Kaviaa James Union Wade Sitting on a Couch

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Kaviaa James Union Wade Sitting on a Couch is an image macro series of Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade's daughter Kaviaa wearing gray pajamas and sitting on the edge of a couch. Many online have used the image as a reaction, interpreting her expression as one of disappointment and exhaustion in another's actions.

Origin

On March 15th, 2020, former professional basketball player Dwyane Wade posted a picture on Instagram ^[1] of his daughter Kaviaa James sitting on a couch. He captioned the post, "M0️⃣0️⃣D #Shadybaby." Within two months, the image received more than 623,000 likes (shown below).

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Shortly after posting the image, actor Gabrielle Union, who is also Kaviaa's mother and Wade's wife, shared the picture on Instagram^[2] and received more than 795,000 likes in less than two months (shown below, left).

Over the next few days, the image began appearing as a reaction online. On March 23rd, Twitter ^[3] user @seyishae shared the photo with the caption "My mom just mixed anointing oil inside hand sanitizer." The post received more than 55,000 likes and 14,000 retweets in less than one month (shown below, center).

The following week, Twitter^[4] user @AMABOUTOBUST shared the image with the caption "good morning… now what." The post received more than 129,000 likes and 42,000 retweets in less than one month (shown below, right).

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