Last week, Dionne Warwick sent out a tweet to get thirsty brands to reply. Of course account managers could not pass up the opportunity to engage with Auntie Dionne and her 500k followers. She responded by dragging them and some of the tweets were hilarious.
Please reply to this twote if are a brand account. Even the mayonnaise companies. š
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 20, 2021
In a response to Mall of America, who promised that the next time Dionne visited they’d make sure there was no mayonnaise around, Auntie Dionne asked for the promise in writing. She seems to have a strong dislike for white people’s mustard.
Please put this in writing. https://t.co/QsKaHaw5bG
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 21, 2021
So they did:
Thank you for following up. š„° https://t.co/3myZshgXAd
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 22, 2021
But Seinfeld wanted to know what Dionne’s beef with mayonnaise was about:
šššš¤£š¤£ https://t.co/l9FToMn49E
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 22, 2021
The reason? Blame it on Hellman’s whose account she blocked earlier this month for suggesting we should put mayo in our coffee. She did unblock them so they could participate though.
For any confused individuals pic.twitter.com/cJy3Y3vjox
— New Balenceaga (@iwantmalibu) October 8, 2021
Skittles thought it would be fun to wade into the mayonnaise melee:
Mayonnaise Skittles coming soon!
— SKITTLES (@Skittles) October 20, 2021
The one that made me laugh the hardest was when Chuck-E Cheese responded to Dionne’s request with “Hey Queen.” Dionne asked them to stop changing the mouse. Listen I felt that in my soul. The new mouse is creepy but to be fair, so was the old mouse.
Helloā¦ Please stop changing the mouse. https://t.co/OdX8w8UpIz pic.twitter.com/YWpmWp1G5S
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 20, 2021
Bankrate decided it would borrow some of Cardi B’s lyrics. Dionne demanded that they cut Cardi a check.
Please send Cardi B a check for this. https://t.co/MZ3uVWamUX
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 20, 2021
Dionne also wanted to know what was in Subway’s Tuna (inquiring minds want to know, but it’s real) and what was Oreo’s weirdest flavor (the Mayoreo is not it ya’ll):
What is in your tuna? https://t.co/wO2Xy0GDuz
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 20, 2021
Hello, What is your weirdest flavor? Why are yāall doing the most? The one flavor was fine. https://t.co/0hEFGkJFEh
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 20, 2021
And of course KFC decided to hit below the belt with this one:
11 herbs and psychics
— KFC (@kfc) October 20, 2021
Church’s chicken said they’d never disrespect Ms. Dionne is such a manner:
We'd never do a legend like that. ššš
— Church's Chicken (@ChurchsChicken) October 21, 2021
KFC was definitely on a roll but not a buttered one:
Weāll never love this way again
— KFC (@kfc) October 21, 2021
At the end of it all, it would seem Auntie Dionne had a good time despite KFC slinging dirt:
I am going to relax. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Except @kfc. They know what they twoted to me. Bye! š„°
— Dionne Warwick (@dionnewarwick) October 21, 2021
Going through this thread had me giggling and Dionne’s responses were classic. I swear a much younger person is running that account, and Dionne’s niece did help her in the beginning. But as I have written before, Dionne has made it quite clear that the account is 100% her and her alone.
Dionne Warwick has definitely kept me laughing this year on Twitter. I am glad to see these brands also jump in and have fun. I love that everyone was in on the plot and just enjoyed the banter between a legend and her fans. I hope to see more of this sort of content on my Twitter feed. Sometimes Twitter and social media as a whole can get quite heavy. But leave to the legendary Dionne Warwick to bring us the sort of entertainment we did not know we needed. In the mean time, good luck to KFC and all those mayo companies, I am sure they will need it after that dragging.
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āTwotedā. Classic!š¤£š¤£
+1. It’s brilliant
This is hilarious! My sweetie is Arabic and drags my love of mayo. He calls it white people’s food.
