It's one of the best things to come out of the 90's. You guys, has a new flavor based on my #1 cereal! I ALWAYS have a box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch at home. Why bite the hand that feeds you, unless it really is handing you shrimp tails when you expected cereal? Meanwhile, his wife, Danielle Fishel (Topanga), is also a noted Cinnamon Toast Crunch devotee: In the below spon-con exhibit, she calls the cereal “one of the best things to come out of the 90’s” (seemingly including her own sitcom) in a promotional tweet for CoffeeMate’s CTC-flavored creamer. Karp told the New York Times that it’s “the only cereal I eat,” his “favorite cereal brand,” one he even hypes via his footwear. Suspicious pro–Cinnamon Toast Crunch spon-con from Karp’s wife was also unearthed.Īnd then, it is possibly worth considering that the Karp household is aggressively pro-CTC.
On the other hand, there have also been defenses of Karp’s character - for example, from Linkin Park guy Mike Shinoda, who called him an “all-around good dude” and praised his talents in comedy and podcasting. There have also been allusions to theft of intellectual property from other podcasters, references to alleged “ gaslighting,” and assertions that Karp generally just lies a lot. (Karp did not respond to a request for comment from the Cut.) Former co-workers came forward, too - including writer, comedian, and actor Brittani Nichols, who wrote a lengthy thread alleging that leadership at Karp’s rap-battle competition show, Drop the Mic, had to be “talked into hiring a person of color,” among other things, and that he was a terrible employer in general. They said that Karp was manipulative, controlling, cruel, and that dating him had adversely impacted their mental health. Multiple women identifying themselves as his ex-romantic partners began sharing their own, remarkably similar, impressions of him. But all the notoriety also raised suspicions among certain of Karp’s acquaintances, a number of whom suggest he may be an unreliable narrator. “I’m the new Gorilla Glue Girl, aren’t I?” he wondered - perhaps wistfully? - in a tweet. Then, multiple people came forward to accuse Karp of various abuses and dishonesties.Īs the post circulated internationally, Karp enjoyed a shining moment of Twitter fame, and granted interviews to media outlets including TMZ and the New York Times. Personally, I had been too busy absorbing the idea that shrimp might invade a cereal box to pause for the possibility that a person would go through whatever motions are required to sugar shrimp detritus and sneak it into sealed packaging. Also, it’s only ‘viral’ because of their insane response. “There are black items COOKED ONTO the squares and tons of it at the bottom of the bag, in addition to shrimp tails and other SUGAR COATED junk.
“Something regarding the stupid ‘Did he fake this?’ take,” he wrote. Shrimps himself acknowledged this narrative in a tweet on March 23, the day after he shared his personal news with the internet.
Naturally the saga has received a staggering degree of rapt attention, because shrimp tails, in cereal? Disgusting, say more! The tertiary presence of a formerly beloved Boy Meets World character? Okay, yes! But then things really began to devolve.įirst came the accusations that Karp had made the whole thing up. Karp has meticulously documented his quest for answers on Twitter, posting snippets from his heated exchange with General Mills - which has apparently requested that he bring the shrimp tails to the police, as evidence - and plans for DNA testing of the candied crustacean bits. Ummmm - why are there shrimp tails in my cereal? (This is not a bit) /tTjiAdrnVp- Jensen Karp March 22, 2021 Further, the man, Jensen Karp - podcaster and husband of Boy Meets World’s Topanga Lawrence - claims to have identified certain pieces specked with creepy black gunk eerily reminiscent of worms, or (barf) rodent droppings. And yet, a Los Angeles man claims that, earlier this week, he poured himself a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch to find a pair of sugar-coated shrimp tails hiding among the crazy squares. Also: very unlikely to wind up in a cereal-processing plant, one hopes. Shrimp tails: very distinctive, in form and function, and therefore, very difficult to mistake for anything else.
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