Welcome to the Dawn of Mascot Cannibalism

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | December 29, 2023 |

By Mike Redmond | Pajiba Love | December 29, 2023 |

Because 2023 clearly had one last WTF left in the chamber, edible mascots are a thing now thanks to the Pop-Tarts Bowl, which is apparently a thing now. A delightfully bizarre and cannibalistic thing. More importantly, don’t feel weird if your immediate reaction is to wonder what Gritty tastes like. We’re all thinking it. (HuffPost)

JLo: It’s ‘insulting’ to think that women only want rom-coms. (Celebitchy)

Susan Collins wants voters to decide what they already decided. (Wonkette)

From Jen: A top French chef has abruptly quit his luxury hotel job after a hazing incident involving placing a carrot in, well, a place were carrots shouldn’t go. (France 24)

Franca Raisa and Selena Gomez stopped talking to each other for way longer than I thought. What even is time? (Page Six)

Disney is releasing an illustrated Alien book for kids. Aww- wait, what? (IndieWire)

From Petr: Absolutely never not posting whenever I see this. (TikTok)

A wild theory connecting Friends and Home Alone has been confirmed. (PEOPLE)

The Rock clearly has a fetish for lying about his first time trying In-N-Out. That’s the only explanation here. (Uproxx)

The last Cannonball Read featured review of 2023 comes from katie71483, who was the first featured reviewer back in January. Today she’s recommending Kit Rocha’s flaming hot fantasy romance. “Consort of Fire has done an excellent job of introducing us to this fantasy world where the Gods and Dragons still walk amongst us.” Do you have a romantasy to recommend? (Cannonball Read 15)

Alright, folks, thus concludes my final Pajiba Love for the year. However you spend the next few days, have fun and be safe out there. I’ll catch you in 2024.

Pop Tart mascot being lowered into the toaster with the music from the end of Terminator 2: pic.twitter.com/50btUJRZKZ

— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) December 29, 2023