Argentine woman reveals background story of photo featured in viral ‘Girl Explaining’ meme
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The REAL story about the hilarious ‘Girl Explaining’ meme: Argentine woman reveals that she was singing to her now ex-boyfriend when they accidentally photobombed a woman posing for a photo in front of them
- Denise Sánchez is the girl pictured next to her then- boyfriend in a 2019 photo taken at an Argentina beach party and used on the viral ‘Girl Explaining’ meme
- The 21-year-old told DailyMail.com that she and her former partner appeared in the background while a young woman at the festival was having a picture taken
- The nutrition major noticed the picture about four days later on Twitter after the woman joked about the former couple’s facial expressions in the picture
- The picture was photoshopped, showing Sánchez and her ex and was used as a meme on a nutrition Instagram account
- The photo made its rounds on United States-based social media account for the first time last week
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The Argentine college student who is pictured in the ‘Girl Explaining’ meme has finally revealed how the viral photo came about.
The hilarious meme shows Denise Sánchez apparently yelling into her ex-boyfriend’s ear and while her arm extended forward while attending a beachside side festival in the Buenos Aires town of Claromecó in February 2019.
The 21-year-old told DailyMail.com that her boyfriend was in fact tired because it was getting late and that she was actually singing along to a song when a young woman standing in front of them posed for a picture they unknowingly photobombed.
‘I remember she uploaded it to Twitter. She said, ‘What a letdown. They messed the picture because those two kids were in the back with that face,” Sánchez said during a phone interview Monday. ‘She was laughing because we came out in the back of the photo and she came out pretty, but she could not post it because we were in it.’
Denise Sánchez told DailyMail.com that she and her ex-boyfriend accidentally photobombed a picture that a young woman had taken of herself at at beachside festival in Argentina in 2019. The photo shows her appearing to be yelling into her former partner’s ear when she was in fact singing to him while he was tired from partying too much. The image was shared on Twitter a few days after the festival before finding its spot in meme hall of fame
Denise Sánchez with her ex-boyfriend the night they appeared in the background of a photo that was taken at festival in the Buenos Aires town of Claromecó in February 2019
The nutrition major first saw the notorious picture being used as a meme by a nutritionist’s Instagram account that she follows.
‘There I realized how it was going viral and many pages of memes from Argentina began to upload it,’ Sánchez said.
The photo was primarily featured in memes produced by Spanish-speaking social media users, according to meme database Know Your Meme.
The image exploded finally in United States-based social media networks as early as last week.
United States social media users finally got a hold of the famous picture of Argentine college student Denise Sánchez and her former boyfriend and made memes of it. Cricket Wireless got in on the fun with a post to draw customers from competing companies
Ryan Thompson, a Democrat running for the South Carolina State House of Representatives, used the picture for a meme he posted on his Twitter account Sunday night to court voters ahead of the November mid-term elections.
‘DID YOU SEE THAT A 22 YEAR OLD IS RUNNING FOR OFFICE HERE IN MYRTLE BEACH?!? LIKE A LOCAL 22 YEAR OLD IS STANDING UP TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEMANDING BETTER FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS!?? ANYWAY IF YOU HAVENT FOLLOWED HIM ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU NEED TO BECAUSE HE POSTS MEMES AND…,’ he wrote.
Denise Sánchez told DailyMail.com that she does not have any issues with her 2019 photo of herself appearing to yell at her ex-boyfriend that is now being used as a funny meme because ‘I take everything very calmly and with great grace’
Ryan Thompson, a Democrat running for a seat in the. South Carolina State House of Representatives, shared a meme on his Twitter account Sunday night as a way to pitch himself to voters ahead of the November mid-term elections
A wireless service provider jumped in on the fun as part of an effort to get customers to ditch competing providers.
‘SO MY FRIEND WAS LIKE ‘PREPAID IS WACK’ AND I WAS LIKE ‘FAM, CRICKET HAS 5G, GREAT PLANS, AND ALL OF THE SMARTPHONES IN THE GAME’ AND THEN HE TOTALLY SWITCHED,’ Cricket Wireless tweeted Friday night.
Another person took to Twitter to use the picture as a joke about the controversial NFT phenomenon.
‘I BOUGHT A CUTE PICTURE OF A PENGUIN ON THE BLOCKCHAIN IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. IT’S CALLED AN NFT, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THEM,’ they wrote. ‘I THINK IT’S WORTHLESS NOW BUT I’M IN IT FOR THE ART.’
For now, Sánchez is taking it in stride as she’s become the center of the worldwide hilarious meme. She even admits that she has yet to caption the picture herself for use on her own social media platforms.’
‘The truth is that I take everything very calmly and with great grace,’ she said. ‘I don’t mind being exposed because I’m pretty outgoing. So I’m not ashamed. The context they put it made me laugh a lot.’