Selena Gomez's Reaction To Chris Brown's VMAs

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Selena Gomez's Reaction To Chris Brown's VMAs refers to a viral reaction video of American singer Selena Gomez reacting to Chris Brown’s MTV VMA nomination. Her expressive dislike face became popularized as an image macro and reaction image/video on Twitter (X) and TikTok.

Origin

On September 12th, 2023, the American singer and actress Selena Gomez was caught^[1] visibly sneering as Chris Brown's name was read out during the 2023 MTV Video Music Award ceremony. X^[2] user posted the singer's reaction (shown below, which amassed over 2 million views and 28,400 likes in a day.

Selena Gomez's reaction to Chris Brown is SO FUNNY pic.twitter.com/bJyjZwmzZ9

— songs that changed history (@iconiksongs) September 13, 2023

Spread

Selena's disgusted face became a popular reaction image/video on X. For example, on September 12th, X^[3] user @sgbordeaux posted a montage of Selena's reactions during the award show, which garnered roughly 9,000 views and 463 likes in a day.

juro eu amei esse vídeo pic.twitter.com/SnoFaWnivq

— sari 🔆 (@sgbordeaux) September 13, 2023

Selena Gomez's Response To The Meme

On September 13th, 2023, the actress posted an Instagram stories about becoming a meme online. She wrote “I will never be a meme again. I’d rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love.” X^[4] user @PopBase posted the singer's stories (shown below), which amassed over 10 million views and 80,000 likes in a few hours.

→ Pop Base @PopBase Follow Selena Gomez shares new Instagram story about becoming a meme online: "I will never be a meme again. I'd rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love" 11:32 AM - Sep 13, 2023 selenagomez 7h I will never be a meme again. I'd rather sit still than be dragged for being myself. Much love X Ⓡ

Various Examples

a Taylor Swift pra Selena Gomez depois dela desabafar sobre ter virado meme no #VMA pic.twitter.com/Iz0ym8OWES
— BCharts (@bchartsnet) September 13, 2023

@adoresel SHES SO FUNNY WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO BE 😭😭😭😭😭 ##selenagomezedit##selenagomez##celebrity##rarebeauty##selenator##selenators##popculture##sg3##beauty##teamselena##viral##celeb##music ##vmas##vmas2023##meme ♬ nhạc nền – pé sasa

@adoresel She’s so funny 😭😭😭 #selenagomezedit #selenagomez #celebrity #rarebeauty #selenator #selenators #popculture #sg3 #beauty #teamselena #viral #celeb #music #vmas #vmas2023 #meme ♬ vigilante shit merengues version – broken and blue

@therealestcouplex I guess she doesn’t want to be a meme anymore y’all 😂 #foryoupage #vmas #goviral #meangirl #foryou #vmas2023 #videomusicawards #viral #celebrity #chrisbrown #oliviarodrigo #smh #fyp ♬ original sound – 🎶🎧

@johnatax #selenagomez #johnatamarlon #johnatax #selenator #chrisbrown #swifttokbr #oliviarodrigo ♬ som original – Johnata Marlon