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Christopher Walken Standing refers to an image macro meme featuring Hollywood actor Christopher Walken dressed in a black shirt and pants standing awkwardly in a garden staring straight into the camera. The image was originally posted to the Instagram page @OprahDaily in late January 2025. The image came to be used by internet users on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter / X to joke about the awkward feeling of waiting in anticipation of something or experiencing awkward social interactions.

Origin

On January 29th, 2025, Oprah Daily posted an image of Hollywood actor Christopher Walken dressed in a black shirt and pants standing in a green garden while looking into the camera. The post gathered over 95,000 likes in three weeks.^[1]

The earliest known memetic use of the Christopher Walken photo is a January 31st, 2025, tweet by X^[2] user @Brocklesnitch who added the text, "What time do you think you'll go to the party," gathering over 64,000 likes in three weeks.

Spread

On February 10th, 2025, X^[3] user @pradamercury posted a version of the meme that read, "How it feels to ask someone if they’re gonna eat their pickle," gathering over 200,000 likes in 10 days.

On February 13th, 2025, the Instagram^[4] page @thisradguy posted a version of the meme to joke about his radiology patients, gathering over 2,000 likes in a week.

On February 15th, TikToker^[5] @pierrebourneswife posted a version of the meme that read, "How I look when the birthday person gets their cake in a flavor I dislike." The post gathered over 6 million plays and 1 million likes in five days.

On February 19th, TikToker^[6] @dash1el posted a version of the meme that read, "How it feels to say 'lemme see' after they showed everyone but you." The post gathered nearly 4 million plays and 1 million likes in a day.

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