Mr. Steal Your Grandma

Mr. Steal Your Grandma

Updated Jul 05, 2016 at 04:03PM EDT by Don.

Added Jul 05, 2016 at 01:01PM EDT by Don.

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Mr. Steal Your Grandma is the nickname given to Houston, Texas resident Irvin Randle after pictures of the photogenic 54-year-old teacher began circulating in late June 2016.

Origin

On February 7th, 2015, Randle created the @irvinrandle[4] Instagram feed (shown below).


irvi n randle Follow/l 。。。 too grown. IrvinRandle.com 130 posts 116k followers 921 following HE B0 29 79 2

The account received little attention until June 29th, 2016, when Twitter user @_magamedze[1] posted several photographs of Randle along with the caption "Mr Steal Your Grandma" (shown below). Within one week, the tweet gathered upwards of 12,300 retweets and 11,100 likes.


. Follow A.D @ magamedze Mr Steal Your Grandma OPEN un-Thurs 24 Hour Pri. Sat E1圔匍 圍駟A d■ RETWEETS LI 12,346 11,188 6:02 AM 29 Jun 2016

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That same day, other Twitter and Instagram users began posting photographs of Randle, some of which included the hashtag #MrStealYourGrandma[6][8] (shown below).


OPEN 24 H our Follow @lordflackito keep your grandma by your side at all times. #mrstealyourgrandma 3:26 PM 29 Jun 2016 488 510 Real Tweets TM @keepltTooReal Follovw Whose grandad is this wit all this saucē tho lol RETWEETS LIKES 9,474 9,928 7:22 PM 29 Jun 2016 Mr Steal your Grandma

On July 1st, Randle launched a fan page on Facebook,[2] gathering upwards of 8,400 likes in the next four days. That day, The Houston Chronicle[3] published an interview with Randle, who revealed that he discovered his internet fame after his daughter saw him trending on Twitter. Meanwhile, YouTuber Asio Marinho uploaded an audio interview with Randle (shown below).



In the coming days, several news sites published articles about Randle's trending photographs, including BuzzFeed,[9] UpRoxx,[10] The Daily Mail[11] and The Telegraph.[12]

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