Who knew something as sweet and beloved as candy could cause controversy?
Yeah, don’t worry, the candy bites won’t be replaced with stinky seafood treats anytime soon.
Meanwhile, the red M&M spokescandy shows up in the background holding a sign begging for help.
And so it apparently did.
A representative for Mars Wrigley did not respond to a request for comment.
M&Ms original statement began, “America, let’s talk.”
What are the ‘spokescandies’?
Need some background on all this?
The yellow M&M, for example, is portrayed as kind of a dim bulb.
He’s a peanut M&M, so it might be a play on “peanut brain.”
The candy has leaned hard on the spokescandies as part of their ad campaign.
It does double duty as a “turn off your cell phone PSA.”
Why are they controversial?
The fuss mainly surrounds the green and brown candies, depicted in ads as female.
It started with their footwear.
(Yes, these are still cartoon candies we are talking about.)
(The male candies seem to all wear clunky white saddleshoes or sneakers.)
Back in 2022, Fox News host Tucker Carlson mocked the changes on his show.
“Until the moment when you wouldn’t want to have a drink with any one of them.
That’s the goal.
When you’re totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity.
They’ve won.”
Until the moment you wouldnt want to have a drink with any one of them.
A graphic shown on Fox called the all-female M&M pack, “woke candy.”
Where have we seen this before?
(Baby Nut was aged up to adulthood, just like soap operas do, in 2021.)
He alsoreturned to the world of the livingin an ad shown just a few months later.
