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4:00Now PlayingFox News finally gets its way after freaking out so much over M&Ms spokescandies that they get discontinued. John Iadarola and Wosny Lambre break it down on The Damage Report.
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M&Ms Kill the Spokecandies Fox News Complained About for Hours on End‘We Get it Even a Candy’s Shoes Can Be Polarizing’
"Just in case you needed more proof we live in the dumbest of all possible timelines, M&M’s are dropping their spokescandies after backlash from Fox News and other (mostly conservative) commentators, replacing the anthropomorphic chocolates with Maya Rudolph.
The spokescandies first appeared in 1954 in black & white advertisements, eventually evolving into the Red and Yellow (representing the plain and peanut varieties) characters and soon joined by others, including a female Green M&M in high-heeled boots and a flirtatious personality meant to capitalize on the urban legend that the green dye contained an aphrodisiac.
In Jan. 2022, Mars, Incorporated announced they were restyling the M&M’s logo and the looks for their spokescandies — mostly changes to their shoes — to be more “inclusive,” as well as giving the female Green and Brown characters “more prominent placement” to achieve “a little bit more gender balance.”"
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