--- title: Oscars 2017: Ryan Gosling Whispering Meme description: The Internet is turning a photo of Ryan Gosling whispering into a fan's ear at the 2017 Oscars into a hilarious meme. canonical: https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-27T18:27:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:52.264Z og:title: Whispering Ryan Gosling Becomes a Hilarious Oscars Meme og:description: "I actually didn't write Allie every day for a year" og:url: https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13670c73165f940/6988bc2c8fd2eeb065355f1f/ryan-gosling-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 89th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Whispering Ryan Gosling Becomes a Hilarious Oscars Meme twitter:description: "I actually didn't write Allie every day for a year" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13670c73165f940/6988bc2c8fd2eeb065355f1f/ryan-gosling-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Turning Ryan Gosling Whispering at the Oscars Into the Most Hilarious Memes > Sponsored content. 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"I actually didn't write Allie every day for a year"_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 27, 2017 6:27 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 27, 2017 6:27 PM UTC After [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4473441/jimmy-kimmel-matt-damon-feud-history-timeline/) invited a group of tourists on a Hollywood bus tour into the [2017 Oscars](http://time.com/4683820/la-la-land-moonlight-oscars-1934/) ceremony Sunday night, several actors seated in the front of the Dolby Theatre stood up to introduce themselves to the surprised fans. One of these A-listers was none other than [Ryan Gosling](http://time.com/4683489/emma-stone-wins-oscar-for-best-actress-says-she-still-has-growing-and-learning-to-do/), who, of course, almost immediately did something the Internet deemed worthy of turning into a meme. As the _La La Land_ star — who was nominated for Best Actor — leaned in to whisper something to a woman clutching a selfie stick, she made a particularly shocked face — a moment that has since gone viral. > [](https://twitter.com/maloonds/status/836056452691345412) Twitter users quickly began poking fun at the shot with hilarious captions spoofing everything from movies to sports to the now-infamous [Best Picture mix-up](http://time.com/4683641/oscars-2017-best-picture-mistake-moonlight-la-la-land/). > [](https://twitter.com/DeathStarPR/status/836058705015652352) > [](https://twitter.com/THE%5FBOOMSTEIN/status/836062474826825728) > [](https://twitter.com/kaylayandoli/status/836060891040862208) > [](https://twitter.com/PyrrhonWheatley/status/836058592499355648) > [](https://twitter.com/jwoodham/status/836055295109410817) > [](https://twitter.com/MarcSnetiker/status/836062453855301632) > [](https://twitter.com/ZackCoxNESN/status/836062037289680896) > [](https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/836066742086610944) > [](https://twitter.com/SportsPundette/status/836089502745579522) > [](https://twitter.com/BrettLoGiurato/status/836065573595381761) > [](https://twitter.com/YahooSports/status/836073650474237952) > [](https://twitter.com/nick%5Fpants/status/836071896877776897) > [](https://twitter.com/robertkessler/status/836060212981301248) > [](https://twitter.com/margaretcho/status/836094533381337088) Gosling has officially [done it again](http://time.com/3846588/ryan-mchenry-ryan-gosling-cancer-vine-osteosarcoma/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Turning Ryan Gosling Whispering at the Oscars Into the Most Hilarious Memes","datePublished":"2017-02-27T18:27:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:52.264Z","description":"\"I actually didn't write Allie every day for a year\"","url":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Ryan Gosling","memes","la la land","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13670c73165f940/6988bc2c8fd2eeb065355f1f/ryan-gosling-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte13670c73165f940/6988bc2c8fd2eeb065355f1f/ryan-gosling-oscars.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"89th Annual Academy Awards - Red Carpet","caption":"Actor Ryan Gosling attends the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California.","creditText":"Christopher Polk/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/","name":"The Internet Is Turning Ryan Gosling Whispering at the Oscars Into the Most Hilarious Memes"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"\"I actually didn't write Allie every day for a year\"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4684083/oscars-2017-ryan-gosling-whispering-meme/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```