If you’re a guest at someone’s wedding, you probably shouldn’t insult them in front of thousands of people on Twitter. Just a thought.
Federalist contributor DC McAllister went after the television show The View this week in a tweet that has since gone viral. McAllister accused the show’s guests of being “delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation.”
The only problem? McAllister appears to have been a guest at show host Meghan McCain’s wedding.
Can someone explain to me the purpose of The View? It seems to me to be a roundtable of delusional mental midgets ricocheting ignorance and lack of emotional regulation. https://t.co/VMT4LtI1Ir via @ILMForg
— DC McAllister (@McAllisterDen) March 26, 2019
“You were at my wedding Denise,” McCain replied.
you were at my wedding Denise….
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 26, 2019
Thankfully, the exchange has since become a meme.
Say what you will about Meghan McCain, her reaction to McCallister’s complaint is iconic. “You were at my wedding Denise” is something a New York drag queen would say to close out her drunken monologue. It could be a line from Mommie Dearest.
This is the kind of line you’d say in your bathrobe, drunk, enraged, pointing your finger while downing a cheap martini.
This is the kind of line that becomes a meme.
YOU WERE AT MY WEDDING, DENISE! pic.twitter.com/hFFoKmLOx7
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) March 26, 2019
now I have to make a friend named Denise, remarry, invite her to the wedding, and then try to make her really fucking mad at me in public
— Nicole Cliffe (@Nicole_Cliffe) March 26, 2019
You were at my wedding Denise. pic.twitter.com/Ky3UycVeDX
— Slade (@Slade) March 26, 2019
*when I get my credit card statement and see what Sophia from a month ago spent her money on*
YOU WERE AT MY WEDDING DENISE
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) March 26, 2019
you were at my wedding denise… pic.twitter.com/6Cr7WLdhSS
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) March 26, 2019
From here on out every New Yorker cartoon caption should be “you were at my wedding, Denise”
— Jess Dweck (@TheDweck) March 26, 2019
Very excited for the “Rachel Getting Married” follow-up “Denise You Were at My Wedding”
— Will Kellogg (@Will_Kellogg) March 26, 2019
Waiter: Is Pepsi ok?
Me: You were at my wedding, Denise— Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) March 26, 2019
Somebody said “You were at my wedding Denise” is the new “Ma’am this is a Wendy’s” pic.twitter.com/b5o4qbOpDz
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) March 26, 2019
“you were at my wedding Denise” is my new response to every person who can’t remember our plans https://t.co/uJVnkVS8m5
— Jason Wells (@JasonBretWells) March 26, 2019
“You were at my wedding, Denise” is going to be my new response to everything https://t.co/9cXBKiWnnr
— Quinn Sutherland (@ReelQuinn) March 26, 2019
brb replying to even the mildest criticism with “you were at my wedding Denise” pic.twitter.com/LSC9k2jkhX
— Taj Magruder (@TajPHL) March 26, 2019
On Tuesday, McAllister (“Denise” ) issued a half-apology, explaining that McCain herself wasn’t a mental midget, she was just surrounded by mental midgets. OK, Denise.
I think the photo on the story made it look like this was personally directed at you, Meghan. My comment was directed at The View and the mental midgets who surround you. I don’t even know how you do it daily and my hat is off to you for standing strong in the midst of crazy.
— DC McAllister (@McAllisterDen) March 26, 2019
But McCain didn’t respond in the comments. Instead, she took a moment to celebrate the birth of a meme.
“You were at my wedding, Denise…” can be everyone’s clap back to everyone, everywhere, forever. My gift to the internet. Thank you for the support. ♥️ https://t.co/CiqsFUHLDI
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) March 26, 2019
Thank you, Denise, for the meme.