Rubio addresses viral couch meme, says he initially 'hated' the picture

Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the weekend addressed his appearance in a viral meme, saying he initially hated the photo of him on the couch in the White House, but had come to appreciate the meme.

Rubio was photographed in an awkward position on a couch in the White House last year, looking somewhat contemplative. The meme adapts the photo to show Rubio wearing clothes connected to another position and portrays him as preparing to accept yet another position at President Donald Trump's behest. Trump himself has repeatedly appointed Rubio to secondary roles throughout the administration.

“Well, the meme thing, you know, was interesting because when it first came out, I hated that picture, you know, because what happened is in that couch, if you don’t have a pillow behind your back, you kind of sink,” he told Fox News's Lara Trump.

“So I looked at the pictures, I was like, this is terrible. I look, you know, like whatever. And then it turned into this other thing and it was fine and it’s funny," he went on. "I don’t really follow it very closely, but people have shown me pictures out there."

Some of the more common adaptations have shown him prepared to assume the role of the Ayatollah of Iran, the President of Venezuela, various actors whom Trump has criticized, and more.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.