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When your bro adds extra details to the simple lie you told

This is a reaction meme combining text and a candid celebrity photo. The top text reads 'When you are lying & bro starts to add details' paired with a laughing crying emoji. Below the text is a photo of Brad Pitt wearing a beige cap and maroon shirt, gesturing forward with his outstretched hand as if confidently speaking and adding extra context, while Tom Cruise beside him in a light blue shirt looks at Brad with an alarmed, panicked side-eye expression. The meme jokes about the relatable experience of telling a small casual lie, only for your friend who is in on the lie to overcomplicate it by adding unnecessary, unplanned details that put you at risk of getting caught lying.
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When you are lying & bro starts to add details 😂

Overview

This is a reaction meme combining text and a candid celebrity photo. The top text reads 'When you are lying & bro starts to add details' paired with a laughing crying emoji. Below the text is a photo of Brad Pitt wearing a beige cap and maroon shirt, gesturing forward with his outstretched hand as if confidently speaking and adding extra context, while Tom Cruise beside him in a light blue shirt looks at Brad with an alarmed, panicked side-eye expression. The meme jokes about the relatable experience of telling a small casual lie, only for your friend who is in on the lie to overcomplicate it by adding unnecessary, unplanned details that put you at risk of getting caught lying.

Origin notes

Per the provided additional information, this meme was originally posted to the Reddit r/meme community, with the original uploader titling it 'Bro turned a simple lie into a full story 💀'. It uses an existing widely shared candid photo of actors Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise from a public event, edited with the text caption to create the relatable humor meme.

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