Super Bowl memes 2021: From The Weeknd’s halftime show to Tom Brady’s age-defying seventh ring

Tom Doyle8 February 2021

As with any major modern sporting event, watching the reaction play out on social media is almost as good as the action itself.

Super Bowl LV was no different as Tom Brady continued to defy the ageing process by picking up his seventh Super Bowl ring at the tender age of 43.

Brady - who now has more Super Bowl rings than any other NFL franchise, let alone player - did all the damage in the first half, finding Rob Gronkowski for two scores as the former New England Patriots duo combined again in the NFL's showpiece event to outshine Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City Chiefs 31-9.

Gronk and Brady's historic - and we do mean historic - double-act meant it was a case of deja vu for fans...

.. though spare a though for Patriots fans, who saw two of their legends toasting success in Tampa.

While Brady dominated the game itself, the halftime show was, as usual, another huge talking point as The Weeknd had the tall order of performing in front of a restricted crowd due to Covid-19 restrictions.

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One of the most memorable images from the night will surely be the rows of bandaged dancers who took to the field his smash single "Blinding Lights, with some cheekily suggesting that there were more masks on show in Florida than usual.

However, The Weeknd also provided what is sure to become one of the all-time memes for confusion, panic, and general worry. Sit back and enjoy...

And last but not least, the Chiefs' desperately disappointing night was perhaps best summed up by the fact that a streaker got closer to the end zone than they did all night...

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