“Behind the Meme: ‘Side-Eyeing Chloe’s’ Mother Opens Up About Guilt and the Untold Impact of Viral Fame”
“The internet is forever,” Katie explained, adding how the possibility of Chloe’s privacy being compromised was a constant source of conversation between her and her husband.
“Once it’s out there, you can’t take it back.”
The mother of “Side-eyeing Chloe,” the two-year-old who became a meme sensation, broke her silence to reveal she feels “guilty”
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Chloe’s meme face was immortalized after she and her sister, Lily, were in their mother’s car on a family trip.
Katie then revealed that they were all heading to Disneyland—a dream come true for most kids her age. While Lily burst into tears with excitement, Chloe gave a bewildered, sideways glance so relatable it quickly became a meme.
Katie shared both of her daughters’ reactions on her YouTube channel, with Chloe’s exploding in ways they could’ve never imagined.
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“Lily’s was like a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing,” the mother recounted. “And because of the meme, Chloe’s was just insanely crazy.”
Katie explained how she felt worried and unsettled after she started seeing her daughter’s face “everywhere.”
She had almost no time to process what was happening when her family trips suddenly became uncomfortable, and people constantly pestered her to take a picture with the famous 2-year-old.
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“Chloe was 2, and people were coming up to her,” Katie recalled. “They were freaking out. They were taking pictures of her.”
Even when traveling abroad, people followed them. The family recalled a particularly busy trip to Brazil, where they were “swarmed” by “hundreds of people.”
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