Is Friends star Matt LeBlanc your Irish Da? This viral meme thinks so

All across the globe, people tuned in to watch the long-awaited Friends reunion which saw the original six cast members get together and relive the show that made them famous around the world.

All across the globe, people tuned in to watch the long-awaited Friends reunion which saw the original six cast members get together and relive the show that made them famous around the world.

Friends: The Reunion delighted us last week and helped us escape reality for a bit as the six friends reunited. The show was high on its nostalgia factor as fans across the globe wept and celebrated with them.

Friends: The Reunion last Thursday on HBO Max, viewers and longtime Friends fans took to Twitter to meme one of LeBlanc's poses from the show. The meme features a photo of LeBlanc with his arms crossed, giving off a particular 'dad' stare.

Friends reunion aired, no one expected for Irish Twitter to latch on to it the way they did.But here we are, in Matt LeBlanc's Irish revival.

Forget his world-famous character of Joey on Friends, because Matt LeBlanc is now… an Irish uncle?!

highly-anticipated “Friends” reunion finally premiered Thursday on HBO Max, fans across the pond were thinking the same thing: Matt LeBlanc is a dead ringer for a beloved Irish uncle.

Matt LeBlanc went viral after the "Friends" reunion special but not for reminiscing about playing his beloved character Joey Tribbiani on the comedy series. Social media dubbed the actor, 53, an "Irish Uncle" because of his clothes, crossed arms, and facial expressions during the HBO Max special.

Just days after the Friends: The Reunion special, one screenshot of Matt LeBlanc has given birth to a huge trend on Twitter.

Arguably the strangest and most unanticipated response to “Friends: The Reunion” has been Twitter’s embrace of Matt LeBlanc — specifically, the manner in which he sat with his arms crossed.

big reveals, some just tooth-achingly sweet — there’s one that seems to be standing out above the rest. Thanks to his penchant for sitting with his arms crossed throughout the reunion, Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey on the sitcom, has been dubbed the Internet’s uncle.The memes started swirling early on Saturday, and by Sunday morning, LeBlanc was trending as one image of him was memed over and over.

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Friends: The Reunion aired recently across the world and it made everyone including the cast take a trip down memory lane as they got together after 17 years. The show which ran for 10 seasons between 1994 to 2004 garnered a huge fan base globally.

It’s been the question on the lips of Friends fans ever since the much-loved US comedy came to an end in 2004 – could a reunion ever live up to the humongous hype? So, we’re pleased to report that Friends: The Reunion – the documentary that reunites the show’s mega stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer – is a lovely, nostalgic ride.

Friends is set to return to screens for a reunion episode very soon, and it has left fans very excited. All six friends have reunited for two days to film Friends: The Reunion - a non-scripted celebration of the NBC series premiering on HBO Max on May 27 in the US.The hotly-anticipated show will also be available to watch in the UK on Sky One from May 27 at 8pm.

Peter Andre shared a surprising connection to Friends star David Schwimmer on Tuesday – and we did not see it coming!The singer revealed that he had the pleasure of performing at David's wedding reception following his nuptials to former wife Zoë Buckman, 35, back in 2010.MORE: Peter Andre shares sweetest new photo of son TheoPeter admitted that at first, he thought David's request was a "wind–up" after the American star asked to meet him at a London hotel.WATCH: The exciting trailer for the

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Friends: The Reunion is nearly here!

Friends fans were overjoyed when they learned that a reunion special was en route. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all involved in the star-studded special.