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Fox News Egg Plate
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Fox News Egg Plate refers to a series of jokes and memes based on a plate of sunnyside up eggs featured onscreen in a Fox News interview. Many mocked the order, which consisted of 10 eggs, for what some perceived as being extravagant.
Origin
On May 8th, 2019, Twitter [1] user @revrrlewis posted a screenshot from an interview from Fox News. In the screenshot, a man in a Donald Trump hat sits in front of a plate of about 10 eggs. The post received more than 275 retweets and 1,800 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left).
!["it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuality i "it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that free this, free that. and in actuality if you sit down and look at it, that's buying votes." JOHNNY V'S MILWAUKEE, WI 6:48 AM C TRUD AMERICAS Ill(IONE TOWN HALL THE ROAD TO 2020 FOX NEWS AMY KLOBUCHAR 10:41117 AMERICA S 11 iloluna 2020 69/44 CIN . 77/53 CLE â°70/49 COL 'r75/52 WEATHERCHI 8:37 AM-8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/928/012.png)
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That morning, Vox journalist Aaron Rupar shared the whole video, adding the caption, "Holy crap! Check out how many eggs this Trump fan had on his plate during an interview with Fox & Friends at a Milwaukee diner" (shown below).
Holy crap! Check out how many eggs this Trump fan had on his plate during an interview with Fox & Friends at a Milwaukee diner pic.twitter.com/X8OFusIv6z
â Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 8, 2019
That morning, Twitter[2] user @arlenparsa tweeted, "Fox News is interviewing a man who is eating ten eggs this morning." The tweet received more than 2,100 retweets and 14,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below, left). Twitter user @IAmSpilly tweeted, "Sorry, I canât stop laughing at the 27 goddamn eggs on his plate."
That morning, @revrrlewis tweeted[3] another photograph from the report that featured more diner patrons with a plate of 10 eggs. They captioned the post, "fox nation's most compelling television to-date has been an extra sighting of the ten egg breakfast from this morning." The post received more than 115 retweets and 1,000 likes in 24 hours (shown below, right).
![Fox News is interviewing a man who is eating ten eggs this morning. Fox News is interviewing a man who is eating ten eggs this morning. Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuality if you sit down and look at it, that's buying Votes." Show this thread THE ROAD TO 2020 8:43 AM -8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/930/83d.png)
![Sorry, I canât stop laughing at the 27 goddamn eggs on his plate Sorry, I can't stop laughing at the 27 goddamn eggs on his plate Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuaity if you sit down and look at it, that's buying THE ROAD TO 2020 votes." Show this thread 8:58 AM - 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/931/031.png)
![fox nation's most compelling television to-date has been an extra sighting of the ten egg breakfast from this morning fox nation's most compelling television to date has been an extra sighting of the ten egg breakfast from this morning AFTERhe SHOW SHOW ROAD TO 2020 5:19 PM - 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/934/cf8.png)
Twitter[4] user @arleparsa tweeted a photoshop of the interview screenshot, replacing the patron with Gaston from the 1991 animated film Beauty and the Beast. The post received more than 220 retweets and 1,600 likes in 24 hours (shown below).
![Still can't believe Fox News interviewed Gaston here... "And you say that when you were a lad you ate how many dozen eggs, s Still can't believe Fox News interviewed Gaston here... "And you say that when you were a lad you ate how many dozen eggs, sir?" ⶠJOHNNY V'S MILWAUKEE, WI 6:48 AM CT AMERICA'S ELECTION-HS TOWN HALL THE ROAD TO 2020 FOX NEWS 6:48 CT 10:41117 AMERICAS Ä°lleÇION HIS 2020 WEATHER -ICHI 69/44 CIN . 77/53 CLE -70/49 COL -75/52 4:59 PM - 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/939/92c.png)
That morning, Splinter News[5] published a report on the eggs positing the possibility that the eggs were a prop used by Fox News as table dressing. In their report, the site notes several pieces of information, including a follow-up shot of the original patron in which his table is clear of eggs and a gif by Fox News' interview Todd Piro in which the eggs are visible (shown below).
