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At Age 2, 'Side-Eyeing Chloe' Became a Viral Meme. 12 Years Later, Her Mom Reveals Why She Has a 'Lot of Guilt' (Exclusive). Though the teenager is rarely recognized in public today, the image of her as an "unimpressed" toddler continues to circulate online.

In the age of social media, few images have been as widely circulated as the famously "unimpressed" face of a toddler strapped into her car seat. The timeless meme still circulates as people online continue to employ it to represent skepticism, judgment and everything in between.

Over a decade later, Chloe Clem no longer resembles her gap-toothed, 2-year-old self in the back of her parents' car. Now, at age 14, she's grown up and out of who she once was when she made online history with the "Side Eyeing Chloe" meme.

After a whirlwind experience with fame, a welcome change in lifestyle and, eventually, a reckoning with what it means to truly go viral, Chloe's mother has changed too.

For the most part, Katie Clem tells PEOPLE exclusively that it's been a "fun ride" witnessing her daughter's likeness earn a place in internet history. The iconic picture is a screenshot snapped of the family's YouTube video from 2013, which showed Chloe and her older sister Lily's contrasting reactions to a big surprise: behind the camera, Katie told them that they weren't going to school that day — instead, they were going to Disneyland.

Shocked 7-year-old Lily burst into excited tears of disbelief, just as she had two years before in her parents' video "Lily's Disneyland Surprise!" In their sequel post — titled "Lily's Disneyland Surprise....AGAIN!" — the camera panned to young Chloe, who appeared to glare at the camera with little emotion, if not a hint of displeasure, too.

Initially, Katie just posted Lily's first surprise on Facebook, but her friends urged her to share it on YouTube. The 2011 video has since surpassed over 20 million views as of January 2025. As a result of the traction, the family was invited to stay in Disneyland's Dream Suite, and they got to visit New York City

However if Lily's solo reaction made a big splash online, her little sister's follow-up crashed in waves that have yet to wash away.

"Lily's was like a flash-in-the-pan kind of thing," says Katie. "And Chloe's, because of the meme, was just insanely crazy."

In terms of the YouTube attention, the second surprise now has only about 4 million more views than its predecessor. But nearly 12 years ago, Katie noticed her daughter flooding the web within just a few weeks of her original upload. She was told to check out Tumblr, a site she hadn't even heard of at the time.

"My friends were like, 'You need to see this. This is crazy.' So I went on to Tumblr and I remember just seeing Chloe's little face everywhere," Katie recalls to PEOPLE. "I realized someone had taken a screenshot from the video and created it, because it wasn't us."

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Racoon:
This "Side Eyeing Chloe" meme really reign that year. The little girl was just over serious with her reaction.

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Username253:
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Username253:
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