Little is documented about who first recorded the Josie is so fat clip, so its history is mainly an online one. It circulated as a short soundboard upload, tagged only with a follow-up joke that Big Chungus is fat too, which tied it to the wider Big Chungus and yo mama joke formats already popular in meme edits. Its low view count and simple title kept it a niche find, shared for roast battles and ironic fat joke compilations rather than a single viral moment.