Was Pops Wrong For This? / Jamar Pittman

"Was Pops Wrong For This?" refers to the thumbnail of a viral video of a CNN interview of the Pittman family, which took place shortly after the shooting of Oxford High School in Michigan. Certain frames of the video went viral on Twitter/X in 2023 as reaction images, particularly ones of Jamar Pittman, the father of the boy being interviewed, were he appeared to be holding back laughter despite being in a serious situation.

On December 1, 2021, CNN posted a video of the Pittman family being interviewed. In this video, Oxford High student JaVon learns that one of his classmates had died in the shooting, causing him to break down in tears, with his father pointing and, seemingly, smirking. Later in the video, when JaVon describes how his father was his hero during the tragedy, the camera pans to his father, who seemingly tries to hold back from bursting out in laughter.

This video went viral in early 2023, with many social media accounts posting it with the caption "Was Pops Wrong For This?🤔😭 Father Going Viral After He Tried Not To Laugh During Serious Moment😳😭"