Careful where you eat: You may become part of a local chain’s marketing campaign.
Hometown pizza chain &pizza has a new pie on the menu called the “,” named after the moment a man was caught on live TV eating &pizza in the hallway outside the Michael Cohen testimony to Congress Wednesday.
The man, , was offered an &pizza box before he went to town on a slice, unfortunately in the background of a CBS reporter discussing the testimony. Judging by the look he gives the camera in the now-viral video, someone off-screen must have told him he was on unknowingly on television.
tfw you go to eat your hallway pizza and get told you’re in the live shot
— Mike Uehlein (@MikeUehlein)
Folks took to Twitter to share the funny moment and &pizza quickly caught on, making the man — who they call an intern — .
They’ve also shared many memes with the man’s look of surprise in differing poorly-edited scenarios.
Love at first bite?
— &pizza (@andpizza)
Sometimes, the only thing you can trust is your tastebuds.
— &pizza (@andpizza)
Pizza Hut even joined in on the conversation, asking people to raise their hands if they’ve ever needed a hallway pizza — to which &pizza replied with some competition. Pizza Hut or &pizza?
Raise your hand if you’ve needed a hallway pizza at one time or another
— Pizza Hut (@pizzahut)
Lesson learned: Pizza may not always be the safest option for a quick bite.