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I'm Pouring Honey on You GOAT is a catchphrase that originates from an Instagram comment allegedly posted by sports commentator Shannon Sharpe on one of NBA player LeBron James' posts. The comment's akin to the LeBron Glazing meme because it overly hypes James. The phrase uses the slang term GOAT (an abbreviation for "Greatest Of All Time") and, for reasons likely related to James' caption that references a "grizzly bear," imagines pouring honey on James. In sports meme circles throughout 2024, the concept of "pouring honey" trended. Some shared AI art of pouring honey on a goat.

Origin

On April 29th, 2023, LeBron James posted to Instagram^[1] with a caption reading, "If you ever see me fighting in the forest with a Grizzly bear, HELP THE BEAR 👑," receiving over 4 million likes in a year.

Later on April 29th, X^[2] user @LakeShowYo posted a screenshot, showing a comment shared by Shannon Sharpe (@shannonsharpe84) that read, "l'm pouring honey on you GOAT. It's illegal to kill a bear unless being attack. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣" (shown below). The tweet received over 75,000 likes in a year. As of May 20th, 2024, the Instagram comment has been deleted and it's unconfirmed if the screenshot is doctored or authentic.

Spread

Later on April 29th, 2023, others posted the screenshot, such as X^[3] user @Dom_2k, receiving over 8,800 likes in a year (shown below, left).

On April 3rd, 2024, X^[4] user @Hauntterr resurfaced the screenshot, cropping out the latter part of Sharpe's comment, captioning it, "Can’t stop laughing at this pic man LMAOOO," gaining over 2,400 likes in a month as well as more viral quote retweets ^[5] (shown below, right).

On May 5th, 2024, TikToker^[6] @nemofishy.23 posted a Slow Fade-In video using AI-generated artwork of honey being poured on a goat, receiving over 675,100 plays and 87,100 likes in 15 days (shown below).

Users on X started to use similar AI art as reaction images, such as X^[7] user @ohfold on May 10th, 2024, referencing rapper Chief Keef, gaining over 2,000 likes in 10 days (shown below).

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