Could people have any more opinions on the Friends reunion? Since it premiered on Thursday, everything from the revelation of a secret offscreen romance to Cindy Crawford modelling Ross's infamous leather pants has become a major talking point.
It hasn't escaped the internet's attention that Matt LeBlanc – a.k.a. smooth-talking, sandwich-loving Joey Tribbiani – was particularly chatty and laid-back during the whole thing.
For this reason, Irish Twitter rushed to point out the similarity between arms-crossed, casual shirt-wearing Matt LeBlanc and an rish dad or uncle. And sure enough, a genius meme was born.
‘And you paid for them jeans like that ya did, with all them holes already in them?’ pic.twitter.com/mpKFmuevfM
— spochadóir (@spochadoir) May 29, 2021
Can’t get enough of these “Matt LeBlanc looks like an Irish da” memes and I think I found a winner pic.twitter.com/5ZusUmTkEY
— ✨ Dean Tāne ✨ (@Maccadaynu) May 29, 2021
Matt LeBlanc is my Irish da @G_Hayden 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/0rd6f8hNgI
— QueenLaAoife 👑 (@aoife_hayden) May 29, 2021
Matt Le Blanc is every Irish auld lad waiting for the sandwiches to come out after the months mind mass pic.twitter.com/x4Hro7ankK
— Mary Ann Sheehy (@maryannsheehy) May 29, 2021
Old PE teacher supervising your free maths class pic.twitter.com/a2MxCCdIuO
— Aodh (@FollowTheLaoide) May 28, 2021
Bridgerton actress Nicola Coughlan summed up the situation pretty brilliantly when she tweeted: "Matt LeBlanc is Irish, I don’t want to see any other nation trying to claim him, he’s from Tullamore, he drinks milk with his dinner."
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Towards the end of the episode, it is made clear by Courteney Cox – who played Monica Geller – that the much-hyped reunion is very much a one time thing.
"Honestly, this will really make me cry, but this will be the last time that we’re ever asked about the show as a group that we will do this," she says to her cast mates. "Like, we’re not going to do this [again] in 15 more years."
At least we'll always have the memories. And in Matt LeBlanc's case, the memes.
I don’t know who made this but it made me howl. Honestly, the @Matt_LeBlanc as Irish uncle meme is my favourite thing this year pic.twitter.com/Foq3M8t0bH
— Declan Cashin (@Tweet_Dec) May 30, 2021