Overview
- Know Your Meme and the Daily Dot conclude that widely shared videos showing unusually thick eyebrows are manipulated rather than authentic.
- Side‑by‑side checks with Shapiro’s original TikTok show his brows appear normal compared with the exaggerated viral edits.
- The trend traces to an edited clip posted on March 6 by X user @BackupJeffx (Parody Jeff), which then inspired further eyebrow enlargements.
- Streamer Sneako showcased one clip to a larger audience and questioned whether it was Photoshop or AI, accelerating the meme’s spread.
- Posts using the edits for political satire drew significant engagement, including a viral “gender affirming eyebrow enlargement” caption that garnered over 70,000 likes.