- James Van Der Beek’s children have discovered his infamous “Dawson’s Creek” crying meme.
- The actor said that his eldest daughter had texted him recently when they were exchanging messages.
- “He immediately hit me in the face crying,” she recounted. People, “I thought, ‘This is offensive.'”
James Van Der Beek’s children have discovered his most enduring legacy – his “Dawson’s Creek” Ugly crying meme.
The 45-year-old actor and father of six recently said in an interview that his 12-year-old eldest daughter, Olivia, recently used the meme against him when they were exchanging messages online.
They told People: “For some online learning, we gave them iPads and they immediately searched for memes. So it started, my eldest sent me a meme of his own.”
Van Der Beek said she responded with a meme “I’m dancing or something,” only to kick it off where it ends with a famous GIF from her days playing Dawson Leary in “Dawson’s Creek.”
“She immediately hit me in the face crying,” he said. “I thought, ‘This is offensive.'”
The memorable on-screen moment comes from the season three finale west bengal teen drama In which Van Der Beek’s protagonist breaks down in tears after having an emotional conversation with her longtime romantic partner Joy (Katie Holmes) because she is in love with their mutual friend Pacey (Joshua Jackson).
James Van Der Beek’s emotional scene in the “Dawson’s Creek” season three finale has become a viral meme.
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Although the episode aired in 2000, before the memes really took off, in recent years, the scene has been rediscovered by a new generation of fans, who can’t help but find some humor in Dawson’s sadness. Huh.
Elsewhere in the interview, the actor shared that his 10-year-old son Joshua has become so used to his father’s fame that he “can smell” when others recognize him.
He said: “My son can smell when we walk into a restaurant and someone recognizes me – a skill that took me 20 years to learn. And he just gets it: ‘Daddy, those women at the table right now. They know.’ It’s interesting.”
Van Der Beek said she’s had many conversations about fame with her kids — Annabel, 8, Emilia, 6, Gwendolyn, 4, and Jeremiah, 1. He added that he “tried to be really honest about all my experience with it, what it meant and what it didn’t.”
“It’s a really cool thing to be able to make someone smile out of a simple social interaction, and it’s really a lot more than that when you’re out and about,” he explained. “It’s been an interesting thing to navigate but I think all of them, I think they get it.”