And he showed that once more this week when he went viral for drinking a pint of Guinness 'like a 10-year-old with his first beer' on a podcast.
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he → show → podcast
This, however, is hardly the first time the Facebook creator has made a social faux pas in public.
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creator → make → public
In 2018, he was infamously unable to drink water properly while being grilled during a crucial political hearing.
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he → drink → hearing
And he met ridicule last year for 'accidentally' looking at the chest of Lauren Sanchez, wife of fellow tech billionaire Jeff Bezos, at a prestigious event.
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he → meet → event
Here, we take a look at the Meta mogul's most awkward moments.
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Zuckerberg 'accidentally' peeks at Lauren Sanchez's chest
Mr Zuckerberg appeared to accidentally take a peek at Lauren Sanchez's chest
The embarrassing incident took place at Donald Trump's presidential inauguration
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incident → peek → inauguration
Mr Zuckerberg isn't exactly known for his well-developed social graces.
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Zuckerberg → know → graces
Last year at US President Donald Trump's presidential inauguration, the Meta CEO was seemingly caught on camera taking a peek at the chest of Lauren Sanchez, now the wife of fellow tech mogul Jeff Bezos.
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CEO → catch → Bezos
Ms Sanchez and Mr Bezos, who at the time were engaged, attended the ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, in January 2025.
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who → attend → January
Sat next to Mr Zuckerberg, the couple were chatting away with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.
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couple → sit → law
Mr Zuckerberg was stuck between Mr Kushner and Ms Sanchez, and appeared to not know what to do with himself, despite the fact that his wife Priscilla Chan was sat next to him.
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wife → stick → him
As he looked around awkwardly, he seemed to glance at Ms Sanchez for a brief moment, before turning his head in the opposite direction and refusing to make eye contact with anyone.
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he → look → anyone
Neither Ms Sanchez nor Mr Bezos seemed to notice the blunder, though many online were quick to point out the gaffe.
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many → seem → gaffe
One social media user wrote: 'Zuckkyyy you dogg!!'
A second said: 'Focus on the important stuff.'
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second → write → stuff
Meanwhile former Selling Sunset star Christine Quinn mocked Mr Zuckerberg, writing: 'Our favourite Lizardman Mark Zuckerberg's cold, dead eyes were locked on her cleavage like he was trying to programme his next algorithm off it.
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he → sell → it
WTF is going on America.
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WTF → go → ?
Zuckerberg struggles to drink water properly during a major hearing
Mr Zuckerberg appeared nervous in front of the committee
He took a very tentative sip of water during his testimony
Getting grilled at the heart of the world's most powerful democracy is probably no one's idea of a fun afternoon.
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grilled → struggle → afternoon
But in April 2018, that's exactly where Mr Zuckerberg found himself.
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Zuckerberg → find → himself
US senators needled him about Facebook's role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, which saw a British consulting firm improperly harvesting the personal data of up to 87million Facebook users.
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firm → needle → users
As the CEO of Facebook, Mr Zuckerberg was shoved under the limelight and made to answer probing questions about his business's practices.
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Zuckerberg → shove → practices
Footage from the hearing showed a pallid and nervous Mr Zuckerberg picking up a glass of water and slowly raising it to his lips.
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Zuckerberg → show → lips
He was seen taking a tiny sip of water while wearing a thousand-yard stare on his face.
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He → see → face
The 2018 clip immediately went viral, as it played into jokes about Mr Zuckerberg's awkward tendencies.
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it → go → tendencies
One social media user wrote at the time: 'Me when I realise my actions have a consequence.'
Another, writing as if they were Mr Zuckerberg, said in a post to X: '"Don't forget to drink the water, humans like water".'
Even infamous podcaster Joe Rogan got in on the action several years later.
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Rogan → write → action
During a 2022 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, the host jokingly told the tech CEO: 'I don't like the way you sip water though, you sipping water at the Senate, you were sipping water like a robot.'
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you → tell → robot
He then asked Mr Zuckerberg to take a swig of water in front of him, which he did with a smile.
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he → ask → smile
The Meta CEO defended himself by saying: 'The Senate testimony is not exactly an environment that is set up to accentuate the humanity of the subject.
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that → defend → subject
'If you're up there for six or seven hours, you're going to make some face that's worth making a meme out of.'
Zuckerberg grimaces while drinking Guinness
Mark Zuckerberg (pictured, left) appeared to regret taking a sip of Guinness
He grimaced after taking a swig, before moving the glass out of shot
'Money can't buy taste,' the old saying goes.
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saying → go → taste
Never has that been more true than in the case of Mr Zuckerberg, who this week went viral for his reaction to a pint of Guinness.
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who → go → Guinness
The 42-year-old Meta founder was speaking on John Collison's Cheeky Pint podcast alongside his Chief of AI Alexander Wang, discussing the tech firm's latest AI model.
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founder → speak → model
The trio began the show by toasting a pint of the Irish stout and taking a swig.
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trio → begin → swig
Mr Zuckerberg appeared to regret his decision almost immediately.
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Zuckerberg → appear → decision
After he tentatively took a small sip, he appeared to grimace slightly as he forced himself to swallow his drink.
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he → take → drink
After finishing his sip, he turned away slightly and blinked several times.
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he → finish → sip
Commenters pointed out that he later pushed his glass away, almost out of reach.
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he → point → reach
One person said in response to the clip: 'Never seen someone try and chew a Guinness.'
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someone → say → Guinness
Another said: 'Zuckerberg trying to enjoy Guinness and failing is one of the funniest things to me.'
And a third said: 'I'm not a fan of Guinness, but I can drink it without looking like a 10-year-old with his first beer.'
He glumly responded to the viral clip, writing on X: 'That's just my face.'
An out-of-place Zuckerberg at the UFC
The Facebook mogul looked very out of place at the UFC match
He tried his best to make himself useful, but was largely ignored by the professionals
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himself → say → professionals
So much so that in 2024, he managed to snag a front-row seat for a UFC match between Alexander Volkanovski and Ilia Topuria at the Honda Center in California.
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he → manage → California
Even better for the Facebook mogul, Volkanovski invited him to act as a cornerman between the two featherweight fighters.
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Volkanovski → invite → fighters
Though he donned a full UFC tracksuit, Mr Zuckerberg looked very out of place in the high-intensity world of MMA fighting.
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Zuckerberg → don → fighting
…and 25 more, not listed.
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