'Black Panther' star Chadwick Boseman is sick and tired of doing the Wakanda salute all the time

• Chadwick Boseman does the Wakanda salute from "Black Panther" everywhere he goes.
• Boseman's exhaustion of the salute became a meme.
• Michael B. Jordan doesn't even bother doing it when he's asked.
• Maybe just ask for a high-five if you see either of them someplace.

After "Black Panther" premiered in February, the Wakanda salute immediately entered the cultural lexicon. Everywhere he goes, star Chadwick Boseman is asked to perform it.

And he sure seems tired.

In the movie, the Wakanda salute is done by crossing your arms over your chest and announcing "Wakanda forever!" It's a memorable and simple action that expresses solidarity.

At seemingly every event, Boseman, who plays T'Challa in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, does the salute. He did it at the "Avengers: Infinity Wars" premiere and adapted to "Howard forever" during  his commencement speech at Howard University.

"If I don't want to do it, I have to not leave the house, pretty much,"Boseman said on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live.""I've been chased in cars."

If you take a look at him at each event, though, he looks increasingly tired. It's a hard gig, repping a superhero in real life. Boseman's exhaustion became a meme.

Michael B. Jordan, who plays Erik Killmonger in "Black Panther," doesn't even try. When a journalist saluted him in an interview, he declined to return it with his own.

"I ain't from Wakanda," he said.

The clip went viral.

So maybe next time you see Boseman or Jordan on the street, just leave them alone. Or ask them for a high five or something. Just please don't make them do the Wakanda salute again.

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