“I was just sitting there trying to keep warm,” Sanders told Seth Meyers Thursday night.

“Were you aware that this photo immediately sort of became the meme of the day?” the host asked, holding up the original photo of Sanders sitting by himself with both legs and mittens crossed before the ceremony began.

“I promise to get to a substantive discussion here, I don’t want to waste all the time talking about memes,” he said, before holding up another photo of Sanders holding a manila envelope that went instantly viral when one comedian tweeted, “Bernie dressed like the inauguration is on his to-do list today but ain’t his whole day.”