Canadian Twins Behind ‘Da Vinki?’ TikTok Are Glad You’re Laughing
Chris and Patrick Vörös have never seen the “Mona Lisa” in person, though they’ve heard from friends that it’s smaller than expected.
But when they do see it, likely after the COVID-19 pandemic, they know the first thing they’ll say:
“Da Vinki?”
The 27-year-old Hungarian-Canadian twins have been making YouTube videos since 2004, but all it took was a trivia question to skyrocket them to viral fame.
In the seven-second TikTok video, Chris and Patrick are seen answering questions. When they are asked “who painted the ‘Mona Lisa’, the two pause for a moment and ponder, before looking straight into the camera and asking: “Dan Vinki?” Not Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinki — or Da Vinky if you prefer, though the twins say the former is more accurate.
Da Vinki — like slinky or Twinkie.
It’s difficult to explain exactly why it’s so funny, these two blond, buff twins saying “Da Vinki?” with such earnest abandon, but amidst the garbage fire that is 2020, “Da Vinki?” and the Vörös twins have caught on.
As of Friday morning, the original video had over six million views and one million likes on TikTok. The video appeared on the Late Late Show with James Corden and the Vörös twins have been memed, Cameoed and compared to someone’s “last two brain cells."
No one ever talks about the fifth Teletubby pic.twitter.com/PiJLUTk77u
— Tom Zohar (@TomZohar) September 20, 2020
da good, da bad, and da vinky
— yeet lover's pizza (@chunkyfila) September 24, 2020
Da Vinky? pic.twitter.com/zTDmvUi6qn
— jon drake (@DrakeGatsby) September 24, 2020
But when reached by HuffPost Canada over the phone at their home in Surrey, B.C., near Vancouver, the twins said they’re just happy that people are laughing along with them.
“Like life is super short ... and we just got to be kind to everyone and make people laugh — like laughter is super cool,” they said.
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