Get to know the man behind one of the COVID era’s raunchiest memes

With so many of us trapped indoors recently, it’s not surprising that the past few months have seen a deluge of new memes. The biggest is undoubtedly “Wood Sitting on a Bed,” which, whether or intentionally or not, you’ve probably seen by this point. It’s been employed in all manner of bait-and-switch trolling posts, most often in the form of fake, coronavirus-related Fox News links.
But just who is this mystery Wood? On Wednesday, Vice released a short YouTube documentary uncovering the man behind one of the COVID era’s raunchiest memes. And, like pretty much everything on the internet, its backstory is kind of a bummer.
As the investigation reveals, the man behind “Wood Sitting on a Bed” was Wardy “The Wood” Joubert III, who unfortunately passed away from a heart attack in 2016. Interviews with friends and family describe him as a devout churchgoer who donated a large portion of his time, money, and energy to charity work and youth football mentoring.