![Prachi Gupta @prachigu Follow T rump, l'm done with you. Too busy swooning over #HotDebateGuy cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/ #GOPDebate LIVE CN REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 8:18 PMET [UPDATED] The Mystery Hottie Sitting Behind Jake Tapper Was the Real Wi… Twitter is obsessed. cosmopolitan.com RETWEETS FAVORITES 10:49 PM-16 Sep 2015](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/list/001/018/696/7fb.jpg "Prachi Gupta Tweet")
Hot Debate Guy
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About
Hot Debate Guy is the nickname given to Los Angeles resident Greg Caruso who became a subject of admiration on social media after being spotted in the audience several times during the live broadcast of CNN's Republican presidential primary debate in September 2015.
Origin
During the second round of the Republican primary debate held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 16th, 2015, Twitter user @thisisjorge tweeted an animated GIF of a well-dressed audience member sitting behind CNN journalist and moderator Jake Tapper, along with a flashing heart around his head (shown below).
Hottest audience member at the #GOPDebate pic.twitter.com/HfJii0q6oS
— Jorge Rivas (@thisisjorge) September 17, 2015
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That evening, many other Twitter users commented on the mystery man, many of which featured the hashtag "#HotDebateGuy"[2] (shown below).[7][8]
![Prachi Gupta @prachigu Follow T rump, l'm done with you. Too busy swooning over #HotDebateGuy cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/ #GOPDebate LIVE CN REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 8:18 PMET [UPDATED] The Mystery Hottie Sitting Behind Jake Tapper Was the Real Wi… Twitter is obsessed. cosmopolitan.com RETWEETS FAVORITES 10:49 PM-16 Sep 2015](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/018/696/7fb.jpg "Prachi Gupta Tweet")
Meanwhile, CBS[4] identified the man as aspiring filmmaker Greg Caruso. Also on September 16th, BuzzFeed[5] revealed Caruso was the director of a 2014 independent documentary about "American masculinity" titled Making the American Man (shown below), which raised $21,870 of it's $55,320 goal before ending a campaign on Indiegogo.[6]
On September 17th, 2015, CNN[3] published an interview with Caruso, who revealed he was a fan of former presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush but had yet to decide on a Republican presidential candidate for the upcoming election.
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @KhierRoyale
[2] Twitter – #HotDebateGuy
[3] CNN – Fiorina Trump and the hot guy
[4] CBS – Unlikely star of the show
[5] BuzzFeed – We Found Out Who the BABE was Behind Jake Tapper
[6] Indiegogo – Making the American Man
[8] Twitter – @Samuel_Ha_
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SixthSun
Sep 17, 2015 at 08:18PM EDT
Odie
Sep 17, 2015 at 06:09PM EDT