Yes, he really is Ken-enough!
During the 2024 Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 14, Barbie actor Ryan Gosling served up by far the best reaction of the night when the song "I'm Just Ken" won the award for best song.
"I'm Just Ken" was nominated alongside two other Barbie songs, “Dance the Night” and "What Was I Made For?", and in addition to Rustin's "Road to Freedom, "Peaches" from The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Wish's "The Wish."
After presenters Bella Ramsey and Anthony Ramos announced the winner, Gosling looked visibly stunned, pausing and giving a deadpanned, perplexed look before eventually celebrating the win alongside his Barbie cast members.
#CriticsChoiceAwards ryan gosling being surprised “im just ken” won is so im just ken of him pic.twitter.com/APtMVapWmFJanuary 15, 2024
"WAKE UP BABE NEW RYAN GOSLING REACTION JUST DROPPED," one social media user posted. "Ryan Gosling best reaction to an award," another wrote.
Less than 24-hours later, the internet did what it does best and turned Gosling's reaction into a meme because, well, that's what social media is for!
Here are just some of the best Gosling reaction memes circulating the interwebs for your joy and amusement. Celebrities really are gifts that keep giving!
lucy gray: “who’s the third?”coriolanus: “my old self”lucy gray: pic.twitter.com/jUTZxlgQt3January 15, 2024
Gosling's reaction somehow became a meme of an already existing meme. How Meta!
Ryan Gosling really went #CriticsChoiceAwards pic.twitter.com/VMzdqm9u4gJanuary 15, 2024
For the uninitiated, Gosling is known for his iconic reactions during award shows—one X, formerly known as Twitter, user spliced together a quick back-and-forth of Gosling's reactions.
ryan gosling's recent award show reactions are everything pic.twitter.com/ZQOEySSf3sJanuary 15, 2024
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Eva Mendes Especially Loves This Sketch from Ryan Gosling’s Recent ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hosting GigShe wrote on Instagram why it made her "so happy.”
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Taylor Swift Endorses Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt's "All Too Well" Parody From 'SNL'She loves it.
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Ryan Gosling Says His Favorite Taylor Swift Song “Has a Real Soft Spot in My Heart”He and his ‘The Fall Guy’ co-star Emily Blunt are both unabashed Swifties.
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Eva Mendes Says She Gave Up Acting to Become a Full-Time Mother Even While Partner Ryan Gosling Continues to Work—And She Regrets Nothing“It was like a no-brainer.”
