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One of my favourite things about the rick roll is how much Rick Astley embraces it, rather than being salty that his song got memed. He seems like a great guy.
He did an AMA on Reddit, and someone successfully rick rolled him. It was glorious, and he took it in stride.
please provide a link to that, I need to see it
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/haucpf/ive_found_a_few_funny_memories_during_lockdown/fv505w1?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=Damnthatsinteresting&utm_term=1&utm_content=t1_joj5th6
I'd imagine monetization of the video with tens of millions of views doesn't hurt.
Why wouldn't he embrace it? It put him back into the spotlight after 20 years!