Saying that Charlie Chaplin invented the "distracted boyfriend" meme is a bit of a stretch, but an early version of the viral image can be spotted in the 1922 short film "Pay Day." ...

The “distracted boyfriend” meme has been an instant classic since going viral earlier this year. People put various captions or images over a stock photo of a man checking out another woman while ...

The distracted boyfriend meme—a stock photo of a man, presumably with his girlfriend, checking out a different girl—took the internet by storm in August.

If you spend too much online, you’re probably familiar with the “distracted boyfriend” meme. It shows a man checking out a woman on the street while his partner looks on in disgust.

If you aren’t familiar with the meme, the photos were taken by Spanish photographer Antonio Guillem and depict the “distracted boyfriend” checking out another lady while apparently unaware ...

Was the Distracted Boyfriend meme actually born in 1922? No. But check this out. There's an image going around Reddit right now that looks remarkably like the famously disloyal man — and it's ...

Anyone who's been on the internet for a while will recognise the 'distracted boyfriend' meme. And now AI is bringing this classic piece of internet history to life in a whole new way.

The meme "objectifies women. It presents women as interchangeable items and suggests only their appearance is interesting." “Distracted boyfriend” meme ruled sexist by Swedish ad watchdog.

You might have thought you'd heard the end of that whole "distracted boyfriend" meme, but sadly you'd be wrong. Turns out the characters in the photo actually have a complete backstory. SEE ALSO ...

The Hungarian government has placed the couple from the infamous “distracted boyfriend” internet meme on a series of billboards promoting the country’s new pro-family benefits program.