Taylor Rooks attended Thursday night’s NBA Finals opener. And although the Prime Video and TNT Sports reporter was not working, she still ended up going viral, thanks to a strange photo that surfaced midgame. However, it wasn’t a photo from that game.
While the Boston Celtics were busy blowing out the Dallas Mavericks, a photo posted on X by @knicks_tape99 caught the attention of social media. The photo shows Rooks looking about as indifferent as a person can possibly look while a male Celtics fan leans toward her, attempting to explain something in animated fashion.
Rooks herself commented on the photo a short time later.
“Omg this photo is never going to die. sorry to that man,” she posted, with a laughing/crying emoji.
Omg this photo is never going to die. 😭 sorry to that man https://t.co/Mtvt6lyYmI
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) June 7, 2024
As Rooks later noted, the photo came from a different Celtics’ game last March:
Look what you have done Rondae 😭😭😭😭 https://t.co/d5OzLe6g4e
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) June 7, 2024
@TaylorRooks tell buddy you not trying hear what he talking about right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/5JuO69lDbs
— R.HollisJefferson (@IAmCHAP24) March 4, 2023
The photo was funny enough in itself, but some of the reactions that rolled in were priceless. Those included one by @ArtButSports, which compared the photo to a reverse image of an 1873 work of art, Camille Monet on a Garden Bench, by Claude Monet. The resemblance is striking.
Camille Monet on a Garden Bench, by Claude Monet, 1873, 📸 via @IAmCHAP24 pic.twitter.com/rOUJ1TwOpN
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) June 7, 2024
Other fans also shared their funny takes.
If I’m ever sitting next to Taylor Rooks at the NBA Finals (or anywhere) best believe I’m shooting my shot like a full court buzzer beater. https://t.co/Fosnup5wrp
— Matthew (@_BookOfMatthew) June 7, 2024
I love the dude’s confidence, trying to rizz up a woman that’s always surrounded by Millionaires…Got faith in his game https://t.co/8LcO2voC5g
— Seijūrō Akashi (@k_C_Archer) June 7, 2024
“Sorry to that man” meme HOF confirmed https://t.co/ZmeWSfllKr pic.twitter.com/axAhVstNPz
— 🇭🇹 Westeros Refugee 🇭🇹 (@Kirsh_TLFO) June 7, 2024
This is the best Twitter account to day, no one can tell me otherwise https://t.co/9fJYrkQkPD
— notAgar (@notAgar_here) June 7, 2024
Did we ever learn what he was talking about so passionately? https://t.co/nGyhIjHGwA
— Barbara Howard (@allthatjazz13) June 7, 2024
Rooks is no stranger to having photos go viral. In April, a photo of her outfit at a GQ red carpet event sparked conversation.
[Taylor Rooks; Photo Credit: Kyle via X]
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