Michael McGee reveals truth behind holding in a fart meme

GOD bless the internet. Its what transformed Michael McGee from an average 18-year-old into a huge sensation when a photo he uploaded went viral and became the subject of hilarious memes and tweets.

GOD bless the internet.

It’s what transformed Michael McGee from an average 18-year-old into a huge sensation when a photo he uploaded went viral and became the subject of hilarious memes and tweets.

The American high school student is shown with veins bulging on his forehead and neck, looking like he’s about to explode as he sat next to a female classmate.

But what’s the story behind the image that’s captivated the imagination of so many people on the world wide web?

Speaking to pop culture website The Daily Dot, Mr McGee said the photo was actually taken more than two years ago with little fanfare, and his baffling expression had quite a simple explanation behind it.

“Me and my friend Mathew were just hanging out in class ... so we thought he could make a funny tweet — as me and Mathew were quite well-known around school for being funny guys on Twitter — so I made the face and he captioned it something and it got little or almost no attention,” said Mr McGee.

He doesn’t regret posting the picture, but he does wish he’d done one thing straight after it went online.

“My take on being ‘internet famous’ is cool and all. But I regret not copyrighting the picture right away because I could have made a lot of money there!”

The image was posted to Reddit in March 2014 with the caption: “Trying to hold a fart next to a cute girl in class”. But it’s only been in recent times that even more memes and tweets have popped up making light of McGee’s strained expression.

2015 on Twitter

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