Pink was dared into making an attempt a well-liked Aussie biscuit throughout her Melbourne present this week – and the problem was accepted by the pop star.
The singer was in-between songs at Marvel Stadium when a fan gave her a field of Vegemite Shapes biscuits, which she was completely happy to simply accept.
“Don’t problem me,” she playfully quipped. “Are you gonna have some? Do you want them?”
As she opened the field and sniffed the biscuits, Pink was clearly regretting her choice to play alongside.
“I imply, it’s a carb. What’s dangerous about it?” she mentioned with a bitter face after consuming the favored Arnott’s snack. “It’s somewhat dry, although.”
Because the viewers laughed, the singer requested if the fan wished to share some as a result of she was finished.
“I believe I’m good,” Pink joked as she handed again the field.
Pink isn’t the one worldwide act who doesn’t charge Vegemite. Final yr, pop star Jason Derulo was left squirming after tasting the beloved Aussie pantry staple.
The American singer was a coach on The Voice Australia on the time alongside British singer Rita Ora when native coaches Jessica Mauboy and Man Sebastian carried out a blind tasting on them.
Whereas Ora mentioned “it wasn’t dangerous in any respect”, Derulo was already put-off by the odor when it was offered to him on a spoon.
The Voice Australia coach Jason Derulo squirms over ‘s**t’ native meals staple
“It’s edible. All of us eat it right here,” Mauboy assured him, to which he replied, “Uh uh” earlier than tasting it.
“Not gonna lie, that Vegemite was not it,” he concluded. “I used to be like ‘Oh rattling, they simply fed me sh*t on reside tv.’”
Nevertheless, one worldwide star who doesn’t thoughts Vegemite is Tom Hanks – and in heavy quantities too.
The Oscar-winner mortified Aussies when he shared a photograph of his breakfast on social media again in 2020 whereas he was isolating with Covid-19 throughout manufacturing on Elvis.
His toast was buttered with an obscene quantities of Vegemite, triggering an intense social media response.
“Oh my, Mr Hanks, not even the bravest Aussie would put THAT a lot vegemite on a bit of toast!,” one consumer wrote. “Life is sort of a tube of Vegemite. Don’t attempt it suddenly,” one other wrote.
“Corona gained’t kill you however that quantity of Vegemite will!”, one other added.
Hanks then swiftly addressed Aussie followers’ considerations, saying he had since “discovered to not unfold my Vegemite so thick”.