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Yahoo
16 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bizarre Trisha Paytas Baby Theory Goes Viral After Ozzy Osbourne's Death
The internet is a weird, wild place. The latest example: A strange and illogical meme that correlates the births of YouTube creator and podcaster Trisha Paytas' children with the deaths of prominent figures — and that Paytas' kids are the reincarnation of the recently departed — went viral after news that legendary heavy-metal icon Ozzy Osbourne had died. The 'Trisha Paytas baby theory' first cropped up in 2022 following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 of that year, with Paytas' daughter Malibu Barbie born less than a week later (Sept. 14). The 2024 birth of Paytas' second daughter, Elvis, didn't actually line up with any famous death — but, showing how resilient conspiracy theories can be, users have somehow tied the second baby to Pope Francis, who died April 21, 2025. More from Variety Black Sabbath Members Pay Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne Following His Death: We've 'Lost Our Brother' How Ozzy Osbourne Changed Reality TV: Former MTV Boss Van Toffler on the Unprecedented Success of 'The Osbournes' Ozzy Osbourne's 15 Most Essential Songs, From 'Black Sabbath' to 'Mama, I'm Coming Home' Most recently, Paytas announced the arrival of their third child, Aquaman Moses, in an Instagram post Tuesday (July 22); the baby was born on July 12, 2025. News of the death of Osbourne hit around the same time. The magic number of three — however coincidental and inaccurate — was too much for the internet to resist. 'Ozzy, is that you?' says the top comment on Paytas' announcement of Aquaman's birth. 'Trisha paytas is 3 for 3 omg,' an X user said Tuesday in a post, which has over 9 million views. As of Wednesday morning, 'Trisha' was the No. 5 trending topic on X and 'Trisha Paytas baby theory' was the No. 8 trending search term on Google. Grok, the AI chatbot integrated with X, said in explaining the meme, the deaths and Paytas' childbirths are 'pure coincidence, but internet lore loves it.' Variety has reached out to Paytas' team for comment. Paytas has previously addressed the theory on their podcast, saying, 'I just don't get it,' per Newsweek. 'Is it just any influential person that dies get to come reincarnated as my baby? … I don't understand why my womb is carrying all of these souls.' Social media, of course, was flooded with memes about the wacky Osbourne-Aquaman Moses connection: Ozzy Osbourne waking up from his afternoon nap and seeing Trisha Paytas cradling him — Scott Chegg (@buckfastbadlad) July 22, 2025 ozzy osborne's soul on its way to reincarnate as trisha paytas' baby — JB 🐻✨🍉 (@JBfromDC89) July 22, 2025 Everyone rushing quote retweet Trisha Paytas's baby name announcement with "welcome back Ozzy Osbourne" — 𝑆𝐼𝐴𝑁 𝑇𝐻𝑌𝑀𝐸𝑆 🫧 (@SianThymes) July 22, 2025 Trisha paytas is 3 for 3 omg… — welp. (@YSLONIKA) July 22, 2025 Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week 'Harry Potter' TV Show Cast Guide: Who's Who in Hogwarts? Final Emmy Predictions: Talk Series and Scripted Variety - New Blood Looks to Tackle Late Night Staples
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jim Harbaugh's quirky Chargers training camp move became an instant meme
Jim Harbaugh is a social media superstar, not because he's online all the time -- that'd be wild given that he's an NFL coach -- but because fans love to focus on the quirky guy at the helm of the Los Angeles Chargers (I don't know, maybe it's because of the khakis). The latest piece of Jim Harbaugh weirdness? There's a clip of him at Chargers training camp looking through a curtain like he's peeping at practice. Why? Why ask why? It's just Jim Harbaugh, right? This isn't out of line for him. But of course, the clip became our first meme of 2025 NFL training camps, with folks putting funny captions under the shot of him looking through the curtain. Here's a sampling of what we saw as Chargers training camp kicks off this week: This article originally appeared on For The Win: Jim Harbaugh meme pops up from quirky move at Chargers training camp
CBC
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBC
What is a Jet2 holiday? Explaining the viral meme
The soundtrack to the meme originally came from a 2022 commercial A new meme is taking off on TikTok and it's coming straight from the airport. It goes like this: in an animated British accent, a woman declares that 'nothing beats a Jet2 holiday,' while comically bad, dangerous or silly vacation fails fill the screen. The voiceover comes from a commercial for Jet2, a U.K.-based discount travel company. The videos are garnering millions upon millions of views, as more and more people on TikTok join in on the fun. But the commercial and sound aren't actually new. What's a 'Jet2 holiday,' anyway? Jet2 first aired its commercial back in December 2022, according to a news release. The voiceover describes Jet2's travel deals while music plays in the background. The song is Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne, which came out in 2015. Jet2 later uploaded the commercial to YouTube in January 2024, and someone posted it to TikTok that August. According to the website Know Your Meme, which tracks online trends, the Jet2 Holiday meme began to take off in late 2024. WATCH — Meet the 11-year-old behind the aura-farming boat meme It started with a November 2024 post that shows an angry camel chasing a person in the desert. A gif of the original Jet2 holiday meme on TikTok. A camel chases someone on holiday, as they nervously yell. (Image credit: alfred_m08/TikTok) As the person screams and the camel continues running, we hear a voice say: 'Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday.' The video received more than 3.7 million likes in less than a year. Some other examples of videos using the Jet2 holiday sound. Left, a