Say goodbye to the commercials with the talking M&Ms. People have gotten so upset about a candy that they consider “woke” that the company is pulling all of the M&M characters. Mars, who owns them, released a statement saying, “In the last year, we’ve made some changes to our beloved spokes candies. We weren’t sure if anyone would even notice. And we definitely didn’t think it would break the internet. But now we get it — even a candy’s shoes can be polarizing. Which was the last thing M&M’s wanted since we’re all about bringing people together.”
They mention the shoes because one of the changes they made was to change the female M&M’s shoes to make the more like every day people.
One of the complaints came from a popular talk show host who seemed upset when he said that the female M&Ms are “less sexy”.
I eat a lot of M&Ms. I don’t care if they’re woke or not. Do they melt in my mouth and not in my hands? Do they taste yummy when broken up and sprinkled on ice cream? Can I apply just enough pressure with my teeth to crack the candy shell, eat it first, and then let the chocolate melt slowly on my tongue? If yes, then they could have a male M&M character who wears women’s clothing while inside a rocket to the moon where he’ll build tennis courts and I…….Won’t……..Care. But because some people do, instead of the talking M&Ms, the spokesperson will now be Maya Rudolph.