Crying Kim Kardashian Meme Generator

The crying Kim Kardashian meme originated from several emotional outbursts on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, but the most viral moment aired during season 6 in 2011. While vacationing in Bora Bora with her family and then-boyfriend Kris Humphries, Kim was thrown into the ocean and discovered one of her $75,000 diamond earrings had fallen off. She panicked and sobbed on camera, fearing the uninsured jewelry was gone forever.

The clip became internet gold almost immediately, paired with captions about trivial disappointments and mocked as peak first-world-problem drama. Kourtney Kardashian's unsympathetic one-liner - "Kim, there's people that are dying" - spawned its own meme line. Kim later confirmed Kylie Jenner actually recovered the earring in the clear water, but the ugly-cry face had already cemented itself as a go-to reaction GIF for dramatizing any minor setback.