girl appears to run and eventually roll down a sandy hill. Right, a boy on vacation opens a large set of curtains in his hotel room, only to reveal a very, very tiny window. (notchloeexx/TikTok, bben9450/TikTok) Jet2's official TikTok jumped on the audio trend in April 2025 by posting its own video. It received 12 million views. But the meme didn't really go viral until this summer. Trending now As of July 18, more than 1.3 million videos have been posted using the sound. And Google Trends, which keeps track of popular search terms, shows a big jump in the number of people searching for terms like 'Jet2holiday' in recent weeks. A Google Trends search of Jet2holiday, reveals spikes of interest, or searches for the term lately. (Image credit: Google Trends) Tell us what you think! Have more questions? Want to tell us how we're doing? Use the 'send us feedback' link below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
New York Times
3 days ago
- Business
- New York Times
The Markets Advance Despite Trump's Attacks on the Fed and Trade Partners
Andrew here. Our 'Picture of the Day' on Friday, featuring a C.E.O. caught with his colleague from H.R. at a Coldplay concert, was just beginning to go viral and has since exploded into the meme of the summer. The executive, Andy Byron of Astronomer, resigned over the weekend. This incident raises a big question: What does this image and the ensuing public outrage reveal about us? That's what I've been thinking about most as copycat images appear everywhere. The moment seems to encapsulate the pervasive schadenfreude within our culture, especially our office culture, and a deep-seated animosity toward bosses and colleagues. It highlights a zero-sum mentality in which a colleague's success is perceived as your loss, and their failure your gain. Of course, this shouldn't be the case, and it should prompt us to consider how we can collectively foster a world that is a bit more supportive and gracious. The incident also underscores our surveillance state. We're constantly being captured, our every move potentially recorded and identified. This omnipresent digital gaze is a double-edged sword. What are your thoughts? Let me know. 'The Powell hedge' As next week's deadline on trade talks looms, President Trump has continued to wage war on the Fed's independence. That doesn't seem to be bothering traders, though, with the Nasdaq Composite sitting in record territory and stock futures pointing to a solid opening this morning. That calm could be tested this week as 135 companies from the S&P 500 are set to report quarterly results, which will give investors fresh insight into how Trump's trade war is affecting profits. Shares of Stellantis, the Jeep maker, fell this morning after the company reported a first-half loss of 2.3 billion euros ($2.68 billion), a hit worsened by tariffs. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Opendoor stock records 180% weekly gain as retail frenzy cements meme status
Opendoor Technologies' (OPEN) stock delivered a 188% gain on the week after a trading day that saw the iBuyer penny stock rocket upward another 36%. Following a bull thesis for an Opendoor turnaround posted to X on July 14 by EMJ Capital principal and Carvana (CVNA) spotter Eric Jackson, the stock has firmly entered retail meme stock status. Retail trading activity in Opendoor stock has increased 140% over the past 10 days compared to the preceding month, according to retail investor data provider VandaTrack. After reaching a high of $39.24 in February 2021, shares of Opendoor had fallen to under $1 each. The latest retail rally, fueled by Jackson's thesis and speculative posts on the meme-stock Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets, has begun to push the company toward the $5 line that would lift it out of penny stock status. On Friday, the stock closed at $2.25 per share. The question for Opendoor leadership will be what it can do to maintain the momentum and potentially reach Jackson's price target of $82 per share. Opendoor uses iBuyer real estate technology to buy homes from owners for cash, make light repairs, then flip them back onto the open market to hopefully resell at a profit. Jackson told Yahoo Finance that while he isn't currently making an overt activist play on the company, he has heard several ideas that, "if you waved a magic wand and suddenly [the ideas] were announced this afternoon, [I] think would cause an eruption upwards in the shares." Read more about Opendoor's stock moves and today's market action. Several factors contributed to Opendoor's stock price falling below a dollar. The combination of a declining housing market and rising interest rates put pressure on the company's bottom line at the macro level, and its heavy use of borrowing to acquire and quickly flip homes has saddled the company with debt. As Jackson noted in his X thread, Opendoor has never notched a quarter of positive EBITDA. After spending more than 30 days trading below $1, Opendoor disclosed to investors in May that it had received warning of a possible delisting from the Nasdaq. And in June, the company agreed to pay $39 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought in 2022 by investors who claimed the company failed to disclose that its pricing algorithms are not equipped to adapt to shifting conditions in the housing market. But investors see a tailwind. Jackson noted in his X thread that he expects Opendoor to report its first quarter of positive EBITDA in August and complimented the company's new experimentation with partnering with real estate brokers instead of constantly competing with them. With housing market giants Zillow (Z) and Redfin having exited the iBuyer game as of 2021 and 2022, respectively, the company faces little competition. For now, retail investors are piling into a bet that Opendoor could be the next Carvana. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
