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Source: Getty / Drew Angerer [1]
The internet is a blessed thing that we should all be grateful for. Sometimes, it gives us memes we can't stop referencing [2], and other times, it finds Sean Spicer's Venmo account and people immediately start trolling it.
Spicer's Venmo account, which was first posted about by the Who? Weekly Twitter account [3], looks pretty legit. You can't verify who owns any account on Venmo, but as New York Magazine reported, Spicer's history showed two payments to Ryan and Shannon Spicer [4] — the same names as Spicer's siblings. So, it looks like this might actually be Spicer's real Venmo account.
It's recently come to our attention that @seanspicer [5] is on Venmo, and that he is being trolled pic.twitter.com/zQO23BVYWG [6]
— Who? Weekly (@whoweekly) February 7, 2017 [7]
However, the internet did not care whether or not it was Spicer's real account and immediately started requesting money for a variety of things like "because your boss is a lunatic" and of course, for "The Bowling Green Massacres [8]."
Sean Spicer is on Venmo #TheMoreYouKnow [9] pic.twitter.com/yyZrrBDJLb [10]
— Jamie (@jlew8) February 7, 2017 [11]
I Venmo requested money from Sean Spicer for the imaginary bowling league we're in together pic.twitter.com/rptdVj3Svc [12]
— Sarah Wainschel (@Swainsch) February 7, 2017 [13]
@Swainsch [14] 🤘🏻 pic.twitter.com/9LMyb05Djs [15]
— Laura Porter (@LCPeez) February 7, 2017 [16]
@whoweekly [17] @seanspicer [18] yaaas pic.twitter.com/8eZAWFQFyF [19]
— Sara B. (@saraannb) February 7, 2017 [20]
@whoweekly [21] @bobbyfinger [22] @seanspicer [23] pic.twitter.com/aaRA8DSZkQ [24]
— rhiannon (@genderstudy) February 7, 2017 [25]
Hey folks don't forget to request money from @seanspicer [26] on @venmo [27] whatever sound fair… pic.twitter.com/QRoxBxisbx [28]
— Jared Zimmerman (@JaredZimmerman) February 7, 2017 [29]
At the time of writing, it appears you can still request money from Spicer, as I tried and it went through.
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Here's hoping Melissa McCarthy reprises her role as Sean Spicer [30] on Saturday Night Live and talks about all these Venmo charges.