Is Michael Che secretly mocking his Instagram fans or sincerely showing off his new skills as a barista?
The Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor (for now) has been using his Instagram Stories in recent days to show off his latte foam-art skills. Previous creations are slightly better than the example below, but his lackluster displays, along with hashtags like #georgeclooney, make the posts a likely exercise in irony.
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That didn’t stop followers from messaging Che with art critiques like:
- “my guy did you mistake the cup for your toilet?”
- “Dude you suck at this”
- “latte fart”
- “Bro just shat in it and called it a day”
Maybe Che really was in his feelings when he posted responses like, “so being nasty=funny now..? hmm. didn’t get the memorandum.”
He followed that up with a promise to take his espresso machine and go home. “i received a TON of negative messages these past few days about my latte art.. so ive decided to stop posting them here. yep. you won’t have ol mikey che to kick around no more!’
OK, that last one sounded sarcastic. But Che’s declaration that he was done posting his latte art was short-lived. He followed up with a poll, promising more foam creations if enough people promised to be “supportive and say something nice.”
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When enough people clicked “yes, cause im a human bean,” Che had a change of heart. “damn. im actually overwhelmed by yalls support right now. even tho im still a little scared, im gonna trust yall and post one more art.”
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The trolling is in full effect at this point, which didn’t stop Che’s followers from roasting his beans.
“omg it’s a scrotum, beautiful,” wrote one.
‘its not a scrotum,” clarified Che.
“not it my guy,” posted another, along with a series of laughing/crying emojis.
“smh, just take a hike,” Che clapped back.
Another follower took the hate up a notch. “Shitty ass coffee, couldn’t imagine drinking this in a million years. If you offered me this or a cup of piss I’m taking the cup of piss 100 out a 100 times.”
“THIS,” replied Che, “is what i DID NOT want.”
“Your shit seems to have cum in it,” noted another comment.
“its actually A CAPPACCINO!!” Che pointed out.
The insults continue to pile up in real time as I write this, with followers describing Che’s art with variations on “shit from a butt.”
Can’t anyone be a “fucking human bean,” Che implored? Not only do his lattes look great, he says, they taste great too. Maybe he’s so invested in his new career as a barista because he’s finally going to follow through on his threats to leave Saturday Night Live. Then again, all those “I’m outta here” proclamations might have just been Che trolling us yet again.
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