Matt LeBlanc has become a national obsession in Ireland. And not for his acting, either. Somewhat surprisingly, the actor’s appearance on the HBO Max special Friends: The Reunion stirred a wh…
stirred a whole nation to take to social media and proclaim that LeBlanc, in both his clothes and demeanor, reminded them of their uncle or their “da.”
Irish fans were taken with LeBlanc’s relaxed, jovial attitude and his striped button-down short-sleeved shirt and by the weekend a deluge of tweets and memes featuring the actor had been posted, much to the confusion of the non-Irish and probably LeBlanc himself. Comedian and Arsenal fan Dara Ó Briain tried to explain the meme, pointing to a helpful thread, but ultimately it’s all the funnier if you have an Irish uncle.