Sassy Shailene Woodley Interview 'Well You Should Probably Eat' A Growing Meme On X

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Well You Should Probably Eat is a quote spoken by actress Shailene Woodley to interviewer Jamie Lee on the red carpet of the 2014 MTV Movie Awards after the interviewer tells Woodley that she's hungry. The interview was uploaded to the Pete Holmes YouTube channel in April 2014, and the clip of Woodley's response went viral over the following years, inspiring memes, including reaction images based on a screenshot of the interview and a phrasal template in which "eat" is replaced with another verb as a snarky reaction to someone making a statement about something they need.

Origin

On April 24th, 2014, the Pete Holmes YouTube channel uploaded a video compiling interviews on the MTV Movie Awards red carpet with interviewer Jamie Lee, garnering over 490,000 views in 11 years. At the 1:31 timestamp, Lee interviews Shailene Woodley. She says to Woodley, "Are you hungry right now?" Woodley answers, "Not at all." Lee continues, "Really? I'm so hungry." Woodley answers, flatly, "Well you should probably eat," then walks away. Lee says to the camera, "We didn't hit it off."

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The clip of Woodley saying the line went viral over the following years as it became a reaction image.

On November 17th, 2018, YouTuber Zachary Morritt uploaded the isolated clip, garnering over 840,000 views in seven years.

On July 31st, 2021, BuzzFeed included the moment in a list of "The Celebrity Interviews I Can't Stop Thinking About That Give Off Interesting, Unplaceable Vibes."

In late 2025, memes referencing the interview were popularized on X / Twitter. For example, on September 25th, 2025, X / Twitter user @imagineheap posted a GIF of the interview in response to a post sharing a photo of Lola Young and Pinkpantheress at dinner, writing, "well they should probably eat," garnering over 1,100 likes in three months.

A screenshot of the post was reposted by Instagram user left4rat on September 26th, garnering over 22,000 likes in the same span of time.

On November 29th, X user @maymundedektoru posted the GIF, writing, "Well you should probably go to gym" in response to a post by someone writing that they haven't been to the gym in a week, garnering over 250 likes in about two weeks.

On December 16th, 2025, X user @erenfromtargets posted a screenshot of a private X user using the meme against another user who made a post about being sleepy, garnering over 70,000 likes and 3,300 reposts in a day.