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"Maybe I'm interpreting this wrong, but if 27 million people agree something is going on then I don't know what else to tell you bestie," one person wrote. The original video has racked up over 48 million views at the time of publishing, with almost 100,000 comments chiming in and trying to alert Lauren to the 'red flags'.įor many, it seems to be based on parts of the video that reminded them of moments in their own previous relationships. Of course, much of the discourse is around the alleged uncomfortable 'vibe' of the video which is hard to quantify, but a viewer can come to their own conclusions.
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It’s just now there is a platform to make what may have been private thoughts public, often anonymously, which makes it more tempting,” Symes says. “Everyone has opinions about anything and everything, whether they know who they’re talking about or not. Even in the case of one woman’s private moment with her boyfriend? Everyone is a psychologist now, says Symes. Comment sections, social media and Gogglebox can attest to that. We’re also actively encouraged to air our opinions. We’ve always had strong opinions about people’s behaviours, but we’ve never had this kind of access or intimacy before.”
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“Because of reality TV and social media and podcasts, we’re used to getting insight – or perceived insight – into people’s lives and figuring out their drama,” says Sydney psychologist Samantha Symes. The five-second moment was so thoroughly analysed and so widely shared, Chastain had to issue an explanation on morning television. As they are both married – to other people – and Isaac, in his tux, resembled a professorial George Clooney, the internet went bananas. But slowed down it appears as if Isaac wants to ravish her with his eyes. At normal speed, it looks like two old friends goofing around (the actors met at university). While promoting their TV series, Scenes from a Marriage, Isaac can be seen playfully sniffing her armpit. Last month, slow-motion footage from the Venice Film Festival of actor Oscar Isaac looking over to his co-star Jessica Chastain on the red carpet had a similar response. It’s a familiar social media merry-go-round.
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Is he cheating on her? If he is cheating, is it with one or two or three of the ladies on the couch? Did one of them throw his phone back to him when his girlfriend arrives? Did he have a woman’s hairband on his wrist? These questions, in their literal millions, have been hotly debated. Though Couch Guy, also known as Robbie, did protest, along with his girlfriend, that there was nothing untoward, the footage had already gone viral and was being combed for clues, and with it, came questions. Why did he not display the behaviours we’ve come to expect from filmed content? Where were the tears? The hands over the mouth, followed by the long, drawn out “OOohhhhh myyyyy goddddd?!!!” Where was the Ryan Gosling patented move of picking up and spinning around the girlfriend? Couch Guy gave us none of these and so the internet jumped, as swiftly to suspicion. The reason is the inscrutable nature of the guy’s reaction, which viewers – for we are all viewers, now – interpreted as far too low-key. This clip – lasting no longer than 20 seconds – has since been viewed 61 million times and counting.