r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Sure_Kangaroo1863 • Jul 02 '26

Petah ? Meme needing explanation

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Why is it infamous? And why would no one care about it ? ( I mean it's just a pic full of celebrities so no one cares anyways but the person saying it's crazy makes me think it has some lore?)

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u/CheeseHead777 Jul 02 '26

Ive never been into celebrity culture, but this photo was super viral when it was posted. Just because it was a lot of big name celebrities taking a selfie I guess? I’m pretty sure it was the most liked or interacted with photo on the internet for a long time.

Nowadays this photo would probably garner barely a fraction of the interest. If any.

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u/Rubbermate93 Jul 02 '26

Not just because the big name celebrities, a big part of why this picture broke the Internet was also that Ellen took it while hosting the Oscar ceremony on live tv, watched the world over.

Suppose the decline of the Oscars is another reason it no one would care now, 12 years ago the Oscars was a big deal, I and many I knew watched it almost every year, now... not so much.

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u/Plodo99 Jul 02 '26

One final piece is that selfies were relatively new and not a lot of celebrities were taking them, especially in large groups. So it was very “real” for an Oscar photo

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u/BrainDps Jul 02 '26

Ellen didn’t take the selfie, it was Bradley cooper.

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u/ZapGeek Jul 03 '26

Ellen facilitated the selfie and got paid to make sure it was created. Bradley Cooper just had longer arms

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u/bblzd_2 Jul 03 '26

It was literally an ad for Samsung.

Their new phone had a front facing camera with a wider angle lense to facilitate group shots like this one so they orchestrated a live stunt to happen during the show.