I donāt get peopleās hatred for mayo. Of course I use mayonnaise for things like āadding body to the pasta salad vinaigretteā and ātuna saladā not āruining coffee.ā
Mayonnaise makes a great chocolate cake, too.
We never had mayonnaise in the house when I was a kid and it always kind of grossed me out when I would have it. My mom liked Miracle Whip so I’d rather choose that if I had to have white spread on a sandwich. I grew up in a town with German and Polish immigrants so mustard, especially mustard mixed with horseradish, is my sandwich spread of choice.
Ha! We were a āmixedā household – both Miracle Whip and mayonnaise. I thought for years I hated mayo because I thought MW and mayo were the same thing. Nope; I just donāt like the saccharine flavor of MW.
I put both mayo and mustard on my sandwiches; especially when I send a sandwich to school as a bulwark against dry bread. I should probably just use a little butter but even the spreadable kind has to soften a bit.
@ Betsy
Wait Miracle Whip isn’t mayo? Honestly never knew that. I use them interchangeably.
I’m not a fan of mayo or Miracle Whip. With your husband. Opposite in our house-husband loves mayo. Not enough to put it in coffee though. Ewww. I’m still grimacing over Molly Yeh’s? popcorn salad. My beloved popcorn mixed with mayo.
Dionne’s twitter is really funny.
LOL at bringing up the Chuck E. Cheese Mouse. A friend dated a guy a long time ago that was a Chuck E. Mouse. He resembled a rat out of costume.
Dionneās niece runs her Twitter account. Sheās doing an awesome job.
Yeah I was gonna say someone else is running her account, you can tell. She’s doing a great job though !
Sheās such a gem.
Also, as a white person, I do not take responsibility for Hellmanās tweet. mayo in coffee is a step too far. Many steps too far.
This is so funny and kinda makes me sad Iām not on Twitter as much anymore. Iāve cut back on social media for my mental health. I stopped using fb a long time ago but was regularly on Twitter and insta.
Iām on a 30 day social media cleanse. I was only actively use insta and I miss the pretty pictures. But itās done wonders for my mental health. I had to log in today to get my tattoo artistās phone number and I just felt immediately overwhelmed even tho I wasnāt scrolling or checking DMs.
Itās reassuring to hear someone else has cut back on social media for mental health. Most of the people I know are so active on it.
I totally relate to feeling overwhelmed by the feed!
I haven’t been on social media for 5 years and I don’t feel I’ve missed a thing. Sure, sites like Pinterest or Instagram require an account to browse properly, but I wasn’t active on those, so whatever.
She is a treasure and a hoot. Keep it up Dionne.
Whoever runs KFC’s socials is funny and pretty bold.
The only thing more iconic than Dionne Warwicks Twitter presence is her singing voice.
And I say this as a white person who loves mayoš¤£… in my defence I always pair it with fresh chilli, chilli paste or whole grain mustard. But it is totally white peoples mustard. Youāre hilarious, Oya so glad youāre a writer here.
It was right there. I couldn’t pass it up.
Lmao I was looking at my three kinds of mayo today (Iām including garlic aioli) and thinking… 9.5 times out of 19 when I walk into other white persons house they have mayo. Itās the mustard of my people.
The dip of my people is taking something perfectly delicious like hummus, adding white beans instead of chickpeas and acting like weāre revolutionaries. Weāre not, we just like bland food and itās white bean dip not humus.
Iām really grateful for travel, hot sauce and South East Asian cuisine. Without it Iād still think bland Anglo food is flavoursome.
*9.5 times out of 10
I am rofl about Dionne blocking Hellmann’s for tweeting about mayo on coffee. š
I also immediately block anyone who writes “That’s it. That’s the tweet”. That phrase is like nails on a chalk board to me.
See also: people who ask for advice, and then say “And… go!”
She is hysterical – I am completely here for Dionne Warwick taking over twitter anytime she pleases.
That’s awesome. Love clean fun. But what is white people’s mustard? I have to have very grainy mustard or Dijon.
Mayo. Mayo is white people’s mustard. lmao…