

The earliest available usage of the GIF was posted on November 17th, 2014 by Redditor sailsburystake. In this GIF, Denzel Washington looks absolutely terrified, but then breathes a sigh of relief, smiles, and puts his hand on his chest when he realizes it. The post received more tahn 975 points (97% upvoted) in less than six years (shown below). The following day, ArcheAge Forums member Bearspeed posted the GIF on ArcheAge(screenshot below). Abre y comparte este gif sweet relief, denzel, phew, con todos los que conoces. Since then, it has been used in numerous Tweets, in earnest and in jest, as a reaction to finding out a celebrity is still alive after they've trended on the platform.


One of the earliest examples of this was published on December 27th, 2016 by Twitter who wrote, "Saw that Betty White was trending. Just people are talking about her." The post received more than 17,000 likes and 10,000 retweets in less than four years (shown below, right).
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Denzel GIF On this animated GIF: denzel, from Gravelbringer Download GIF or share You can share gif denzel, in twitter, facebook or instagram. Several media outlets have covered the GIF, including UPROXX, The Mary Sue and Consequence of Sound. Some of these accounts called for the GIFs retirement due to its overuse when a celebrity trends.
