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Idris Elba Choking on Hot Wings

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Idris Elba Choking on Hot Wings refers to a video of actor Idris Elba appearing on Hot Ones and coughing while ingesting a spicy chicken wing. The video became popular on Twitter as a reaction to captions explaining shocking scenarios.

Origin

On August 1st, 2019, Idris Elba appeared on Hot Ones in an episode that gained over 5.5 million views (shown below).



Spread

A week after the video was posted online, Twitter users began using a clip of Elba coughing from the episode as a reaction video used with captions expressing surprising situations. One of the earliest popular examples was posted by @uglynewyork on August 9th, gaining over 4,600 retweets and 14,000 likes (shown below).[5]


WIN RADIO UGLYRADIO on RNC Radio @UGLYRADIORNC How meal preppers really be by day 5 twitter.com/A1Barely/statu... 10:17 PM. Aug 9, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone 4,183 Retweets 742 Quote Tweets 13.4K Likes :

The video peaked in popularity between August 12th and 13. Popular posts include one by @rayaldn (shown below) that gained over 33,000 retweets and 109,000 likes.[6] The jokes were covered by Daily Dot,[1] Complex,[2] and High Snobiety.[3]


raya @sheisraya when the dinner date is going great and he drop "so you talking to anyone else?" twitter.com/A1Barely/statu... 6:46 AM - Aug 12, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone 29.1K Retweets 3,865 Quote Tweets 96.4K Likes :

Idris Elba's Thoughts On The Meme

During an August 9th, 2022, appearance (seen below) on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Idris Elba described his response to becoming a meme and how he felt about the "Hot Ones" format. In the interview, Noah describes his younger brother's 15-year-old friend not knowing Elba as an actor but recognizing him from the meme. Elba responded by saying that he was embarrassed by it because "I eat pepper every day."



Elba went on to argue that it was not the spice of the wing that got him but instead "the spit got wrong in (my) throat."[4]

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