@chrissyteigen what did barilla do or not do?
— Uwaine (@Uwaine) September 26, 2013
Good question. In case you hadn’t heard, Barilla Group chairman Guido Barilla said in an Italian radio interview Wednesday that the world’s largest pasta company had no plans to feature same-sex families in its advertising — “not for lack of respect toward homosexuals, who have the right to do whatever they want without disturbing others,” he explained, “but because I don’t agree with them and I think we want to talk to traditional families.”
As you wish, @BarillaUS. Best of luck to you! –The gays. #LGBT #BarillaBoycott pic.twitter.com/A7pp64V6up
— ? Clark wants Joe Biden to draw a clock (@Clarknt67) September 26, 2013
Barilla’s comments about the “the sacral family” were reminiscent of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s plea of “guilty as charged” to believing in the “biblical definition of the family unit.” That remark led to a boycott that eventually led to a massive “buycott.” As Teigen says, though, pasta is a lot easier to replace than a delicious Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich.
A boycott was sadly inevitable; the only question is who can come up with the most clever way of calling for one.
#Barilla I noticed that most of your pastas aren't straight – Campanelle, Farfalle, Gemelli, etc. You may want to look into that. #boycott
— Georgette Jupe (@girlinflorence) September 26, 2013
Based on his remarks against gays, (Guido) #Barilla's pasta just came out of the closet, my pantry closet. #boycott
— Don Gelfund (@DonGelfund) September 26, 2013
#Barilla boycott. This is their best selling pasta… pic.twitter.com/f4RSoqHhlw
— ?DAVIDZTO (@davidzee4444) September 26, 2013
Social media are on fire with talk of a #BarillaBoycott boycott. So of course I blogged it: http://t.co/6iRtPIpnl5 pic.twitter.com/hZxTiFMuEW
— CreativeTweets (@CreativeTweets) September 26, 2013
https://twitter.com/NICO3OOOO/status/383206087530278914
https://twitter.com/santosalmenara/status/383259870725541889
Ciao, @Barilla @BarillaUS! I don't like to serve my pasta with homophobia sauce. http://t.co/g4uSXwXaRD #equality
— Zoe Archer/Eva Leigh (@Zoe_Archer) September 26, 2013
Homophobia sauce?
Homophobic pasta man doesn't want his noodle to touch anyone else's. | Barilla pasta faces boycott http://t.co/zYAhf3ZoIS #BoycottBarilla
— semi-hysterical alarmist ?♂️ (@seanminogue) September 26, 2013
We should have NO Tolerance for Intolerance! #BarillaBoycott Pasta! #StopHomophobia #gayrights #Equality pic.twitter.com/UkvO2cmQgU
— JimmyBear ? ???? ?️? ?? ☮️ ? ? ? (@JimmyBear2) September 26, 2013
Lame. Maybe we’d better leave the boycott tweets to the professional (model).
Barilla has a right to believe whatever they want. And I have the right to boycott them or fully fund a gay porn made in a tub of linguine
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2013
"This will surely cost barilla a pretty penne"?!!!!!!?!! Oh my god are we sure this whole thing isn't just staged for this amazing line?
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2013
Our boycott of barilla will never mean anything as rush limbaugh will now out eat us all twice over
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2013
BOOM ROASTED
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2013
There are so many pasta jokes on my timeline and I'm dying/loving them but let us not love too much and remember to hate barilla
— chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) September 26, 2013
What? No hate!
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