Being within the public eye means celebrities often turn out to be the butt of a joke or topic of a viral meme. While some could also be offended, others lean into the within jokes as a solution to join with followers.

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In a publish on r/popculturechat, a person asks, “What’s your favorite joke or meme based on a celebrity that they ended up embracing?”

Several references common superstar look-alike memes, by which the 2 twinning celebrities nod to one another in interviews and on album covers.

Others reward celebrities like Taylor Swift for embracing inside jokes with their fan bases.

These are the 9 most notable instances celebrities have participated in their very own meme, in line with Reddit.

1. Daniel Radcliffe and Elijah Wood look-alikes

Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and Lord of the Rings lead Elijah Wood often get mistaken for one another. In an interview, Radcliffe jokes that 20-year-old Wood was being mistaken for him when he was 13 years previous.

“Definitely Elijah Wood and Daniel Radcliffe getting mistaken for the other all the time.” —u/ChiliAndGold

2. Tony Hawk: Look-alike or not?

Tony Hawk jokes that many followers have instructed him he “looks like Tony Hawk,” not realizing they’re truly speaking to the skateboarding prodigy.

“All of Tony Hawk’s tweets where people tell him he’s a Tony Hawk lookalike.” —u/Normal_End_8911

“He posts random clips on Reddit in the old skaters subreddit and never mentions that it’s him. It’s so funny.”—u/Nermcore

3. Three Spidermans

All three Spiderman actors—Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire—recreate the enduring Spiderman-pointing-at-himself meme in an epic reunion.

“All 3 Spider-Man actors embracing the Spider-Men pointing at each other meme.” —u/PinkCadillacs

“I’m convinced the original meme was the inspiration for the movie in the first place.” —u/Momasaur

4. “No, It’s Becky”

A weird Tumblr publish as soon as used an image of Taylor Swift to allege that their pal “Becky” went to a celebration and “snorted marijuana,” resulting in her psychological decline. Another poster responded, “Pretty sure that’s Taylor Swift.” The unique poster then responded, “No its Becky.”

Later, Swift sported a shirt with the phrases, “No its Becky.”

“I made a ‘Becky’ friendship bracelet for my stop during the eras tour, not sure if it went to anyone eventually though, lol.” —u/——–rook

“I made my companion wear a no it’s Becky shirt to the eras tour.” —u/Luna_Soma

5. Mariah Carey defrosting

Singer Mariah Carey’s iconic Christmas album sparked the joke that she’s “defrosting” as the vacation approaches. Fans observed that she embraced the “defrosting” meme in a 2024 commercial.

“Mariah embracing the defrosting meme is definitely up there. she spun it into a fabulous pr campaign.” —u/blankspacejrr

“I’m surprised no one has said Mariah and the whole defrosting/It’s Timeeeeeee. Didn’t that start as a meme?” —u/kubricks_cube

6. Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint

Two well-known redheads, singer Ed Sheeran and actor Rupert Grint, embraced being mistaken for each other. Recently, Sheeran featured Grint on the quilt of his album, “Ed Sheeran The Complete Collection.”

“Yeah. Ed Sheeran is leaning into it while promoting his upcoming album, he changed his spotify banner to the Rupert Grint picture as well.” —u/HereOnCompanyTime

“The first Ed Sheeran song I heard was when I saw the video for Lego House and for longer than I’d like to about, I just thought Rupert Grint had branched out into music.” —u/Substantial_Ad_4435

7. George Russel’s iconic pose

F1 racer George Russel went viral after hitting an epic pose in an introduction video earlier than a race. Now, he leans into the meme.

“Doing the pose as a race winning celebration fucking killed me!” —u/Nermcore

“Like you’ve got all these other drivers acting tough and looking dead serious (or in Sainz’s case flaunting his locks) and then you have Russell embracing his own meme.” —u/mooonbearr

“The way he brought the pose back for the 2025 intro is honestly iconic.” —u/mooonbearr

8. Prince and Dave Chapelle

After comic Dave Chapelle dressed up as Prince in a skit, the singer used an image of Chapelle in costume on the quilt for his single, “Breakfast Can Wait.”

“Prince using a photo of Dave Chapelle from one of his skits about Prince. The skit is hilarious.” —u/drunken_phoenix

“Well played, Prince. Well played.” —u/HereOnCompanyTime

9. “Thanks, Obama.”

Republican voters as soon as sarcastically used, “Thanks, Obama,” to specific their displeasure with the president’s insurance policies. Obama then embraced the meme in a number of public appearances.

“One of his former speechwriters has a memoir called ‘Thanks, Obama.’ I loved it.” —u/KetosisCat

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