The Crying Jordan meme has basically followed Michael Jordan for a decade. He claims to not care about the meme. Others say he hates the meme.
But on Monday, he had the Staples Center crowd laughing hysterically about the Crying Jordan meme.
The NBA legend spoke at the public memorial service for Kobe and Gianna Bryant. As he reminisced about all the time he spent with Kobe on and off the court, Jordan understandably became emotional. As tears streamed down his face, Jordan delivered the punchline everyone needed at that moment.
He jokingly blamed Kobe for forcing him to look at another Crying Jordan meme for the next few years.
Jordan said:
“Now, he’s got me — I’ll have to look at another crying meme for the next — I told my wife I wasn’t gonna do this because I didn’t wanna see that for the next three or four years. That is what Kobe Bryant does to me.”
The crowd and NBA fans particularly loved the joke.
It was perfect.
