AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme, also known as 'Man Looking at Other Woman,' features a stock photo where a man is seen checking out another woman walking by while the woman presumably his partner, gazes at him with a look of disapproval and shock. This image is widely used in object labeling memes to represent someone being tempted or distracted by an alternative option.

OriginWho did it first?

The original image for the 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme was captured by photographer Antonio Guillem and uploaded on November 1st, 2015, to the stock photo database iStock under the title "Disloyal man with his girlfriend looking at another girl". The earliest known usage of this photo as a meme was posted on a Turkish Facebook page where it was humorously captioned to depict the man as Phil Collins appreciating pop music while ignoring prog music. This version was uploaded by the page Prog Düşmanlarına Verilen Müthiş Cevaplar on Facebook on January 30th, 2017. This adaptation was reportedly inspired by similar content from another political meme page named 'Siyasettin.'^[1]

Origin: 2017