Baby Stephen A. Smith
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About
Baby Stephen A. Smith refers to videos of ESPN sports commentator Stephen A. Smith filtered through the Snapchat Baby Filter, giving him a babyish face as he delivered some of his more memorable rants.
Origin
The Snapchat Baby Filter was introduced on May 8th, 2019, and on May 14th, 2019, @_TheRealDears_ posted a video of one of Smith's rants about the New York Knicks with the filter, gaining over 16,000 retweets and 42,000 likes (shown below).
Stephen ABCs Smith
stephenasmith</a> <a href="https://t.co/eywCylh6oc">pic.twitter.com/eywCylh6oc</a></p>— Andy Espinoza (TheRealDers_) May 14, 2019
Spread
Over the following week, multiple Twitter users also posted videos of Smith with the filter. These include multiple videos posted by users @Ryan_Cortes (example shown below, top) and @themikefoss, whose example gained over 32,000 retweets and 126,000 likes (shown below, bottom). The wave of videos led to a Twitter Events page.[1]
Oh we getting this baby
stephenasmith</a> content out tonight folks <a href="https://t.co/AwX5quYYHW">pic.twitter.com/AwX5quYYHW</a></p>— Parakeet Cortes (Ryan_Cortes) May 21, 2019
would pay $4.99/month for “First Take Babies” on ESPN+ pic.twitter.com/PRNW5Inh7Y
— Mike Foss (@themikefoss) May 20, 2019
The popularity of the videos on Twitter was joked about on the ESPN sports talk show High Noon (shown below, top). On May 24th, Smith himself responded to the memes by posting a video of himself with the filter saying he found the memes "hilarious," though notably, he called them "me-mes" (shown below, bottom).
Stephen A. Smith is great…. but have you seen him as a baby?! pic.twitter.com/O9HijcKAAb
— HIGH NOON (@HIGHNOONonESPN) May 21, 2019
Y’all really NEED to stop with these baby filters 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/uxNd7AvXU1
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) May 24, 2019
This led to a Twitter Moments[2] page, which covered people joking about Smith's incorrect pronunciation of "meme." These include tweets by @JustinMorris,[3] which gained over 160 retweets and 1,700 likes (shown below, left) and a tweet by @TrentonJocz which joked that "me-me" is also how star baseball player Bryce Harper pronounces "meme" (shown below, right).
Various Examples
Baby Stephen A Smith talking trash 😂 pic.twitter.com/ufuEJDQwNo
— 𝙅𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙮🎒 (@PlayoffJordan) May 20, 2019
For anyone who thought this account wasn't still pumping out
stephenasmith</a> baby content!!!!! <a href="https://t.co/ncz3TMRHnG">pic.twitter.com/ncz3TMRHnG</a></p>— Parakeet Cortes (Ryan_Cortes) May 21, 2019
Alright yea the baby filter was made for Stephen A Smith rants😂 pic.twitter.com/hgmnPB7ZiD
— Dylan (@Dylangonzalez21) May 21, 2019
Stephen “A is for aroused” Smith (Pt. 2) pic.twitter.com/LJx379U6bD
— Andy Espinoza (@_TheRealDers_) May 21, 2019
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter Moments – Nothing screams sports quite like a babyfied Stephen A. Smith
[2] Twitter Moments – Stephen A Smith is aware that his babyfaced 'me-mes' are overtaking the internet
[3] Twitter – Justin Morris
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