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The celebrity COVID calendar meme is here and it's bleak as hell

Thank you, Reese.

Nicole Gallucci

on August 7, 2020

The celebrity COVID calendar meme is here and it's bleak as hell

A whole new slew of horrors comes with each month of 2020, and those horrors inspire some hilariously sad memes.

There's been depressing and relatable memes about Zoom fatigue and losing all concept of time, and now, thanks to Reese Witherspoon, a new 2020 mood meme is making the rounds on Twitter.

The meme, which I refer to as a "2020 Mood of the Month Forecast," shows a grid of nine photos. Each photo is labeled with a month of the year, and in the photos get increasingly more dramatic as time passes.

The January photo is all well and good. The February photo shows a spark of concern. And from March to September, everything visibly goes downhill. (It's unclear why the meme ends after September, but we're hoping it's not a sign that the world will be ending before October.)

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Here's Witherspoon's meme, which features photos from her various movies and TV shows.

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After Witherspoon tweeted her emotional forecast, her pals Mindy Kaling and Kerry Washington jumped on board, and it wasn't long before the format began to trend. Though some people have started making their own personal versions of the meme, others are creating ones inspired by their favorite actors, TV shows, or movie characters.

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Go forth and meme your 2020, everyone. It's a small and silly coping method, sure, but at least it will distract you for a few minutes.

Topics X/Twitter Memes Celebrities

Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.