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Barack Obama In Conversation With Leonardo DiCaprio

Barack Obama In Conversation With Leonardo DiCaprio

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Barack Obama In Conversation With Leondardo DiCaprio is a photo caption series based on a picture of United States President Barack Obama speaking to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, in which humorous mock quotes are attributed to Obama.

Origin

On September 25th, 2016, the @WhiteHouse[1] Twitter feed posted a photograph of Obama speaking to DiCaprio along with an announcement that the two men would be participating in a "conversation on combating climate change" at the upcoming South by South Lawn (SXSL) event held on October 3rd, 2016. Within 48 hours, the tweet gained over 4,800 likes and 2,000 retweets.


The White House @WhiteHouse Follow Exciting news: @POTUS will be joined by @LeoDiCaprio for a conversation on combating climate change at #SXSL: Wh.gov/SXSL RETWEETS LIKES 2,040 4,854 空 劇愈葫 4:48 PM - 25 Sep 2016 £72K 4.9K

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That evening, other Twitter users began retweeting the photo captioned with humorous mock conversations between the two men (shown below).


Alex Goldschmidt @alexandergold Follow Barack: There was enough room on that door. Jack didn't have to die Leo: About the environment... Barack Barack Barack: Rose was selfish. 8:00 PM - 25 Sep 2016 다 7,775 11,660 jomny sun @jonnysun なし,Follow OBAMA: listen leo there are very specific reasons why u cant play me in a bio pic LEO: [alredy studying his body language] RETWEETS LIKES 9,071 18,645 9:53 PM -25 Sep 2016 다 9.1K 19K ye5ah yeah @drfarts420 な 요. Follow "so did you f--- the bear?" 4:09 PM -26 Sep 2016

Meanwhile, Twitter user @darth[3] posted an edited version with Obama holding a bear cub, captioned with a joke about DiCaprio's appearance in the film The Revenant (shown below). In the coming days, several news sites published articles about the caption series, including BuzzFeed,[4] UpRoxx,[5] Smosh,[6] Coed,[7] Elite Daily[8] and Brobible.[9]


darth TM @darth Follow "just hug the bear cub leo" "mr president..." "it was a movie leo get over it hug the bear cub just do it he is really soft'@jakebeckman 9:47 PM - 25 Sep 2016 わ다 970 1,771

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[1] Twitter – @WhiteHouse

[2] Twitter – @jakebeckman

[3] Twitter – @darth

[4] BuzzFeed – Obama Met Leonardo DiCaprio And It’s Now A Meme

[5] UpRoxx – What Are Leonardo DiCaprio And President Obama Talking About?

[6] Smosh – The Internet Has Turned a Meeting Between President Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio Into a Meme

[7] Coed – These Memes Of Obama & Leo Are Making The Internet Great Again

[8] Elite Daily – This Leo DiCaprio And Obama Pic Made Twitter Come Up With Epic Fake Convos

[9] Brobible – The Internet Memed The Shit Out Of This Picture Of Leonardo DiCaprio

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