Kyle Craven

Kyle Craven (born 1989, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio), commonly known by his Internet nickname "Bad Luck Brian", is an American Internet celebrity known for his ubiquitous photo posted on Reddit in 2012 which quickly became a popular meme.[1]

Kyle Craven's popularity originated from his high-school yearbook photo posted to the social news website Reddit by Kyle's friend Ian Davies on January 24, 2012 at 2:15 UTC.[2] It quickly became a popular Image macro on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter. Kyle's photo was turned into T-shirts, stuffed animals and novelty items sold by Walmart and Hot Topic. Volkswagen, and others companies paid to use his pictures in their ad campaigns. Kyle's "meme" earned him up to $20,000. Craven tried to make his internet kudos even more popular by filming videos about his character on YouTube.[3]

Kyle traveled to Los Angeles to date Laina Morris, another popular meme character. Laina and Kyle didn't fall in love but the resulting video was watched more than 2 million times online. In reality, Kyle works for his dad's construction business building churches.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Corcoran, Kieran (January 6, 2015). "Whatever happened to 'Bad Luck Brian'? Man whose yearbook photo became ubiquitous meme reveals how fame scored him dates and $20,000 in cash... but then his luck changed". DailyMail.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bad Luck Brian". Reddit. Reddit. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Contrere, Jessica (January 5, 2015). "Being Bad Luck Brian: When the meme that made you famous starts to fade away". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ Gidan, Jenn (January 6, 2015). "An Internet Meme's Real Life: Building Churches". Newser. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Anatomy of a meme: The real story of Bad Luck Brian, his viral class portrait and the fleeting nature of online fame". National Post. January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2015.

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