Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera in Putin Interview meme.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/048/357/tucker_carlson_looking.jpg)
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About • Origin • Spread • Various Examples • Template • Search Interest • External References • |
About
Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera, also known as Tucker Carlson Fourth Wall Break, refers to a moment during the Tucker Carlson Vladimir Putin Interview in which Tucker Carlson looked at the camera in a slightly confused manner, furrowed his eyebrows and seemingly smirked at the viewer after Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that he "would like to share a very interesting story" with him. A two-image meme format and GIF of the moment spread in memes on Twitter / X and elsewhere in February 2024. Many captions added to the template referenced Putin's history lesson, also known as Putin Starting Way Back.
Origin
On February 8th, 2024, Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin on X.[1] The roughly two-hour interview received over 140.1 million views and 833,000 likes in less than a day (shown below). At the video's 21:14-minute mark, Putin tells Carlson, "I would like to share a very interesting story with you." Carlson then looks into the camera, furrows his eyebrow and appears to wryly smile at the viewer.
Ep. 73 The Vladimir Putin Interview pic.twitter.com/67YuZRkfLL
— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) February 8, 2024
At approximately 6:45 p.m. EST on February 8th, 2024, X[2] user @reshetz shared two screencaps from the moment with one showing Carlson before looking at the camera and the other showing his smirking expression. @reshetz captioned the images, "LMAO," receiving over 13,000 likes in less than a day (shown below).
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera During Putin Interview meme LMAO Mira of Kyiv @reshetz 6:45 PM. Feb 8, 2024 1.5M Views :](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/133/398.png)
Spread
Others on X started to use the two-image meme template soon after. For instance, on February 8th, 2024, X[3] user @sranysovok used the images minutes after @reshetz, captioning them, "If only you you knew how banan things really are," gaining over 390 likes in less than a day (shown below, left).
During the same timeframe on February 8th, X[4] user @GravitysRa1nbow quoted @reshetz with a POV caption, reading, "POV: You just realized Putin wasn’t actually doing a bit this whole time," receiving roughly 30,000 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera During Putin Interview meme Andrew @sranysovok If only you you knew how banan things really are 6:48 PM. Feb 8, 2024 10.1K Views : …..](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/137/e0f.png)
![POV: You just realized Putin wasn’t actually doing a bit this whole time James @GravitysRainbow POV: You just realized Putin wasn't actually doing a bit this whole time Mira of Kyiv @reshetz 20h LMAO 6:59 PM Feb 8, 2024 1M Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/145/123.png)
The Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera images were then exploited by meme creators, such as X[5] user @sranysovok on February 8th, 2024, who turned the images into a Computer Reaction Face, gaining over 170 likes in less than a day (shown below, left).
X[6] user @sranysovok posted another exploited version of the meme on February 8th, gaining over 90 likes in the same timeframe (shown below, right).
![Tucker Carlson Computer Reaction image Andrew @sranysovok Follow > still manages to pull "at least I'm not him" face > looks like CIA psyop at this point 8:23 PM. Feb 8, 2024 4,685 Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/163/0ce.png)
![Tucker Carlson "get a Load of This Guy" face imgflip.co GET-A-LOAD OF THIS GUY CAM](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Usage of the image also spread to 4chan, such as a thread started on /pol/ [7] on February 8th (shown below, left). A greentext using the images was shared by X[8] user @sranysovok on February 8th (from a currently unknown board), gaining over 300 likes in less than a day (shown below, right).
![Tucker Carlson Sitting at Computer meme Anonymous (ID: WxgQ3JPb) 02/09/24(Fri) 15:13:48 No.458112908 418 KB PNG He was not prepared for Slavic autism](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/170/997.png)
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera Greentext >Yes Mr. Putin, but I don't understand what that has to do with what happened two years ago 122 KB JPG >Is this a talk show or did you want to have a serious conversation? Now, our solar system formed about 4.5 billion years ago from a dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust. The cloud collapsed, possibly due to the shockwave of a nearby exploding star, called a supernova. When this dust cloud collapsed, it formed a solar nebula - a spinning, swirling disk of material. At the center, gravity pulled more and more material in. Eventually, the pressure in the core was so great that hydrogen atoms began to combine and form helium, releasing a tremendous amount of energy. With that, our Sun was born, and it eventually amassed more than 99% of the available matter...](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Various Examples
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera meme iSorrowproductions @ISPuuuv POV you discover dementia riddled rambling old men leading countries isn't just a US thing. Mira of Kyiv LMAO @reshetz 20h Follow 9:56 AM Feb 9, 2024 167K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/179/6ad.png)
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera meme Alex Cohen @anothercohen Subscribe POV: You look over at the lead engineer during a sales pitch after the sales team just promised some s--- that isn't even on the roadmap for the next 3 years 9:49 AM Feb 9, 2024 234.9K Views](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/181/5a9.png)
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera meme Pata van Goon @basedalexandoor breaking the fourth wall when my gf starts yapping 9:46 PM. Feb 8, 2024 760K Views ● Follow ...](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/002/753/182/816.png)
POV: You just realised that Putin isn't a based destroyer of woke NATO but a crazy old fascist fuck who lives in alternative history. pic.twitter.com/7xz66Zhrq3
— Voytsekhovskyi 🇺🇦 (@fermerzpolissia) February 9, 2024
Template
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera meme template](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
![Tucker Carlson Looking at the Camera meme template](https://a.kym-cdn.com/assets/blank-b3f96f160b75b1b49b426754ba188fe8.gif)
Search Interest
Unavailable.
External References
[1] X – @TuckerCarlson
[3] X – @sranysovok
[4] X – @GravitysRa1nbow
[5] X – @sranysovok
[6] X – @sranysovok
[8] X – @sranysovok
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