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Jason Derulo's fall at Met Gala 2023: Truth behind the meme

Internet is buzzing with rumors and jokes about the supposed fall of Jason Derulo

Social media, be it Instagtam, Twitter or TikTok has netizens actively reacting on everything, whether it be true or false. Recently, amid the Met Gala 2023, Internet was buzzing with rumors and jokes about the supposed fall of Jason Derulo. But we bring you straight to the reality - Derulo did not fall down the stairs at the Met Gala this year, nor has he ever even attended the event.

The joke, which has become a favorite meme now, was first started back in 2015, with a tweet from a now-suspended account @dashausofjack, claiming that Jason Derulo had a fall at the Met Gala. Derulo himself then responded on Instagram, denying the claim and telling everyone that he was actually in rehearsals in LA. So what's the reality behind that image?

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The Reality behind the picture

So, at the Met Gala 2023, who actually fell down the stairs? Nobody!, According to Cosmopolitan The image that serves as the meme was really taken at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival in France, when an unnamed man attempted to storm the event and fell on the stairs as the crowd went hysterical. Also in a YouTube video, Derulo admitted that he found the whole thing hilarious and even his 93-year-old grandmother called to ask if he was alright after hearing the rumors.

This meme first started in 2015 when someone on the internet randomly decided that this mystery man in a white suit looked like Jason and tweeted that he fell down the steps of that year’s Met Gala. When it first surfaced, Jason himself reacted that he was actually in LA at a rehearsal. He wrote on Instagram, “Lmao I’m at rehearsal in L.A. Fuq y’all! Lol." This then happened once again after the Met Gala in 2018, because of course it did. And yet again it happened in 2023, and people can't stop reacting to this meme. 

'Holy shit jason derulo just fell down the #MetGala steps …'

Netizens once again reacted to this meme like never before. A user wrote, "Boygenius talking to jason derulo at the top of the met gala stairs". A second user wrote, "If i was jason derulo this would be me every met gala". Another user wrote,"Holy shit jason derulo just fell down the #MetGala steps …" The fourth user wrote, "Completely understand Jason derulo cause I too would fall down the stairs after seeing bad bunny looking like this".