A MAN who was in the viral “bored club girl” meme has revealed exactly what he said to make her pull the famous face.
A nightclub photo of Lucia Gorman up close first went viral back in 2018.
The iconic image shows Lucia looking unimpressed as Patrick, now 24, chatted away into her ear when they were both 18-year-old students.
The friends were on a night out at the Milk club night at Bourbon in , , when they ran into each other.
Patrick, who is a long time school friend of Lucia approached and tried to talk to her as loud music was playing – but it turned into a viral meme that broke the internet.
The snap ended up being shared millions of times and has been dubbed one of the “most relatable nightclub photos in “.
Patrick, now a qualified commercial surveyor, was all set to start his degree at Aberdeen University when the hilarious snap was taken.
And he has finally revealed the exact words he said to pal Lucia that proved to be the catalyst for a generational meme.
Speaking to MailOnline, he said: “I didn't know that the photo was being taken. I first became aware of it the day after it was out there.”
But Patrick confessed: “I don't know what I was saying to Lucia at the time…
“We were out in the bar. We were in a big group and I must have spoken to her five, ten, fifteen times that night.
“I can't really remember what I said so it must been good night. I had a laugh about and it is what it is. It's not really come up in the future. It's just a bit mad that it kind of blew up.”
Since then, Patrick has completed a Master’s in Real Estate at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh.
Patrick admitted that he still runs into Lucia from time-to-time and they share a laugh about the moment.
Reflecting on the photo, he recalled that his family probably had a good laugh when they saw it, as it was one of his first nights out.
Lucia, now an assistant brand manager at Premier Foods, also recently revealed seven years ago.
Like Patrick, she does not remember the specific conversation.
But Lucia recalled toJOEthat she had probably had enough of getting her “ear chewed off” and was wanting to go home.
She described the picture as the ultimate mansplaining meme, and said: “I feel like a lot of women in the world probably really understand, and whilst he wasn’t being horrible, I think girls in clubs get the brunt of men just explaining things that you don’t need to hear”.
It is a face Lucia has had trouble recreating naturally for people, highlighting how it was not staged as some may think.
She told JOE: “I find it quite hard to do the like moody, grumpy, uninterested expressions, but maybe I should just get Patrick back in my ear again and we can try to recreate it”.
The former student revealed being stared at in lectures with some people taking photos of her
But seven years later, Lucia has partnered with to bring more famous facial expressions from memes to life.
Among those include the ‘Put the Bins Out' meme, highly-relatable ‘Confused Math Lady', and tribute the original image that made Lucia viral.
The recreation of these famous faces have been done to highlight the new Samsung Galaxy A56 5G Best Face , which prevents group photo mishaps from happening through AI.
It is designed to eliminate awkward faces, people standing in front of each other and blinking eyes that occur in photographs.
