Matt LeBlanc goes viral after Friends reunion with ‘uncle’ memes

A stream of hilarious memes are flooding social media of Matt LeBlanc from the Friends reunion, and it’s not for the reason you’d expect.

You can never quite predict how social media will react to a landmark event, such as the Friends reunion.

In the case of Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey Tribbiani on the beloved ’90s sitcom, he’s been formally adopted by Ireland, via Twitter, as everyone’s daggy uncle following his appearance on the uber popular reunion special.

The 53-year-old US actor’s clothes, laid-back attitude, crossed arms and facial expressions all earned him the illustrious Irish uncle title, with hundreds of hilarious memes flooding Twitter.

Here are just a few of our favourite Matt LeBlanc is an Irish uncle memes:

Matt LeBlanc tearfully: But I’m an Actor! I live in Los Angeles!

The People of Ireland: No. Your name is Paudie. You live in Roscommon. You love Pints and GAA and you’re everyone’s uncle now.

— Conor 🇵🇸 (@Erne_Kid) May 29, 2021

Matt leBlanc - And who's this lad ye do be listenin ta, Post Mahone is it? pic.twitter.com/PCpck2w4un

— Mick Lally (@MickLally_) May 29, 2021

Matt LeBlanc looking like he won the raffle at the quiz and he's after sending the grand-niece up with the ticket to collect the prize. pic.twitter.com/66ENcJHySc

— Ciarán 🇵🇸 (@Call_Me_Ciaran) May 29, 2021

matt leblanc is your uncle when your parents forced your 6 year old self to stand up in front of the adults after a family dinner and sing a song you just learned in primary school pic.twitter.com/xjlwKDdArv

— e b o n i (@spiceslag) May 29, 2021

In years to come Matt LeBlanc will be utterly perplexed at the role he played in the reunification of Ireland.

— 💉Sheamus #FreePalestine🇵🇸 (@CIndoctrinator) May 29, 2021

Matt LeBlanc is 5 seconds away from slapping his knees and going “well we ought to make a move who’s ready to rock and roll” pic.twitter.com/WmAgtjjugX

— Saz (@sarahlostctrl) May 30, 2021

Matt LeBlanc is your uncle at a wedding buying you too many beers and getting your name mixed up with your siblings while rolling his eyes lovingly at your aunt drunkenly flailing to Dancing Queen pic.twitter.com/RjxxIIX5RI

— Gav (@miracleofsound) May 29, 2021

‘And you paid for them jeans like that ya did, with all them holes already in them?’ pic.twitter.com/mpKFmuevfM

— spochadóir (@spochadoir) May 29, 2021

vegetarian are ya? jaysus i couldn't do that to meself i'd bleedin starve without me sunday roast haha. sure i'll pick up a nice bitta fish for you so pic.twitter.com/Sp0E4afwdW

— marysia // ***** *** (@stairgay2heaven) May 29, 2021

Matt le blanc everytime he opens Twitter pic.twitter.com/oiOMLzCnka

— 𝐋𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@lewisa95) May 30, 2021

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LeBlanc joined his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer for the reunion, which streams on Binge.

It aired on Thursday and was instantly adored by diehard fans as a nostalgia-filled trip down memory lane, as the cast visited the rebuilt set on the Warner Bros. lot and told stories from their time on the show.

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The gang reunited for the special. Picture: BINGE

The most headline-worthy moment was when Schwimmer and Aniston finally revealed they had feelings for each other during filming of the first season back in 1994.

It’s taken 27 years but it was the first time the pair, who played on-again off-again lovers Rachel Green and Ross Geller, admitted they had chemistry off-screen too.

Friends: The Reunion is available to stream on Binge