# Charlie Kirk Smile The Charlie Kirk Smile is a running joke about the mocked facial expression of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, whose gummy grin was branded "creepy" by internet users through the early 2020s. It broke wide in September 2024 after Kirk smiled at debate opponent Naima Troutt during a Jubilee TikTok, prompting her viral "Ew, his smile is very creepy" reaction. ## Overview The Charlie Kirk Smile is a mockery format built around the facial expression of Turning Point USA founder and right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk[9]. Critics fixated on what they described as a gummy grin with small teeth relative to the mouth, tagging it "creepy" and "ugly" across Twitter, TikTok and other platforms[3]. The joke almost always attaches captions, drawings or fancam edits to two specific pieces of footage. The first is a January 2017 tuxedo photo of Kirk with pollster Kellyanne Conway[1]. The second is a September 2024 Jubilee video clip in which Kirk smiles at a Black debate contestant after arguing about the Latin etymology of "fetus"[8]. Both were later redrawn by artists, most visibly by YouTube animator MeatCanyon[10]. ## How It Spread The 2017 Conway photo caught on during a January 21st, 2023 tweet burst. X user @JarJarFan69 reposted it uncaptioned for over 2,000 likes[4], and later that day @cooIboobs added the caption "this is unedited" for roughly 27,900 likes before deleting the post[5]. The next day, @TeahLhompson wrote "I genuinely think this image could stop the heart of someone on shrooms" over the same picture and pulled over 107,000 likes[6]. Interest returned in September 2024. On September 8th, Jubilee uploaded "Can 25 Liberal College Students Outsmart 1 Conservative?" to YouTube[7]. Two days later, the channel posted a TikTok clip in which Kirk claimed "fetus" means "little human being" in Latin and smiled at a college student named Naima Troutt, prompting her to reply "Ew, his smile is very creepy"[8]. That clip pulled roughly 56.4 million plays and 5.6 million likes in ten days. Derivatives came fast. TikToker @tmtongaa followed on September 11th with a stitch that drew Kirk's smile by hand, and on September 22nd MeatCanyon posted a distorted portrait to X captioned "I did the thing," which drew around 492,000 likes in a day[10]. ## How to Use Common formats include reposting the Kellyanne Conway tuxedo photo or the Jubilee TikTok with a horror-tone caption about the grin, or drawing a warped MeatCanyon-style version[10]. TikTok fancam edits of Naima Troutt's "Ew, his smile is very creepy" reaction are another common convention[8]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Charlie Kirk Smile? It is a running mockery of the gummy smile of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk, which internet users have called "creepy" and "ugly"[9]. ### Where did Charlie Kirk Smile come from? Early jokes trace to a July 2020 Fox News clip[2] and a January 2017 photo with Kellyanne Conway that went viral on X in 2023[6]. ### What does Charlie Kirk Smile mean? It is used to mock Kirk's on-camera expressions, with critics framing the smile itself as unsettling and using it as shorthand to belittle him[3]. ### How do you use Charlie Kirk Smile? People typically repost the Conway tuxedo photo or the Jubilee Naima Troutt clip with horror-style captions, or draw warped MeatCanyon-style versions of the grin[10]. ### Is Charlie Kirk Smile still popular? It hit peak reach in September 2024 after the Jubilee TikTok with Naima Troutt pulled roughly 56.4 million plays in ten days[8]. ## References 1. [https://x.com/charliekirk11/status/821486478830907393]() 2. [https://www.foxnews.com/media/turning-point-usa-charlie-kirk-portland-riots]() 3. [https://x.com/NotHoodlum]() 4. [https://x.com/JarJarFan69]() 5. [https://x.com/cooIboobs]() 6. [https://x.com/TeahLhompson]() 7. [https://www.youtube.com/@jubileemedia]() 8. [https://www.tiktok.com/@jubilee/video/7413150864564636958]() 9. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/charlie-kirk-smile]() 10. [https://x.com/MeatCanyon]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/charlie-kirk-smile Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library