Chicago Bonnie
Added by Sophie • Updated about a year ago by Matt
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Type: Viral Video,
Tags: bonnie tracy, marianos, shopping, pandemic, coronavirus, chi, illinois, polish, 75, blonde, 50,
![Chicago Bonnie](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/033/326/tempsnip.png)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Chicago Bonnie refers to a viral video of a 78-year-old woman named Bonnie Tracy recounting an encounter at the grocery store during the coronavirus outbreak in March 2020. In the video, Bonnie calls herself a polish Chicago girl and tells her Facebook friends that a woman at the store called her "crazy" for using precautions and that she wanted to "kick her ass." The video was shared on Twitter and received praise.
Origin
On March 21st, 2020, Facebook user Bonnie Tracy posted a video recounting an argument she had at the grocery store which gained over 14,000 reacts and 20,000 shares in four days (shown below).
Spread
On March 24th, Twitter user @NeedaBeef69[2] tweeted the video with the caption, "Can we all give Chicago Bonnie a round of applause. 👏🏼 You don’t mess with Chicago women" (shown below, left). The tweet garnered over 3,600 likes and 650 retweets in a day. The next day, Twitter user @chaedria[3] tweeted, 'BONNIE SAID 'I'M 75 BUT I'M FROM CHICAGO AND I WILL TAP HER ON THE SHOULDER ASK HER TO STEP OUTSIDE AND PROCEED TO KICK HER BLEACH BLOND 50 YEAR OLD ASS' WHEN DO WE RIDE, CLYDE??" in reply to the video (shown below, right).
![Dont Mess NeedaBeef69 @NeedaBeef69 Can we all give Chicago Bonnie a round of applause. You don't mess with Chicago women @barstoolchicago @EddieBarstool @barstoolcarl @barstoolWSD @BarstoolChief @BarstoolBigCat Bonnie Tracy Friday at 1117 PM-3 10 6K 38 Comments 16.2K Shares 203K Views 11:27 AM - Mar 24, 2020 · Twitter for iPhone](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/878/496.png)
![When do we ride clyde? No Quarter WilI Be Given @chaedria BONNIE SAID "I'M 75 BUT I'M FROM CHICAGO AND I WILL TAP HER ON THE SHOULDER ASK HER TO STEP OUTSIDE AND PROCEED TO KICK HER BLEACH BLOND 50 YEAR OLD ASS" WHEN DO WE RIDE, CLYDE?? Tressie McMillan Cottom O @tressiemcphd - 14h I f---- with Bonnie. twitter.com/ricwilson/stat. Show this thread 2:36 AM - Mar 25 , 2020 · Twitter for Android](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/886/80e.png)
That same day, The Twitter account for WGN Morning News posted a video of their news story about the video (shown below). The tweet received over 230 likes in a day. The Daily Dot[1] and Heavy[4] published articles on the video.
“I’m 75-year-old, but I’m from Chicago” – South Side, that’s Bonnie and she’s our spirit animal! ! If you know Bonnie, help us find her! #onlyonwgn pic.twitter.com/7YiEW3hV7e
— WGNMorningNews (@WGNMorningNews) March 25, 2020
Various Examples
![Period](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/880/fe1.png)
![Chicago Tough](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/881/767.png)
![Democrat](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/882/73e.png)
![Got your back!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/883/0b2.png)
![Marianos Desert Bitch @RealStregaNona I knew the second she said "I went to Mariano's today, minding my own business" that #Bonnie was about to get real Chicago on a bitch disco ric O @RicWilson · 22h Who we fighting Bonnie ! Show this thread 3:33 AM - Mar 25, 2020 · Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/884/c06.png)
![Don't mess Daryl Sturgis @darylsturgis Don't mess with Bonnie in the middle of a pandemic! "This woman has no idea that l'm almost 75 but I'm from Chicago and I will gladly tap her on the shoulder and ask her to step outside and proceed to kick her bleached blond fifty-year old ass! That's all I gotta say!" disco ric O @RicWilson · 22h Who we fighting Bonnie ! Show this thread 10:36 AM - Mar 25, 2020 - Twitter Web App](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/800/885/8cf.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] DailyDot – Bonnie Chicago Coronavirus
[2] Twitter – NeedaBeef69
[4] Heavy – Bonnie Chicago Tough
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Tags: bonnie tracy, marianos, shopping, pandemic, coronavirus, chi, illinois, polish, 75, blonde, 50,
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