M&M’s replaces ‘Speakscandies’ cartoon with Maya Rudolph after Fox News ‘woke up’ reaction

The brand said in a tweet on Monday that he “definitely didn’t think it was going to break the internet. But now we understand that even candy shoes can be controversial.”

M&M’s (Berenice Calderon/Pixabay)

After the controversy that followed mascot update Last year, M&M’s announced on Monday that it was taking an “indefinite hiatus” from the use of its candy-covered mascots, saying “the last thing M&M’s needs” is “polarization.”

M&M’s said on twitter that instead, it’s using actress Maya Rudolph as its spokesperson, someone the brand has said, “America can go along with.”

Mars Inc., parent company of M&M’s, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Representatives for Rudolph did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more on NBC News here.


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