The comedian calls out the fast food chain on Twitter, writing, 'Hey @BurgerKing-thanks for stealing my act for ur new commercial!'
- Oct 14, 2014
AceShowbiz - Comedian Billy Eichner slams Burger King on Twitter after he noticed that their new ad looks similar to his "Billy on the Street" act. The fast food chain's 16-second ad shows a man interviewing two people on the street and asking them about the price of chicken nugget before revealing that they could buy 10 pieces of chicken nugget at $1.49.
"Hey @BurgerKing-thanks for stealing my act for ur new commercial!! Except its not as funny & everyone knows u stole it. GET YOUR OWN IDEAS," Eichner wrote on Monday, October 13. "Oh and @BurgerKing once you're done stealing my comedy please stop making people morbidly obese!!! Thanks so much!!!"
He also asked his Twitter followers to tweet to Burger King about the commercial. "Please tweet @BurgerKing & tell them to stop stealing from #BillyOntheStreet. Then I'm going over there & I'm gonna FLAME BROIL HIS D**K," read one post.
Eichner has received support from some famous names such as Seth Rogen, Judd Apatow, Michael Ian Black and "Hairspray" director Adam Shankman. "Yo @BurgerKing, stop stealing from the hilarious @billyeichner and stick to what you're good at: giving me diarrhea," Rogen tweeted. Apatow retweeted one of Eichner's posts and added, "They already ripped off McDonald's- what do you expect? Thieves!"
