We recognize that the coronavirus is serious, but in order to maintain a certain level of sanity, people are having fun making memes about the virus. Over the last few months, Future has been the star of the “Toxic Ex-Boyfriend” memes that went viral. They became popular around the holiday season as a way for people to poke fun at those pesky exes who use the cheerful time of the year as a way to weasel back into their former lover’s lives. Now, it’s the coronavirus that has people checking in, and Joe Budden has cast himself as the new star of the funny “Toxic Ex” meme.

Budden shared a photo of himself in his pool while checking his phone. In the caption he wrote, “Just checking to make sure you good, it’s getting crazy out there… the NBA suspended all its games, the same way i should have when i was with you.. be safe, i love you.” His followers got a kick out of the caption, and model “SuperStar6ix” laughed and called it “super toxic.”

He replied, “@superstar6ix ORRRRR accountable ??.” She hit him back with, “@joebudden this is literally emotionally provoking bait ? pretty much toxic ?.” Check out Joe Budden as the new coronavirus “Toxic Ex-Boyfriend” below. Apparently a few people have stolen the caption and actually texted it to their exes. 

It appears as though Future has become a recurring meme for plenty of major trending topics on the Internet. Of course, we're all familiar with the photo of Future looking down at his phone and presumably texting someone that has been turned into a "toxic ex-boyfriend meme" to depict a man trying to lure his way back into his ex's life. The meme first gained traction around the holiday season last year, as it became the perfect way to portray those pesky exes who claim to be feeling festive and sentimental around Thanksgiving and Christmas in order to have an excuse to text you. The reason that Future in particular was crowned the perfect subject for these kinds of occasions is because it is widely believed that the notorious womanizer is likely indulging in similar toxic behaviour, but you didn't hear that from us.

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Though the holidays are behind us now, fans are still finding new ways to use the meme to react to various trending topics, and have even turned other media of Future into some hilarious memery.

Trending Topic: World War III

Back in January when everyone was terrified that Donald Trump had lowkey triggered World War III by ordering the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, the Internet coped the only way it knows how: turned it into a meme. Folks made good use of the toxic ex-boyfriend meme to portray someone using a current world event as an excuse to remind their ex of their past relationship.