Bad Luck Brian Kyle Craven

The real name of the kid in the photo is kyle craven who was 22 years old and about to graduate from kent state university when the. Meme created by the washington post original photo by lifetouch.

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After nearly a decade kyle has grown up graduated from college gotten married and even has two children.

Bad luck brian kyle craven. With the help of reddit one old photo and cravens longtime friend bad luck brian was born and cravens shiny sophomore face trended its way into fame overnight. Today craven lives in his hometown of cuyahoga falls ohio with his wife and dog and works as a manager at his fathers commercial construction company. In the image macro series the character is portrayed as a cursed victim of misfortunes or a scapegoat in humiliating situations of varying degrees.

Bad luck brian it should be noted isnt actually a brian. The brothers riedell youtube channel. In an article published in the washington post kyle craven the real name of bad luck brian details how the.

Kent state graduate kyle craven 12 became an internet celebrity known as bad luck brian because of his goofy high school yearbook photo that was never even published. Bad luck brian whose real name is kyle craven was one of the most popular advice animal formats back in 2012 when it was first uploaded to reddit. Kyle craven born august 10 1989 commonly known by his internet nickname bad luck brian is an american internet celebrity known for his ubiquitous photo posted on reddit in 2012 which quickly became a popular internet meme.

Bad luck brian is an advice animal character based on a photograph of a blonde haired teenager wearing a plaid sweater vest and dental braces. Faces of kent state is. Kyle cravens friend ian davies took a yearbook photo outtake and turned kyle into bad luck brian.

While the memes may seem mean spirited bad luck brian is actually in on the joke. His dorky haircut sweater vest puffy smile squint and braces made him an unexpected online phenomenon but the real life bad luck brian is actually a church builder named kyle.

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