Skyler Gisondo memes have the 'Primetime' actor entertained
Actor Skyler Gisondo is embracing his status as an internet meme, where his youthful appearance is used to represent a stereotypical 2000s-era neighborhood kid. He has publicly acknowledged and shared several of these memes, noting that he finds them entertaining.
Why it matters
This illustrates the modern intersection of celebrity culture, social media virality, and how actors manage their public image in the digital age.
Hear this story "Primetime" star Skyler Gisondo is fully aware that he's one of the biggest memes on the internet right now.
The joke relies on Gisondo's boy-next-door look – his freckles and smile convey neighborhood rascal to many online. He's become the internet's go-to image for the archetype in viral memes, which couple red carpet photos of him with captions about a stereotypical neighborhood kid from the 2000s.
"He looks like he'd break his arm at recess and come back to school with a green cast," reads one caption of a viral tweet . "He would buy a Guinness World Record book at the book fair," reads another tweet from Oct. 3 with 22,000 likes.
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