The Rizzler / Christian Joseph

About

The Rizzler is a nickname for Christian Joseph who's a child influencer on the TikTok account @itztherizzler (formerly @savastaar_n_cbaby) and the Instagram account @itztherealrizzler. His father gave him the nickname in early 2024. "Rizzler" is a precursor Rizz Nickname. Joseph's "rizzler face" is a Mewing version of the Chad Face, resembling the Lightskin Stare. In June 2024, The Rizzler started collaborating with father and son TikTokers A.J. and Big Justice. The Rizzler was featured in their Boom Meter videos. Memes about The Rizzler surfaced en masse when Boom Meter videos were reposted to Twitter / X. The trio inspired mass discourse and memes going into 2024, earning them mainstream fame which culminated in appearances like playing for the New York Knicks NBA team or being guests on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Online History

Christian Joseph's first appearance on TikTok^[1] was a video seemingly posted by his dad on January 4th, 2020, showing a much younger Joseph, gaining over 15,000 plays in four years (shown below).

Their account's first viral TikTok^[2] was posted three years later on August 19th, 2023, showing Christian Joseph eating a Popeye's meal, gaining over 19.1 million plays and 1 million likes in 10 months (shown below).

The Rizzler

On February 3rd, 2024, the duo posted a TikTok^[3] that showed Christian Joseph saying, "This is the face of a rizzler," gaining over 79,300 plays and 4,600 likes in four months (shown below, left).

On February 10th, they posted another TikTok^[4] in which Christian Joseph turns around with his Rizzler face and his dad says, "The Rizzla!" gaining over 792,800 plays and 48,500 likes in four months (shown below, right).

After the abovementioned videos, Christian Joseph was nicknamed The Rizzler in subsequent videos.

A.J. and Big Justice "Boom Meter" Videos

On June 6th, 2024, A.J. and Big Justice posted a TikTok^[5] in which The Rizzler was playing "Boom or Doom" with them at a toy store, gaining over 1.4 million plays and 79,700 likes in two weeks. Many comments left on the video joked about The Rizzler's surprise appearance.

On June 10th, A.J. and Big Justice posted a "Boom Meter" video with The Rizzler and his father, gaining over 2.9 million plays and 295,400 likes in 10 days (shown below, left). On June 18th, The Rizzler appeared again in a "Boom Meter" TikTok,^[6] gaining over 1.4 million plays and 72,700 likes in two days (shown below, right).

Online Reaction

Memes and reactions to The Rizzler surfaced en masse after he collaborated with A.J. and Big Justice. For instance, on June 10th, 2024, X^[7] user @JUSTcatmeme reposted their first "Boom Meter" collaboration, captioning it, "Jesus died for this," gaining over 15.9 million views and 29,000 likes in 10 days.

Viral quotes of the tweet referenced The Rizzler, like one shared by X^[8] user @7mental7 on June 12th, who said, "you are never going to believe who shows up at 1 minute and 8 seconds," gaining over 93,000 likes in eight days (shown below).

On June 18th, 2024, X^[9] user @cheeserburger tweeted a screencap showing Big Justice seemingly whispering something in The Rizzler's ear, gaining over 18,000 likes in two days (shown below, left).

Some X^[10] users compared the image to George Bush Learning About 9/11 while others posted redraws, like X^[11] user @theslugknight who used Star Wars characters (shown below, right).

Developments

Professional Sports Appearances

On October 9th, 2024, The Rizzler along with A.J. and Big Justice were invited to play in a celebrity game for the New York Knicks NBA team. For instance, on the day, the Knicks posted a photo of The Rizzler with former player Amar'e Stoudemire to Facebook^[12] (shown below).

The image spread in viral tweets^[13] during the same timeframe.

On October 18th, The Rizzler was invited to a New York Mets MLB game. A video of The Rizzler on the Citi Field jumbotron was posted by the official MLB X^[14] account, gaining over 25,000 likes in two weeks (shown below).

The Rizzler just rizzed up Citi Field 🤫 pic.twitter.com/WDJ4eFF1ud

— MLB (@MLB) October 18, 2024

On The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon

On October 29th, 2024, A.J., Big Justice and The Rizzler were guests on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon. The full-length interview was shared to YouTube^[15] on the day, gaining over 425,000 views in three days (shown below).

Their appearance caused a slew of memes and viral posts, like a Twin Peaks photoshop shared by X^[16] user @rodeoman on October 29th, gaining over 20,000 likes in three days (shown below).

Baby Gronk Beef

On October 30th and 31st, 2024, fellow child influencer Baby Gronk challenged The Rizzler in two videos posted to X^[17][18] in which he called The Rizzler "fat" and told him that he was going to beat him up.

The videos caused viral discourse and backlash on social media aimed at Baby Gronk and his father. For instance, on October 31st, X^[19] user @Jerrythekid21 reposted one of the videos, captioning it, "Rizzler don’t know you lil bro," amassing over 29,000 likes in a day (shown below).

Rizzler don’t know you lil bro pic.twitter.com/778BSXfcd3

— Jersey Jerry (@Jerrythekid21) October 31, 2024

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