--- title: Kellyanne Conway Kneeling in Oval Office Gets Photoshopped description: The Internet is having a ball photoshopping the now-viral picture of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway kneeling on an Oval Office sofa. canonical: https://time.com/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T21:11:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T07:18:45.687Z og:title: People Go Nuts Photoshopping Viral Kellyanne Conway Photo og:description: The Internet is having a field day putting her in all the scenarios og:url: https://time.com/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69ab1a453392558/6988bc61bc6cfc70e43e0572/kellyanne-conway-kneeling.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: US President Donald Trump Meets With The Historically Black Colleges and Universities og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Go Nuts Photoshopping Viral Kellyanne Conway Photo twitter:description: The Internet is having a field day putting her in all the scenarios twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69ab1a453392558/6988bc61bc6cfc70e43e0572/kellyanne-conway-kneeling.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Having a Hilarious Time Photoshopping That Kellyanne Conway Oval Office Photo > Sponsored content. 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White House Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway was pictured kneeling on the Oval Office couch setting off a firestorm on Twitter. It reminded of us some similar Oval Office controversies from the past._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 28, 2017 9:11 PM UTC White House Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway was pictured kneeling on the Oval Office couch setting off a firestorm on Twitter. It reminded of us some similar Oval Office controversies from the past.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 28, 2017 9:11 PM UTC The Internet is having a ball photoshopping the now-viral picture of [White House](http://time.com/4685574/sean-spicer-cell-phone-leak-crack-down/) counselor [Kellyanne Conway kneeling](http://motto.time.com/4685570/kellyanne-conway-oval-office-photo/) on an [Oval Office](http://time.com/4685807/kellyanne-conway-oval-office-presidents-history/) sofa. In a [Reddit thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/) that began early Tuesday morning, users have taken to sharing their own takes on the photo — which was snapped during a Monday meeting between President Donald Trump and leaders from historically black colleges and universities — poking fun at Conway’s pose. (She explained to [_the Washington Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/28/kellyanne-conway-has-incredible-respect-for-the-oval-office-white-house-says-amid-couch-controversy/?utm%5Fterm=.cc2d6a2b7949) that she knelt to snap a photo of the listening session.) > [](https://twitter.com/BostonGlobe/status/836568910812102657) Humorous captions typically accompany the posts, which include both edited versions of the original image of Conway superimposed, with different classic backgrounds from _Cast Away_ to [Lunch Atop a Skyscraper](https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/revisiting-a-lunch-at-perilous-heights/). See a selection of the best below. [**“Trying out her sea legs”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debk5sx/)**:** [**“Solo”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debj8up/)**:** [**“Sitting in public”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debloda/)**:** [**“HELP ME Obi-Trump Kenobi, you iz only hope”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debkbo8/)**:** [**“Double take”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debl8cr/)**:** [**“Gotta catch em all”**](https://www.reddit.com/r/photoshopbattles/comments/5wn3f6/psbattle%5Fkellyanne%5Fconway%5Fsitting%5Fin%5Fpublic/debinqh/)**:** ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/"},"headline":"People Are Having a Hilarious Time Photoshopping That Kellyanne Conway Oval Office Photo","datePublished":"2017-02-28T21:11:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-07T07:18:45.687Z","description":"The Internet is having a field day","url":"https://time.com/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","viral","White House","kellyanne conway"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd69ab1a453392558/6988bc61bc6cfc70e43e0572/kellyanne-conway-kneeling.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/bltd69ab1a453392558/6988bc61bc6cfc70e43e0572/kellyanne-conway-kneeling.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US President Donald Trump Meets With The Historically Black Colleges and Universities","caption":"Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway takes a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump with members of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Oval Office of the White House, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Aude Guerrucci-Pool/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/4686021/kellyanne-conway-kneeling-oval-office-photoshopped/","name":"People Are Having a Hilarious Time Photoshopping That Kellyanne Conway Oval Office Photo"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Kellyanne Conway puts her feet on Oval Office couch","description":"White House Senior Advisor Kellyanne Conway was pictured kneeling on the Oval Office couch setting off a firestorm on Twitter. 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