Curtains For Zoosha
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About
Curtains For Zoosha is a catchphrase referencing a viral X / Twitter post by @OwensDamien where he satirizes Gen Z and Gen Alpha slang and celebrity-focused reporting by parodying the kind of headline one might see in tabloid, entertainment or pop culture news accounts, writing, "Curtains for Zoosha? K-smog and Batboy caught flipping a grunt." The post, which conveys how modern pop culture sounds to a 50-year-old man, was made on June 1st, 2022 and went viral. Over the following years, the phrase "curtains for Zoosha" went viral as a way of responding to slang-heavy, niche, celebrity and pop culture-focused content that might alienate people outside of the Gen Z, Gen Alpha or youth demographic.
Origin
On June 1st, 2022, X user Damien Owens (@OwensDamien) posted, "I'm 50. All celebrity news looks like this: 'Curtains for Zoosha? K-smog and Batboy caught flipping a grunt." The post gained over 17,600 likes in an undefined period of time. As of 2026, the post and account no longer appear to be active.
As of 2026, his account appears to have been deleted or is otherwise undiscoverable via Twitter search, and the original thread with replies appears lost. Only screenshots of the tweet remain in circulation.
One of the earliest reposts was made on the /r/NonPoliticalTwitter[1] subreddit by u/kevinowdziej on April 10th, 2023, garnering over 32,000 upvotes in three years.
Spread
The meme spread throughout 2022 and 2023 both on its own as a catchphrase, and as a reaction image via a screenshot of the original tweet.
For example, on August 3rd, 2023, Redditor u/Downtown-Book3105 posted the screenshot to the /r/BrandNewSentence[2] subreddit to over 1,600 upvotes in three years.
On January 19th, 2026, X[3] user @PeterTwinklage copy-pasted the contents of the post as a quote-response to a post by Pop Crave that reads, "Kyle Cooke & Amanda Batula have broken up," garnering over 9,700 likes in a month.
On January 23rd, X[4] user @screenrotpod posted the reaction meme in response to a post about Clavicular jestermaxxing at the club, garnering over 950 likes in a month.
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External References
[1] Reddit – NonPoliticalTwitter
[2] Reddit – brandnewsentence
[3] X – PeterTwinklage
[4] X – screenrotpod
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Oh god I'm slowly but surely becoming the OP of that tweet.
Oh god I'm slowly but surely becoming the OP of that tweet.