Lisa Rinna M&M

About

The Lisa Rinna M&M refers to an orange M&M character with American actress Lisa Rinna's face on it that's used in memes without context. The image is from an M&M ad for the 2008 Oscars Awards. Often times, the song "After Like" by IVE plays in the background of video memes. In 2022, the Lisa Rinna M&M became commonplace on Twitter and TikTok.

Origin

On February 19th, 2008, Adweek^[1] published an article about the M&M brand creating an "M&M-ified" Oscars advertisement in which Lisa Rinna and Joey Fatone are orange and blue M&Ms holding microphones to ask questions on the red carpet (shown below, left). Years later, on August 18th, 2020, Twitter^[2] user solarrunway tweeted, "fuck it lisa rinna m&m," and earned over 65 likes in two years (shown below, right).

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On October 18th, 2020, Twitter^[3] user Scorpiaur tweeted the Lisa Rinna M&M to joke about a scenario in which she was interviewing Beyoncé, earning over 700 likes in two years (shown below, left). On May 31st, 2021, Twitter^[4] user evadentz tweeted the Lisa Rinna M&M and simply captioned it with its name, earning roughly 8,300 likes in one year (shown below, right).

The day after Twitter user evadentz's tweet, June 1st, 2021, Lisa Rinna tweeted a reply^[5] to an unknown quote retweet of evadentz's tweet stating, "So delicious!" and earning over 65 likes in one year. Twitter^[6] user ULTRASLUT tweeted a screenshot of the discourse on June 1st, 2021, earning over 900 likes in the same time period (shown below).

Twitter user evadentz became the main proponent of Lisa Rinna M&M memes going into 2022, peaking at the end of August 2022. This started on August 21st, 2022, when Twitter^[7] user evadentz tweeted a Justin Bieber and Derpina meme that referenced the Lisa Rinna M&M and earned roughly 9,800 likes in 18 days (shown below, left). A few hours later on August 21st, Twitter^[8] user evadentz tweeted another Lisa Rinna M&M, earning roughly 6,600 likes in 18 days (shown below, right).

On August 22nd, 2022, Twitter^[9] user evadentz posted a video meme that followed a format similar to Green Or Blue? in which the Lisa Rinna M&M appeared along with the song "After Like" by IVE. Over the course of 17 days, the video received roughly 30,200 views and 2,100 likes (shown below).

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— •ᴗ- (@evadentz) August 22, 2022

A day later, evadentz started uploading their Lisa Rinna M&M videos to TikTok under an account with the same username. On August 23rd, 2022, TikToker^[10] evadentz posted a video in which Rinna's yearbook photo transitioned to her M&M version, earning roughly 65,800 plays and 13,400 likes in 16 days (shown below, left). On August 25th, 2022, TikToker^[11] evadentz posted a different Lisa Rinna M&M video that received roughly 124,800 plays and 30,300 likes in two weeks (shown below, right).

Due to evadentz's posting, on September 1st, 2022, Lisa Rinna posted the M&M photo on Instagram,^[12] captioning it, "I ATE. #tbh," and earned roughly 37,000 likes in six days (shown below, left). Later on September 1st, Twitter^[13] user evadentz tweeted a screenshot of Rinna's Instagram post, captioning it, "OMFG," and gaining roughly 5,500 likes in six days. Continuing into September 2022, more meme creators referenced the Lisa Rinna M&M. For instance, roughly two hours before Queen Elizabeth II's Death was confirmed on September 8th, 2022, Twitter^[14] user ryxnf photoshopped the Lisa Rinna M&M into the lawn of Balmoral, joking that she had arrived on the scene to report. In less than a day, the tweet received roughly 27,900 likes (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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— •ᴗ- (@evadentz) August 22, 2022

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— •ᴗ- (@evadentz) August 23, 2022

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