Kevin James is opening up about what led to the viral photo of him shrugging while smirking on the set of The King of Queens 25 years ago.
The comedian, on Tuesday, told The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon that he remembers doing the photo shoot that led to the meme-worthy picture .
When you first get a sitcom, you just listen to anybody. Youre just so happy to be there. And the photographer, he was just telling me to do goofy things, James said.
And he was like, Smile. Now like youre sexy, now like youre shy, but now youre kind of and I got into this position where Im like, What the hell am I doing?
James added that he told the photographer to bury that one toward one picture.
And he goes, Yeah, no worries. That one wont come back, James recalled of the 1998 promotional photo shot by Tony Esparza for the CBS Photo Archive.
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Twenty-five years later, this thing pops up.
James, later in the interview, also reacted to several of the memes as Fallon displayed them on his program.
The meme has caught the eyes of Leah Remini , James co-star on The King of Queens, who took to social media last year to say that she absolutely loved it .
It was later used by Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) after the Senate unanimously passed a formal dress code in September.
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James himself also got in on the fun, writing on his social media page that he was so happy to find the picture which he used to promote a Double Hands In The Pocket comedy tour .
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