'Devil Wears Prada' Trend Sees People Channel Their Inner Miranda Priestly

A trend inspired by The Devil Wears Prada has taken over social media as people channel their inner Miranda Priestly to joke with their family and friends.

As a viral sound is making its way all over the popular video-sharing platform TikTok, a scene from the 2006 film has people texting their peers a quote by Meryl Streep's character.

The Devil Wears Prada follows a young journalist named Andy Sachs who was recently hired at a fashion magazine, which is run by Editor-In-Chief Miranda Priestly (Streep). However, Sachs is unfamiliar with the world of fashion and must learn the ins and outs of the fashion industry with little to no help.

The monologue comes from the scene where Andy Sachs (played by Anne Hathaway) is called into Priestly's office at Runway magazine. Priestly gives the novice Sachs many tasks and names fashion brands, assistants and employees, all foreign to Sachs.

"I need 10 or 15 skirts from Calvin Klein," Priestly began, "Please bore someone else with your questions. Make sure you have Pier 59 at 8 a.m. tomorrow and remind Jocelyn I need to see a few of those satchels that Mark is doing in the pony."

"Then tell Simone I'll take Jackie if Maggie isn't available," she continued.

Many TikTok users have been texting their friends, family or work-related peers Priestly's monologue to confuse them, or in hopes, they catch on.

A TikToker under the username @madelinecwhite shared her experience doing this trend on her assistant. Her popular video has gained almost 90,000 likes.

"I'm a 2004 child and I [knew] what this was straight away," one TikTok user commented.

"THIS IS AWESOME," exclaimed another.

A TikToker laughed, "This cracks me up."

Another user named @stephsko tried the trend on her mother. The viral video has over 70,000 likes.

"I'm gonna start doing this on dating apps lmao," one user said.

Another echoed, "omg I'm doing this to my mom immediately."

One said, "I'm doing this to my grandpa right now. But he may catch on. He loves that movie lol!"

@pcossupportgirl shared her version of the trend, reaching over 19,000 likes.

"I would IMMEDIATELY know how to respond to this," commented one TikTok account.

"This is THE best video on tiktok," exclaimed another.

Who's the Real Villain of The Devil Wears Prada?

Since the drama-comedy film was released almost 20 years ago, fans of the movie are still debating who the real villain of the movie is. Was it Miranda Priestly, the woman who didn't treat her employees nicely?

Many think the villain was Andy's boyfriend, Nate (played by Adrian Grenier).

However, in a recent interview, Hathaway defended Nate, saying that he was not the villain. In the movie, Nate didn't like how much time Andy was putting into her career and how she missed his birthday for a work-related event.

The actress was a guest on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen where a fan asked if she believed that Nate was the real villain of the movie.

"No, I'm sorry, I don't. I think that they were both very young and figuring things out," she said, "He did behave like a brat, but I also behaved like a brat in my 20s and I hopefully grew out of it."

"I think that that's what we all do, and I wouldn't want to be defined by my worst moment in my 20s, certainly. So, I don't hold Nate as a villain, actually," she said.

However, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Grenier said he "didn't see" some of the problems with his character until fans pointed it out.

"It hadn't occurred to me until I started to really think about it, and perhaps it was because I was as immature as Nate was at the time, and in many ways he's very selfish and self-involved, it was all about him, he wasn't extending himself to support Andy in her career," he said.

"At the end of the day, it's just a birthday, right? It's not the end of the world."

Newsweek has reached out to representatives for Hathaway and Streep for comment.