--- title: Lenny Kravitz Talks About Giant Scarf Meme on Jimmy Fallon description: Lenny Kravitz took to Jimmy Fallon's late night show to set the record straight about his giant scarf, which quickly became a meme. canonical: https://time.com/5400613/lenny-kravitz-giant-scarf-meme-jimmy-fallon/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-09-19T15:01:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:57.716Z og:title: Lenny Kravitz Talks About Giant Scarf Meme on Jimmy Fallon og:description: "I cannot escape this" og:url: https://time.com/5400613/lenny-kravitz-giant-scarf-meme-jimmy-fallon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47d6871f68f22f7c/69893a9fbc6cfc73e33e6fad/lenny-kravitz-talks-huge-scarf-meme-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 5 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Lenny Kravitz Talks About Giant Scarf Meme on Jimmy Fallon twitter:description: "I cannot escape this" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47d6871f68f22f7c/69893a9fbc6cfc73e33e6fad/lenny-kravitz-talks-huge-scarf-meme-jimmy-fallon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Lenny Kravitz Wants You to Know the Truth Behind His Giant Scarf Meme > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2018 3:01 PM UTC  THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0925 -- Pictured: Musician Lenny Kravitz performs "Low" on September 17, 2018 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0925 -- Pictured: Musician Lenny Kravitz performs "Low" on September 17, 2018 -- (Photo by: Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 19, 2018 3:01 PM UTC [Lenny Kravitz](http://time.com/4673217/nicole-kidman-lenny-kravitz/) wants to set the record straight on the [much-beloved meme](http://time.com/5233526/celebrities-if-you-dont-love-me-at-meme/) of him wearing an oversized scarf on the streets of New York City. During an appearance on [_The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon_](http://time.com/5322026/jimmy-fallon-responds-to-donald-trump-tonight-show-monologue/), Kravitz opened up about the real story behind his giant fashion statement. “I cannot escape this,” Kravitz said. “I live in the Bahamas, I’m used to hot weather and I had to go to the store, I was buying some groceries and I thought I’d put on a little scarf to protect my throat, and that’s the scarf I had.” Fallon disagreed slightly with this story, however, telling Kravitz, that “this is not a scarf, it’s a blanket!” Kravitz was then snapped by the paparazzi wearing the scarf and has been unable to escape the notorious image since, thanks to the great amusement of the Internet. “Here’s the thing about the internet though that’s the problem — the scarf keeps getting bigger, and bigger and bigger,” he said. 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