Do you remember Couch Guy? This viral clip from 2021 had the internet jumping to conclusions and embroiled in a viral debate. But was couch guy actually guilty of anything?
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00:00The internet accused this man of cheating after seeing this short clip of his girlfriend coming
00:04to surprise him. But the ambiguous clip is far from a confirmation of any real malicious behavior.
00:09Despite this, he's become an internet villain. What was the real story here?
00:13On September 21st, 2021, TikToker Lauren Zaras posted a video captioned,
00:17Surprising my boyfriend at college. Filmed by one of her friends, the video depicts Lauren
00:21walking into her boyfriend Robbie's apartment, apparently surprising him with her arrival,
00:25as the video's title states. When she enters, Robbie is sitting at the closest end of the
00:29living room couch playing a Nintendo Switch. Three girls are sitting beside him on the couch,
00:33and a male friend is in the room as well on a bar stool. After the video was posted,
00:37users began commenting, accusing Robbie, or couch guy, of cheating on Zaras. Many of the comments
00:42referred to how many girls were on the couch next to him. Some focused on his lack of visible
00:46enthusiasm to see his girlfriend, and some focused on the apparently sus way his phone was handed to
00:52him. Some of these comments gained hundreds of thousands of likes and inspired a viral debate.
00:58Was couch guy guilty of something? Were commenters reading the room right? Or were these completely
01:03baseless allegations? As the debate unfolded across multiple social platforms, the hashtag
01:07couch guy became notably popular in early October 2021, with users posting all kinds of content
01:13critiquing and examining couch guy or weighing in on the debate in other ways. With the absurd debate
01:18running wild, memers would take the opportunity to parody the event, with comedic skits and recreations
01:22of the video appearing in droves. Many of these would exaggerate suspicious behavior or include
01:27features that would make it completely obvious that the couch guy character was cheating.
01:31But couch guy didn't stay silent. On October 2nd, Robbie responded to the controversy via his
01:36TikTok page, Soulja Watch Ambassador. The since-deleted video displayed on-screen text reading,
01:40couch guy here, you're welcome for getting you off berries and cream TikTok, but remember,
01:44not everything is true crime. Don't be a parasocial creep, get some fresh air, take care.
01:49Couch guy would go further into detail about how the event affected his life in an op-ed published
01:53by Slate in December of 2021. In it, he says, while the couch guy meme was lighthearted on its surface,
01:59it turned menacing as TikTok users obsessively invaded the lives of Lauren, our friends, and me,
02:04people with no previous desire for internet fame, let alone infamy.