Idris Elba Choking on Spicy Wings Is Now a Meme About Our Most Awkward Moments

We can never be Idris, but he is all of us.

Idris Elba struggled through his First We Feast Hot Ones interview. That's not necessarily a big deal. Struggling is the point of the hot wings-based interview and he still looked better doing it than anyone you've ever seen in your life. Elba's strong reaction to a wing that was commanded by the powers of naughtiness to be really, really hot stuck with viewers, though. And they took his sputtering, choking response and turned it into an encapsulation of all our most awkward conversations.

Let's bless this post by kicking things off with a Bible meme. 

During the meal Jesus said, "I tell you, one of you will betray me”

Judas:
https://t.co/PNv0UUyhzq

— less (@_lessismaur) August 12, 2019

Of course, Elba's choking went well with just about any uncomfortable dinner that Twitter users have ever experienced.

when the dinner date is going great and he drop “so you talking to anyone else?” https://t.co/28HsCbhw5V

— raya (@sheisraya) August 12, 2019

When people actually eat Avocado & toast after uploading the pic to instagram https://t.co/sYpexFW3C6

— Din Djarin (@monclapped) August 13, 2019

Eating your first school lunch when Michelle Obama took over in 2008 pic.twitter.com/Fzv8i9nhCV

— Sharon’s Ex Husband Chris 🐝 (@IHateSharon) August 10, 2019


Elba's wings going down the wrong way also brought to mind meals that people struggled to keep down.

And no meme is complete until it's turned back on itself, so of course,  Elba's video has already gone fully meta. 

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