The Woody Harrelson Wimbledon Meme Is Officially the Most Amusing Way to Watch Tennis
Leave it to Woody Harrelson’s face to score a major Wimbledon victory when you least expect it.
Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal clinched the Grand Slam in Men’s doubles on Saturday.
Meanwhile, the internet went wild for something else entirely: Woody Harrelson, the emotive spectator everyone was watching.
Captured by the cameras in his seat in the crowd, the Zombieland star made all of the faces during the heated match that saw Nicolas Mahut take a ball to the face and below the belt. (It happens. It’s tennis!)
Luckily for the folks at home, the TV announcers knew that in Harrelson, they had comedy gold. And the telecast couldn’t stop cutting to him for his reactions.
About those reactions.
Harrelson had many noteworthy moves, including — but not limited to — reacting appropriately to Mahut’s injuries, getting blocked from his seat whilst enjoying a beverage, finally getting the clearance to reclaim his seat, and changing into a purple and green-festooned fedora, licking his mouth, and generally living it up.
The internet was quick to recognize that this was the real game.
In case you missed it, here’s a collection of Woody Harrelson’s Wimbledon memes.
when your head says "watch a tennis match," but your heart says "sell springfield a monorail." pic.twitter.com/pvM74WkdS1
— maggie serota (@maggieserota) July 15, 2019
Tennis player at Wimbledon gets hit in groin
Director: CUT TO WOODY HARRELSON
pic.twitter.com/o2zWLNRGer— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) July 13, 2019
Woody Harrelson being denied a return to his seat at Wimbledon then then finally being allowed is the best thing in sports today pic.twitter.com/HXLcDUBxG9
— Left Coast Leafs Podcast (@LeftCoastLeafs) July 13, 2019
Woody Harrelson at Wimbledon is my spirit animal pic.twitter.com/ZKD8lWbJ5x
— Johnny Toronto 🇨🇦 (@johnnytoronto99) July 13, 2019
Nicolas Mahut has taken an absolute beating this match...And Woody Harrelson knows it!😳pic.twitter.com/r1jnGZUZue
— PointsBet Sportsbook (@PointsBetUSA) July 13, 2019
Poor old Nicolas Mahut took a beating out there getting a ball in the face and one in the nether regions. Cue Woody Harrelson’s face summing up the nations feelings. pic.twitter.com/iEa2bgadaW #Wimbledon
— Ian Walsh (@walsh_i) July 13, 2019
HE’S BACK BABAYYYY pic.twitter.com/pby95he2c6
— Tyler “The Emmy-nominated One” White (@TylerRuinsTV) July 13, 2019
the cut to woody harrelson deserves an emmy https://t.co/XSIRuuynnH
— Robby Kalland (@RKalland) July 13, 2019
A stirring tale of loss, endurance and triumph at #Wimbledon in three acts, starring @WoodyHarrelson pic.twitter.com/8BUuUqybbm
— Chris Joseph (@byChrisJoseph) July 13, 2019
At the end of the day, we all just want to enjoy life as much as Woody Harrelson enjoyed #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/DGen93pkF0
— Megan Fearon (@mfearonsf) July 13, 2019
woody is entering the next plane of existence pic.twitter.com/cqlQqjQfje
— Tyler “The Emmy-nominated One” White (@TylerRuinsTV) July 13, 2019
The genre-hopping actor had a career full of interesting roles and some noteworthy ones recently including Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, for which he nabbed an Oscar nomination. But his role in making tennis even more watchable stands out.