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You're Breathtaking is a phrase shouted by a Microsoft Xbox E3 2019 press conference attendee Peter Sark during actor Keanu Reeves' presentation of video game Cyberpunk 2077, with Keanu Reeves reacting by calling him and everyone in the audience "breathtaking" in response. Online, still images of Keanu Reeves pointing at the audience paired with the quote has been circulated as an image macro.

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On June 9th, 2019, actor Keanu Reeves presented CD Projekt Red-developed video game Cyberpunk 2077 at Microsoft Xbox E3 2019 press conference.^[1] During the presentation, conference attendee Peter Sark shouted "You're Breathtaking" to Keanu Reeves, with the actor responding by calling him and other people in the audience "breathtaking".

- Let me tell you. The feeling of being there, of walking the streets of the future is going to be breathtaking!
- You're breathtaking!
- You're breathtaking! You're all breathtaking!

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Following the presentation, Peter Sark tweeted the video of the exchange, with the tweet receiving over 5,000 retweets and 17,400 likes in 20 hours.^[2] On June 10th, 2019, the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account promised a free Collector's Edition copy of the game to the fan.^[3]

In the hours following the presentation, multiple memes referencing the exchange have been posted by users on Twitter, Reddit and other online platforms, with still images of Keanu Reeves pointing at the audience paired with the quote "You're breathtaking" being used as image macros. For example, on June 10th, Redditor GallowBoob posted a meme based on the macro which gained over 48,900 upvotes in one day (shown below, left).^[4] A two-panel Drakeposting meme posted by Redditor JosePinac0 on the same day gained over 37,000 upvotes in 24 hours (shown below, right).^[5]

Keanu Signs "You're Breathtaking" Sign

On July 18th, 2019, Twitter user and Bill and Ted 3 writer @ed_solomon^[6] tweeted a picture of Keanu Reeves passing a sign that read "You're Breathtaking" on someone's yard in Louisiana, getting out of the car, and signing it. The tweet gained over 9,000 retweets and 47,000 likes (shown below).

CNN^[7] reported that the signing took place in Slidell, Louisiana and was on the property of Stacey Hunt, who placed the sign on her yard at the suggestion of her son after the town learned Reeves would be in town to film Bill and Ted 3. Reeves also posed for a photo with the family after they saw him signing the sign (shown below).

Twitter users expressed their appreciation for Keanu Reeves after Solomon tweeted about it. Twitter user @AngryBlackLady tweeted "Keanu can heal this nation," gaining over 100 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, left). User @ParkerMolloy tweeted she imagined Keanu jumped out of the car at high-speed, gaining over 20 retweets and 250 likes (shown below, right).

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