Russ, an American living in the UK, left Brits united in a humorous outrage after posting a viral video where he ate a beloved Christmas treat
An American man was compelled to issue an apology after Brits accused him of nearly causing “an international incident” over his method of consuming a beloved British Christmas treat.
Russ, an American who’s been residing in the UK, regularly posts about the cultural surprises he’s encountered since crossing the pond, including puzzling customs and food tastings. So as November drew to a close, he chose to sample a Terry’s Chocolate Orange following encouragement from his 90,000 followers.
Terry’s Chocolate Orange has established itself as a household essential in most British homes, particularly throughout the Christmas period, since its debut in 1932. Yet Brits were rendered speechless when Russ devoured the chocolate orange like it was an apple, rather than consuming it in its traditional segments.
The clip amassed more than two million views and rallied Brits in the comments section who branded the footage as “shocking”, “horrifying” and some even playfully insisted Russ deserved to be sent “straight to prison”.
Following the viral post, Russ created a follow-up video where he pleaded for mercy from the British public. He titled the video “please give me a second chance”, reports the Express.
He declared: “Yesterday I posted a video of me trying a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, after reading through all of your comments I just wanted to say I’m sorry… that I didn’t try all of the other flavours too!”
He then moved on to sampling the chocolate, mint, caramel, exploding candy and toffee variations of the beloved treat. He revealed that Brits had enlightened him on the proper way to devour a Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
He said: “For some weird reason, a bunch of comments on yesterday’s video told me to open this [the chocolate] by whacking it on something hard.”
British viewers flooded the comments section, expressing their relief that Russ was finally consuming the Terry’s Chocolate Orange in segments. One viewer remarked: “We were on the cusp of an international incident. I haven’t ever seen us Brits that united! Apology accepted.”
Another commenter declared: “Thank goodness you are eating it correctly. I just could not cope with your last post.”
A third chimed in: “If you keep eating it like an apple I will cry.
“If you have a pile of chocolate I’m going to cry. You bash it so you can open the chocolate in the wrapper and take A PIECE out and eat like taking a segment of orange.”
