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Ralph Fiennes spurred widespread fan reaction on social media after recreating a viral 2024 meme on New Year’s Eve.
During live interview on New Year’s Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen, he elicited laughter when he suddenly started performing his ‘Recitations by Ralph.’
The 62-year-old actor reenacted the ‘very demure, very mindful’ monologue that was created by TikTok content creator Jools Lebron and took social media by storm in the past year.
‘Well, look, this is how I do my makeup for work — very demure, very mindful,’ he began reciting during the annual New Year’s Eve countdown in New York City‘s Times Square during the live taping of CNN‘s countdown to 2025.
The Conclave star — who was hardly recognizable in his sweeping epic The Return as a rugged, battle-worn Odysseus — had the co-hosts stifling.
‘I don’t come to work with a green …