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Keke Palmer "Sorry to This Man" refers to actor Keke Palmer's reaction to a photograph of Vice President Dick Cheney in which she admits that she does not recognize him. The video has been used as a reaction image.

Origin

On September 11th, 2019, Vanity Fair published a video in which Palmer takes a lie detector test. The interviewers show Palmer a series of images and record her reactions. When shown a photograph of Vice President Cheney, she responds, "I hate to say it -- I hope I don't sound ridiculous -- I don't know who this man is. I mean, he could be walking down the street, I wouldn't. Sorry to this man." Within a week, the video received more than 250,000 views (shown below).

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That day, Twitter user @mattryanx tweeted the video with the caption "oh my– Keke Palmer doesn't know who Dick Cheney is?" Within one week, the tweet received more than 900,000 views, 18,000 likes and 3,000 retweets (shown below).

oh my– Keke Palmer doesn't know who Dick Cheney is? pic.twitter.com/dDssXr63Nu

— KEKE PALMER FAN ACCOUNT (@mattryanx) September 12, 2019

The following day, @mattryanx shared her response as a isolated clip, writing "and here is Keke Palmer saying 'sorry to this man' in meme format, you're welcome." Within one week, the clip received more than 5.4 million views, 6,700 likes and 980 retweets (shown below).

and here is Keke Palmer saying "sorry to this man" in meme format, you're welcome pic.twitter.com/1V6XariICP

— KEKE PALMER FAN ACCOUNT (@mattryanx) September 12, 2019

On September 13th, following @mattryanx's isolated post, people began posting the video as a reaction to various jokes. For example, that day, Twitter user @N_I_K_Y_A_T_U shared the video as a response to people asking them if they recognize President Donald Trump. Within one week, the tweet received more than 40,000 likes and 13,000 retweets (shown below).

:Travels internationally:

"Isn't that your Preside-"

Me:pic.twitter.com/PRyG4e7Xey

— Octavia Butler knew… (@N_I_K_Y_A_T_U) September 13, 2019

That day, Palmer shared the video on Instagram. She wrote, "Twitter is killing me with the memes from this clip omg." Within three days, the post received more than 1 million views and 100,000 likes (shown below).

Several media outlets covered the meme, including BuzzFeed, ^[1] Mashable, ^[2] Complex,^[3] Yahoo,^[4] TeenVogue,^[5] PopBuzz^[6] and more.

Various Examples

When someone asks me about the guy I called “the love of my life” two weeks ago. pic.twitter.com/ozpiYoGhlI

— Sorry to This Man. (@TatyanaJenene) September 14, 2019

"Didn't y'all used to talk?"
pic.twitter.com/9T1MhwKNCN

— the funny auntie grandma friend✨ (@laugh_track_nat) September 12, 2019

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