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Keke Palmer's Reaction to Mike Johnson refers to the ABC Network host of Strahan, Sara and Keke and her reaction to former Bachelorette contestant Mike Johnson asking her out on a date during a live segment of the show. The clip of Keke Palmer reacting by staring in different directions without answering went viral on Twitter in October 2019.

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On October 14th, 2019, Mike Johnson was a guest on Strahan, Sara and Keke and while deflecting from a topic Johnson turns to host Keke Palmer and asks her out (shown below). Keke Palmer responds with a surprised look and no answer. The video gained over 222,100 views and 3,300 likes in a day.

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On October 14th, 2019, @KekePalmer posted the clip with the caption "Him: I love you Me:" which garnered over 42,800 likes and 11,100 retweets in a day.

That day, many viewers took to Twitter to denounce Johnson's actions. Twitter user @PiXyyRDuust^[1] said "Mike Johnson givin’ off the big red flags right now" @heathergtv^[2] tweeted, "I know this was supposed to be a cute moment and all, but when will these men stop embarrassing women at work?" (shown below).

The next day, Twitter users continued to caption the clip. Twitter user @lexdaqueen captioned the clip "Him: when ima see you
Me:" (shown below). The tweet accumulated over 4,100 likes and 1,700 retweets in a day.

That day, Twitter user @virg0sfinest captioned the clip "Random guy : Can I have your number, Me : gives fake number, Random guy : let me call it to make sure it’s you, Me :" (shown below). The tweet gained over 1,000 likes and 200 retweets in a day.

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