--- title: Kellyanne Conway Oval Office Photo Goes Viral description: The Internet had a field day when a photo emerged on Monday of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway kneeling on an Oval Office sofa canonical: https://time.com/4685570/kellyanne-conway-oval-office-photo-2/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T15:48:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:59.078Z og:title: Kellyanne Conway Goes Viral for Kneeling in the Oval Office og:description: Her pose sparked an online debate og:url: https://time.com/4685570/kellyanne-conway-oval-office-photo-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5c154abae9906ac/6988bc54cd1bba81e270423c/kellyanne-conway-viral-oval-office.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: TOPSHOT-US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kellyanne Conway Goes Viral for Kneeling in the Oval Office twitter:description: Her pose sparked an online debate twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd5c154abae9906ac/6988bc54cd1bba81e270423c/kellyanne-conway-viral-oval-office.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kellyanne Conway Goes Viral for Kneeling in the Oval Office > Sponsored content. 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Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the President, checks her phone after taking a photo as President Trump and leaders of historically black universities and colleges pose for a group photo in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 27, 2017. Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 28, 2017 3:48 PM UTC The Internet had a field day when a photo emerged on Monday of [White House](http://time.com/4672974/donald-trump-white-house-chaos/) counselor [Kellyanne Conway](http://motto.time.com/4684780/kellyanne-conway-hillary-clinton-voters/) kneeling on an Oval Office sofa. Conway was seen casually sitting with her knees tucked under her on the couch while [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4685184/donald-trump-state-union-joint-address-reset/) met with leaders from historically black colleges and universities in the Oval Office. 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