Where Does The 'Right In Front Of My Salad' Meme Come From? The Origin Of The NSFW Scene

The year was 2017 and a veggie-based meme going around X and Tumblr got people instigated to find out what a clip with an annoyed woman saying, "Right in front of my salad?" meant. Although it might just look like a silly scene from a TV comedy series or a skit for social media, it is very, very NSFW.

If you are new to the internet or have never seen the classic "Right in front of my salad?" meme, this article will cover the story behind the NSFW cinematic masterpiece of two men rudely interrupting a woman who was just enjoying her afternoon leafy greens.

Where Does The 'Right In Front Of My Salad' Meme Come From?

The "Right In Front Of My Salad" meme comes from a July 2017 scene from a gay porn film titled "Private Lessons 3" featuring adult performers Jake Porter and Jaxton Wheeler wearing aprons while having sex in a kitchen while a woman eats a salad. In the scene, she says: "Are you guys having sex? Are you serious? Right in front of my salad??" A Safe for Work version of the scene was posted on YouTube by user @distortedkweef4085 (shown below) on November 30th, 2020, amassing over 388,000 views and 17,000 comments in three years.

How Did The 'Right In Front Of My Salad' Scene Became A Meme?

A few weeks after the scene was released online, at the end of July 2017, the video was quickly spread to X and Tumblr. For instance, On July 31st, Tumblr user firstknivesclub posted an It's More Likely Than You Think edit with the "Right In Front Of My Salad" phrase, gaining over 19,000 notes (shown below, left). On August 1st, Tumblr user theperksofbeingameme added the quote to a GIF of reality television star Tiffany "New York" Pollard, gaining 600 notes (shown below, right).

Who Is The 'Right In Front Of My Salad' Lady?

Jake Porter, one of the actors involved in the scene, told Buzzfeed on August 2nd, 2017, that the "Right in front of my salad" line was improvised, "We kind of gave her the bones of what we were looking for, but she definitely built the structure of the scene," he said.

On August 5th, 2017, the woman who said the now memorable line "Right in front of my salad" was identified as Hollywood actress Nikki V. She posted the scene on her Instagram account with the caption "Everyone is calling me an icon and a salad queen. I am so thankful i've been laughing at some of the things people have been sending me." The post amassed more than 2,000 likes in six years.

On August 7th, 2017, the actress said she "had a great time at the shoot and thought it was hilarious," she told Buzzfeed.

For the full history of "Right in front of my salad," be sure to check out Know Your Meme's encyclopedia entry for even more information.