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To help WaterGirl keep the troubleshooting thread to just that, here’s something I’ve been thinking about.
We see statements not unlike TFG’s tweets occasionally emanate from a certain Florida resort. We see quotes in the news about grand political thinking from TFG – endorse this, fundraise that, remove Liz Cheney.
But we hardly ever see TFG. There was one video a couple of weeks ago that looked like one of those folks you see ranting on street corners about the unfairness of life, chemtrails, and the aliens that are hiding in the bank building. A small audience applauded. I wondered if that was a deepfake. It was perfectly believable.
The man who claims that he invented flamin hot cheetos didn t
Turns out the story of Richard Montañez, a Frito-Lay janitor who rose through the ranks and invented hot cheetos, isn t true. A junior employee named Lynne Greenfeld actually came up with the name and shepherded the line into existence.
However, he did come up with flamin hot popcorn, and other products just not the original hot cheeto.
Montañez s story is supposed to be turned into a biopic directed by Eva Longoria.
The whole piece from the LATimes is very good give it a read!
Exclusive: For years, Richard Montañez told the rags-to-riches story of how he invented Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. He’s built a career out of it with speaking events and a movie deal.