Yesterday, David Alan Grier had fans in a tizzy when he announced that he would be the new Colonel Sanders.
Breaking News: David Alan Grier has been cast as the first African American Colonel Sanders in the new KFC ad campaign. #KFC
— David Alan Grier (@davidalangrier) March 3, 2016
“Breaking News: David Alan Grier has been cast as the first African American Colonel Sanders in the new KFC ad campaign. #KFC”
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Well, that announcement was false. KFC responded to the comedian and Kevin Hochman, chief marketing officer for KFC shared in a statement,
“There is no new Colonel Sanders.”
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Moral of the story, any guy who describes himself as a “gentleman of leisure, raconteur, liar, con man, teller of tall tales” shouldn’t be taken too seriously.