Did McDonald’s ‘Permanently Ban’ the ‘McFish’ Sandwich?

On Feb. 4, 2021, Newsmax TV host Greg Kelly grew to become an ephemeral social media star when he tweeted a grievance that he was unable to order a “McFish” sandwich at “MacDonald’s” and fumed about being known as a “male Karen” whereas he questioned whether or not the nonexistent meals merchandise had been “completely banned”:

I simply went to a MACDONALD’S and there was no MCFISH on the menu. When the hell did that occur? Is it completely banned? Or is simply my “native” MACDONALD’S. I demanded to see the “supervisor” however they accused me of being a “MALE KAREN” so i walked out. pic.twitter.com/oSpgFqfYGZ

— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) February 4, 2021

Whether or not or not Kelly was merely being tongue-in-cheek, different Twitter customers reveled in seizing on the small print of his put up, mentioning quite a few points with it — not the least of which is that McDonald’s fish patty sandwich is, and at all times has been, formally listed as a Filet-O-Fish on the corporate’s U.S. restaurant menus:

Each a part of it’s good, from the McDonald’s misspelling to the punctuation, to not understanding the title of the sandwich, to the implication that there is some type of conspiracy to disclaim *particularly him* a fillet-o-fish, to the introduction of “male Karen” into the lexicon. ♥️

— 💀 damned sinker 💀 (@dansinker) February 4, 2021

“McFish” ended up being certainly one of Twitter’s high trending subjects of the day as consumer after consumer piled on to poke enjoyable on the authentic tweet:

A male Karen walks right into a restaurant he cannot spell accurately, asks for one thing that has by no means been on the menu, asks to see the supervisor and leaves in a huff.

Maybe he ought to have gone to McDonalds and requested for a Filet-O-Fish.

I am stunned you did not pull a gun on them. pic.twitter.com/ReKf9Ugfuu

— Skidz (@TA_Skidz) February 4, 2021

Within the US it’s filet-o-fish sandwich and it’s solely served after 10:30 AM, so I don’t perceive why he thought he might get fish throughout breakfast hours.

— Sandy Karasik (@srk908) February 4, 2021

Briefly, McDonald’s has not taken “McFish” off their menu within the U.S., as a result of they didn’t promote a product by that title right here within the first place. The correctly named Filet-O-Fish sandwich stays a well-liked menu merchandise in practically each American McDonald’s.