{"id":225733,"date":"2026-03-01T01:57:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/jon-hamm-shares-his-thoughts-on-becoming-a-viral-meme-a-little-joy-goes-a-long-way\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T01:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T01:57:38","slug":"jon-hamm-shares-his-thoughts-on-becoming-a-viral-meme-a-little-joy-goes-a-long-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/jon-hamm-shares-his-thoughts-on-becoming-a-viral-meme-a-little-joy-goes-a-long-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Hamm Shares His Thoughts on Becoming a Viral Meme: \u2018A Little Joy Goes a Long Way\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/jon-hamm\/\" title=\"Jon Hamm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jon Hamm<\/strong><\/a> has been all over social media over the past several months thanks to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DS733t3kcmp\/?hl=en\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DS733t3kcmp\/?hl=en&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clip<\/a> that has gone viral from his Apple TV show <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/your-friends-and-neighbors\/\" title=\"Your Friends And Neighbors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Your Friends &amp; Neighbors<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The clip in question <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2025\/12\/07\/jon-hamm-dancing-meme-turn-the-lights-off-song-lyrics-viral-tiktok-trend-explained\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shows the actor dancing in a night club<\/a> to the song \u201cTurn Off the Lights,\u201d a 2010 track by Danish <strong>DJ Kato<\/strong> featuring the vocals of 2002\u2032s Danish <em>Popstars<\/em> winner <strong>Jon N\u00f8rgaard<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Since airing, the clip has picked up steam on platforms like TikTok, where people will often use it with different songs layered over the background to show their love of various musical artists.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2185257\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During the recent premiere of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/hoppers\/\" title=\"Hoppers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hoppers<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, the actor told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUYieckdwp\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVUYieckdwp\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=3&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Entertainment Tonight<\/a><\/em> that he would never have thought he could be \u201cmeme-worthy at the ripe old age of 54.\u201d<br \/>\u2060<br \/>\u201cI think part of it is engaging with life and being creative and having fun \u2014 I think all of that is a better way to get meme-ified than the negative way,\u201d he said. \u201cA little joy goes a long way!\u201d\u2060<\/p>\n<p>He previously talked about it with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/jon-hamm-reveals-how-he-really-feels-about-his-dancing-scene-becoming-a-viral-meme-exclusive-11912975\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/people.com\/jon-hamm-reveals-how-he-really-feels-about-his-dancing-scene-becoming-a-viral-meme-exclusive-11912975&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> as well, calling the whole thing \u201cmystifying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t like I got paid for it. It\u2019s lovely, obviously. It\u2019s nice,\u201d <strong>Jon<\/strong> said. \u201cIt\u2019s certainly nice to be known for something pleasant rather than something negative. I find it mystifying and adorable at the same time, but it\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/17\/jon-hamm-slams-the-family-stone-as-the-worst-movie-hes-ever-seen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which movie <strong>Jon<\/strong> thinks is one of the \u201cworst,\u201d<\/a> despite seeing it many times.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/02\/28\/jon-hamm-shares-his-thoughts-on-becoming-a-viral-meme-a-little-joy-goes-a-long-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Hamm has been all over social media over the past several months thanks to a clip that has gone viral from his Apple TV show Your Friends &amp; Neighbors. The clip in question shows the actor dancing in a night club to the song \u201cTurn Off the Lights,\u201d a 2010 track by Danish DJ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-225733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}