, and even predicting September, with pictures of them zoned out, crying, eating, staring off into the middle distance, and hulking out.
Everyone from Kerry Washington to Mark Ruffalo to Charlize Theron and the Killing Eve Twitter account got in the moody fun. Let’s take a look.
Yup. pic.twitter.com/NdZhH3bxdt
— Reese Witherspoon (@ReeseW) August 4, 2020
Pretty much. Inspired by @ReeseW pic.twitter.com/u7E2qo4RkK
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) August 4, 2020
#2020 🗓
Inspired by @ReeseW pic.twitter.com/uHxelycyVH— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) August 5, 2020
Basically.
Inspired by @mindykaling. pic.twitter.com/xkEBtyRanq— Hannah Simone (@HannahSimone) August 5, 2020
.@ReeseW @mindykaling…SAME pic.twitter.com/P8RddrG1Py
— kerry washington (@kerrywashington) August 4, 2020
2020! What a time! Inspired by @ReeseW @mindykaling @kerrywashington @HannahSimone pic.twitter.com/P6lEdG8z5q
— zooey deschanel (@ZooeyDeschanel) August 5, 2020
Inspired by @ReeseW , my daughter @OliviaGranted made this calendar pic.twitter.com/fgUjTxgbZW
— Richard E. Grant (@RichardEGrant) August 6, 2020
How’s your #2020 going? Thanks for the inspiration, @ReeseW and @mindykaling. pic.twitter.com/7evMnZgpqR
— DVF – Diane von Furstenberg (@DVF) August 5, 2020
Chiiile, listen… 🤦🏽♀️
Inspired by @KerryWashington @mindykaling @ReeseW pic.twitter.com/wgMcGwwjF7— Debbie Allen (@msdebbieallen) August 6, 2020
Thanks for the inspiration @ReeseW! 2020 #WhatToHeck pic.twitter.com/LvM3WvWxP4
— Billy Ray Cyrus (@billyraycyrus) August 5, 2020
I’d have to agree with @ReeseW, @mindykaling & @kerrywashington about 2020 thus far! 🤣❤️ pic.twitter.com/HmUCpu74A8
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) August 5, 2020
#2020
(Inspired by @ReeseW) pic.twitter.com/G1TnYBQall— Kyle MacLachlan (@Kyle_MacLachlan) August 6, 2020
Thought I’d hop on the trend @mindykaling @ReeseW. Seems about right. pic.twitter.com/tmlrlJe5DJ
— Elizabeth Banks (@ElizabethBanks) August 5, 2020
2020 pic.twitter.com/2Ta9zpG0SK
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) August 6, 2020
.@ReeseW I feel you on #2020 girl… pic.twitter.com/Li71CfdTLW
— Charlize Theron (@CharlizeAfrica) August 6, 2020
2020, y’all. 🙃@ReeseW @kerrywashington pic.twitter.com/expPec8Xmy
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) August 5, 2020
2020….. BUT LETS TRY TO MAKE 2021 BETTER. ALL TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW FOR OUR UK TOUR 💙 pic.twitter.com/WjAwWQMzg7
— HAIM (@HAIMtheband) August 6, 2020
2020 mood. Anyone else?
Thanks for the inspiration, @reesew😂 pic.twitter.com/GoSBkE59jn
— aasif mandvi (@aasif) August 5, 2020
Wake me up when it’s 2021
💭 cred to @ReeseW @kerrywashington @mindykaling @Caradelevingne pic.twitter.com/OpGixYySVO— Karlie Kloss (@karliekloss) August 5, 2020
2020 = depressed New Moon Bella pic.twitter.com/hS4sgIAJs9
— THE TWILIGHT SAGA 🍎 (@Twilight) August 5, 2020
i volunteer as tribute to leave 2020 pic.twitter.com/VJXYXPm4IK
— The Hunger Games 🔥 (@TheHungerGames) August 5, 2020
#KillingEve Season 3 was a journey. Just like 2020. pic.twitter.com/gwtolSFfz5
— Killing Eve (@KillingEve) August 5, 2020
2020 as told by @stephenasmith: pic.twitter.com/4OX6nTG3zE
— ESPN (@espn) August 5, 2020
Jan really set the mood for 2020…🤧 pic.twitter.com/iX5DWmIyQl
— RuPaul’s Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) August 6, 2020
#2020 summed up by Godzilla… pic.twitter.com/aandHo5lBU
— Legendary (@Legendary) August 5, 2020
My personal favorite has to be Gal Gadot’s because she upped the game by using videos to go through each month and share a sentence about how she feels. Please note, the only Wonder Woman one is when Diana is mad at the world of man so … that’s fitting.
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😂 Thank you @photog.pia.s for this edit !! And thank you @reesewitherspoon for the inspiration. ❤️
It’s intriguing to watch celebrities so worn out and overwhelmed, like us, that they’ve taken to meme-making for distraction. I think I’m the most like Mindy Kaling’s mood board. Which one called out to you?
(image: NBC)
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