This boomerang symbolizes the food at a diner. I am at a diner. In Milwaukee. The Amy Klobuchar Town Hall on
foxnews</a> is in Milwaukee tonight. We are talking to folks here about that and the topics of the day. Join us on <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
foxandfriends. #breakfastwithfriends @amyklobuchar pic.twitter.com/tgoTpXCbeCâ Todd Piro (@ToddPiro) May 8, 2019
Splinter News spoke with Kathy Vassallo one of the diner's owners. They wrote, "t the staff âcooked up the foodâ and then let employees eat it after filming concluded. Kathy said that a 10-egg plate is an integral part of âThe Kingâ challenge at Johnny Vâs, which is an eating challenge comprised of: 10 eggs, 8 pancakes, 1 pound of hash browns, 3 sausages, 3 pieces of bacon, 1 piece of ham, Texas Toast (unspecified amount)." They continued:
Kathy surmised that the diner staff was going to try and have someone attempt the King for the segment, but that there werenât enough people there (Fox & Friends tapes pretty early and the diner opened at 5 a.m. to accommodate).
Several media outlets covered the breakfast, including Uproxx,[6] The Daily Dot, [7] LAD Bible,[8] Grub Street[9] and more.
Various Examples
![HEY JIM WHY YOU EATING OUT WHEN YOU COULD GET A DOZEN EGGS FOR A COUPLE DOLLARS AND FRY THEM AT HOME SMH MILLENNIALS HEY JIM WHY YOU EATING OUT WHEN YOU COULD GET A DOZEN EGGS FOR A COUPLE DOLLARS AND FRY THEM AT HOME SMH MILLENNIALS 9:41 AM - 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/932/551.png)
!["a good president that doesn't fly off your hands while you're driving" "a good president that doesn't fly off your hands while you're driving" JOHNNY V'S MILWAUKEE, WI 6:48 AM CT AMERICA'S 111(HCRæșć¶ TOWN HALL AMY KLOBUCHAR THE ROAD TO 2020 FOX NEWS 6:48 CT ELECTION HS 2020 WEATHER CHI 69/44 CIN77/53CLE70/49 COL 75/52 10:47 AM-8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/943/bff.png)
![That egg platter is more disturbing than the ass-to-ass scene in Requiem for a Dream. That egg platter is more disturbing than the ass-to-ass scene in Requiem for a Dream. Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis "it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything: free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuality if you sit down and look at it, that's buying votes." THE ROAD TO 2020 Show this thread 9:30 AM-8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/950/7ae.png)
![THAT MAN HAS 10 EGGS AND NOTHING ELSE ON HIS PLATE THAT MAN HAS 10 EGGS AND NOTHING ELSE ON HIS PLATE Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis "it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuality if you sit down and look at it, that's buying THE ROAD TO 2020 votes." Show this thread 9:34 AM - 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/951/23a.png)
!["I'm worried what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of [bacon and] eggs.' What I said was, 'Give me all the [bacon and] eggs I'm worried what you just heard was, Give me a lot of [bacon and] eggs. What I said was, 'Give me all the [bacon and] eggs you have." eggs you have." Zeddediah Springfield @Zeddary How many eggs are on this guy's plate? h-------- are his arms crossed cuz his arteries are stuck in that position? Show this thread THE ROAD TO 2020 10:48 AM 8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/948/dac.png)
![sure he's eating 10 fried eggs and a soda for breakfast but I'm most surprised this guy doesn't find it disrespectful to sit sure he's eating 10 fried eggs and a soda for breakfast but l'm most surprised this guy doesn't find it disrespectful to sit at a table with your hat on Bobby Lewis @revrrlewis "it's totally ridiculous. they're promising people everything; free this, free that, free this, free that. and in actuality if you sit down and look at it, that's buying votes." THE ROAD TO 2020 Show this thread 9:47 AM-8 May 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/490/945/fe4.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter â @reverrlewis' Tweet
[2] Twitter â @arlenparsa's Tweet
[3] Twitter â @IAmSpilly's Tweet
[4] Twitter â @arlenparsa's Tweet
[5] Splinter News â A Journey Into the Yolk of Darkness to Find the Truth About This Diner's Enormous Plate of 10 Fried Eggs
[6] Uproxx â People Canât Stop Laughing At This Trump Supporterâs Massive Plate Of Eggs On Fox News
[7] The Daily Dot â People are roasting this Trump supporterâs 10-egg breakfast
[8] LAD Bible â Internet Mocks Trump Supporter Interviewed On TV Eating Loads Of Eggs
[9] Grub Street â In Praise of the 10-Egg Breakfast
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