The phrase comes from a 2012 Ugandan television interview on NBS TV, where host Simon Kaggwa Njala repeatedly asked LGBTQ activist Pepe Julian Onziema the question during a tense discussion. Clips circulated online years later, detached from the serious context, and the blunt wording became a reaction meme on YouTube and TikTok. Remixes followed, setting the line to beats and loops for edits. Its continued use comes from the instantly recognisable delivery and the way the short question works as a comic interruption.