Controversial Burger King International Women’s Day Tweet Reaction

Female Twitch star Imane Anys aka Pokimane has reacted to the controversial Burger king twitter post about International Women’s Day during one of her live streams. The international Women’s Day happened on March 8th and the popular fast food chain Burger King went viral after posting a controversial tweet. Burger King tweeted out; “Women belong in the kitchen.” This tweet quickly sparked outrage across social media.

It certainly offended a few people but Burger King followed up their tweet explaining that their post was meant to draw awareness to the lack of female chefs in the restaurant business. They wrote on the follow up tweet; “If they want to, of course. Yet only 20% of chefs are women. We’re on a mission to change the gender ratio in the restaurant industry by empowering female employees with the opportunity to pursue a culinary career.” Even though they explained their true intention of the tweet by the follow up tweet, much of the internet was not convinced of their cause. Many personalities have shared their reactions to the post including one of the most popular female twitch streamers Pokimane.

Upon seeing the post, Pokimane made a confused expression after stating; “Dude, what the motherfck is this? What a ** PR stunt. ‘I’m gonna pretend to say something sexist, to actually not be sexist at all!’ Like, I’m not even mad, it’s just lame! Like, they thought that they were doing something with this. But you gotta remember, like, the first tweet is always the one that people really see. Let’s be honest. …not all PR is good PR! Period.” It seems like Pokimane wasn’t impressed with Burger King’s attempted Women’s Day empowerment move and she wasn’t afraid to share her thoughts with the viewers who disagreed with her, either.