Troy Aikman speaks on “White JAY-Z” Meme says its “pretty scary”.
Thanks to ESPN’s Pablo Torres, we know if Troy Aikman knows about the “White Jay-Z” meme. Torres asked Aikman about the meme during a guest hosting slot on Pardon The Interruption. “Yes. It still comes up on my feed from time to time. With all this AI stuff, you don’t know what’s real and what’s been edited. But pretty scary,” Aikman told Torres. However, Aikman did not go as far as to call himself the “white JAY-Z”. However, his “pretty scary” comment can at least be taken as some proof that Aikman at least sees the basis of the meme.
For years, a meme has circulated the internet displaying a headshot of Troy Aikman and Jay-Z side-by-side.
In these headshots, the Hall of Fame quarterback looks remarkably like Jay-Z in the face.
It’s easily the closest cross-racial lookalikes we have in popular culture.
Until recently, neither Jay-Z nor Aikman had addressed the viral meme comparing their likeness.
ESPN’s Pablo Torre did the hard-hitting journalism and asked Aikman about the meme on an episode of Pardon the Interruption, which Torre then brought up on his podcast, Pablo Torre Finds Out.
Yes, I am aware of that,
Aikman said with a laugh when ESPN’s Pablo Torre dared to … go there.
For those who aren’t aware, a meme has circulated for many years that compares images of Aikman and Jay-Z, showing a remarkable similarity. This has led many users to dub Aikman the “White Jay-Z” and the images have been in circulation ever since. However, it’s not a meme that Aikman or Hov have acknowledged until now. Furthermore, as Torres noted while sharing the revelation on Pablo Torres Finds Out, the meme pre-dates the AI revolution by several years. What do you think? does Aikman look like the “white JAY-Z”? Let us know in the comments.
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