Atlanta Mayor Bottoms’ mac and cheese becomes the talk of Twitter
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has been posting pictures on social media as she prepares Christmas dinner for her family this year. But one particular dish prompted a side of shade from the internet.
Mac and cheese.... pic.twitter.com/E0bA5eZgZU
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) December 25, 2018
Some folks on Twitter didn’t seem to think Bottoms’ macaroni and cheese looked appetizing. Here is a sampling of the shady responses:
“This picture dried out my contact lens.”
This picture dried out my contact lens
— 👽 (@BaddieLambily) December 25, 2018
“Bless your heart.”
Bless your heart.
— Lori Gregory (@thebutterknife) December 25, 2018
“Her: Who wanna taste the mac & cheese.
Us: ...”
Her: Who wanna Taste The Mac & Cheese
— 𝓢𝓲𝓰𝓰𝔂 ᴳᴳ ⛅️ (@JaySignaturee) December 25, 2018
Us : pic.twitter.com/abGK656mqc
After dozens -- make that hundreds -- of replies, Bottoms logged back on for a light-hearted defense of her skills in the kitchen.
“Lol...For the shady none cooking crew, add more cheese a few minutes at the end & then mix it up to make it juicy. Trust, nothing dry here,” she wrote.
Lol...For the shady none cooking crew, add more cheese a few minutes at the end & then mix it up to make it juicy. Trust, nothing dry here. https://t.co/vSN0tTJ1qK
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) December 25, 2018
And if her word wasn’t enough, Bottoms said her mother also confirmed it. Yes, the dish did look a little dry, mom said, but it turned out great. She wouldn’t have allowed it on the dinner table if it hadn’t.
But the mayor didn’t get off without a scolding. “That’s what you get for posting,” her mom reportedly said.
Cracking me up. My mama said, “Oooh, it does look dry, but it wasn’t. That’s what you get for posting.” 😂 She’d be the first to toss it. https://t.co/SNOybateWC
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) December 25, 2018
Update:
Mayor Bottoms' said on Twitter that the great mac and cheese debate has been the funniest thing that happened to her this year. And she posted a new video of her mother laughing hysterically at all the replies to the original photo.
Mama said, “When I saw it I said Who made this?? And I been around here bragging that you got all of my Mama’s recipes.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/jZLDfLggsl
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) December 26, 2018
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Tia Mitchell is the AJC’s Washington Bureau Chief and a co-host of the "Politically Georgia" podcast. She writes about Georgia’s congressional delegation, campaigns, elections and the impact that decisions made in D.C. have on residents of the Peach State.
