Always be careful what you ask for, especially on the Internet.
"Go ahead. Meme me!" Bill Cosby tweeted on Monday with a link to a meme generator on his website, which allows users to select any of 12 different photos and write text on the top and bottom in typical meme fashion. And meme they did.
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Go ahead. Meme me! http://t.co/uM3KSji8or #CosbyMeme pic.twitter.com/9PbpQqz33X— Bill Cosby (@BillCosby) November 10, 2014
Despite Cosby's recent career moves, he has been the subject of scrutiny over multiple rape allegations, which were highlighted recently by comedian Hannibal Buress during a stand-up set.
So when Cosby prompted the Internet to create a meme of himself, many responded with negative comments and reminders of the aforementioned rape allegations.
Although memes submitted through the generator on Cosby's site need to be approved, that didn't stop anyone from screenshotting the generated meme, dropping the pictures into another generator that didn't need approval or simply using any basic photo editing software to create their own.
Representatives for Cosby did not immediately respond to messages left Monday.
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