Daytime shows pride themselves on giving people free stuff and no one does this better than Ellen DeGeneres. The lovable talk show host doles out presents to audience members that are as simple as books and as luxurious as a million dollars (split between everyone, of course).
This week’s meme has no clear origin, but it pokes fun at the fact that when you go to an “Ellen” taping, you’ll likely meet your hero, leave with an unexpected present, or be scared to death by a someone wearing a clown costume. The first version of the meme, developed by Twitter user @cavedevice, set the dark tone of the joke.
*on Ellen*
ELLEN: so i hear u tweet about wanting to die
ME: haha yeah, i do
*Death comes out, creeps up behind me*
ME: omg ellen you didnt— Iisi (@cavedevice) February 27, 2017
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Other Twitter users expanded on the joke, adding their own twists and personal takes, but keeping the dark and depressing humor of the original format. It’s 2019 and the overall feeling of this meme is that no one has time to be cute and hopeful right now. Check out some of the standout tweets:
me on ellen
ellen: so i heard you love
guillotining the richme: ya
(the studio is filled with the terrified screams of investment bankers)
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— Thot Yorke (@refreshingslurp) March 4, 2019
me on ellen
ellen: so you weren’t vaccinated as a child?
me: yeah
(doctor walks out with vaccines)
me: omg ellen u didn’t— em (@catraIovesgirIs) March 1, 2019
me on ellen
ellen: so i heard you love space
me: ya
(studio roof flies off revealing the vast blackness of the cosmos, everyone dies instantly)
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— v cold (@vwegs) March 4, 2019
[on the ellen show]
ellen: so i hear you love iced coffee
me: yeah i do
ellen: *iced coffee pouring out of her mouth and eyes*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— melina ¨̮ (@melmadara) March 3, 2019
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me on ellen
ellen: so i hear you’re a big fan of killing eve!
me: yeah!
*villanelle walks out and murders me*
me: omg ellen you didn’t
— ?️| 30 (@MHummels1) March 4, 2019
me on ellen
ellen: so i heard you’re a big fan of sharp objects
me: yes i am
*patricia clarkson walks out and starts spoon feeding me rat poison*
me, on the verge of death, coughing up a whole lung: oh my god ellen you didn’t
— alwine (@freeadora) March 6, 2019
me on ellen
ellen: so i hear u like mamma mia!
me: omg yes
*3 men with a paternity test walk out*
me: omg ellen u didn’t
— *⋆˚ellie (@griiffinskane) March 5, 2019
[me on ellen]
ellen: get off of me
me: sorry
— chris melberger (@chrismelberger) March 7, 2019
