M&M’s replaces its speakers with Maya Rudolph after Tucker Carlson’s rant

Spicecandies M&M’s – the cartoonish versions of the candy that appear in ads – will be suspended indefinitely. The move comes after Tucker Carlson of Fox News criticized minor branding changes to some of the characters for months, calling them “woken up”. Their place will be taken by comedian and actress Maya Rudolph.

Carlson, who spends most of his time telling viewers that he’s an advocate for the victims of cancellation culture, led a culture war campaign against candy until it was literally canceled – at least for now.

After the brown M&M swapped her stilettos for low heels and the green M&M traded her ankle boots for sneakers, Carlson stated that “M&M’s won’t be satisfied until every last cartoon character is grossly unattractive and totally androgynous”, and that when “you’re totally off, we’ve got justice.”

Announcing the ditching of colorful characters, M&M’s tweeted Monday: “We weren’t sure if anyone would notice” an earlier change in Spitzkandi. “But now we understand that even lollipop shoes can cause polarization.”

In response to the Skittles hiatus tweet tweeted, “Our thoughts come out on the spokes.” Skittles and M&M’s are owned by the same parent company, Mars Wrigley.

Last fall, M&M’s introduced a new character, Purple, whom Carlson derided as “fat” on his show. The purple M&M is roughly the same size and shape as its yellow and blue male counterparts.

Rudolph will make his debut as the new M&M spokesperson during the Super Bowl, which Mars Wrigley says is already in place. Rudolph is a biracial woman who raised funds for Kamala Harris (not to mention the fact that she portrayed the vice president on Saturday night life) and other Democrats who constantly draw Carlson’s ire.

“We’re confident Ms. Rudolph will champion the power of fun to create a world where everyone feels at home,” M&M’s said in a statement.

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