The Internet Is Obsessed With Tom Hanks’ Absurd Attempt At Vegemite On Toast
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ICYMI: Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were the first celebrity cases of COVID-19 coronavirus.
Last week, Hanks took to social media to share the news, saying the couple would be isolating themselves “for as long as public health and safety requires”.
But here’s the kicker: Hanks and Wilson were in Australia when they contracted the virus, so they’ve been quarantined on the Gold Coast ever since.
And it seems like they’ve been getting into the Aussie spirit, with Hanks sharing a photo over the weekend of a frankly absurd amount of Vegemite on toast.
Thanks to the Helpers. Let’s take care of ourselves and each other. Hanx pic.twitter.com/09gCdvzGcO
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 15, 2020
In fact, it’s so much Vegemite that Aussies started to worry about the beloved actor, and took to Twitter to educate him about the proper way to eat our national spread.
We’ve rounded up the best tweets about people reacting to Tom Hanks’ absurd attempt at Vegemite on toast:
#1.
Tom: *posts a sweet innocent picture of his very vegemite heavy toast*
Australians: pic.twitter.com/imIVWAcZqL— rach 🍓 (@rach__mz) March 15, 2020
#2.
WHERE WERE THESE HELPERS WHEN TOO MUCH VEGEMITE WAS BEING SPREAD ON THAT TOAST?????? https://t.co/cI1ks7EhYa
— Kirsty Webeck 🏳️🌈 (@KirstyWebeck) March 15, 2020
#3.
Tom Hanks is going to die from Vegemite isn’t he. https://t.co/s2DCvKoWuy
— Neil McMahon (@NeilMcMahon) March 15, 2020
#4.
killing coronavirus with nuclear levels of vegemite might be our only hope https://t.co/AjCuOZilSx
— Steve Smith (@stevesmithffx) March 15, 2020
#5.
okay you need to scrape around 60% of that vegemite off, otherwise it’s gonna be nasty and hurt your mouth friend.
— Amy Thunig (@AmyThunig) March 15, 2020
#6.
Tom’s lathering on that Vegemite like he is about to be banished to that island with Wilson for another 5 years https://t.co/6cEaGIFB8d
— Dylan Alcott (@DylanAlcott) March 15, 2020
#7.
Very endearing and get well soon etc but the normal amount of vegemite on toast is approx 10% of what you have there my friend
— Bree (@FF_notes) March 15, 2020
#8.
‘Life is like a tube of Vegemite. Don’t try it all at once.’
— Sally Sara (@sallyjsara) March 15, 2020
#9.
We need to talk about this. Cuz nobody with fully working tastebuds is ever gonna eat this much vegemite ever. https://t.co/bKPFRiOQY9
— Crash and the Boys (@unrollthedutch) March 15, 2020
#10.
Tom we love u u don’t need to eat vegemite to impress us, we all know it’s garbage
— cathy (@catherinebouris) March 15, 2020
#11.
Australians everywhere having a nervous breakdown over this vegemite ratio https://t.co/7Pp6tcSH3N
— Polly Maeve 🏆🐯🏆 (@PollyMaeve) March 15, 2020
#12.
The Australians in this thread trying to save Tom Hanks from eating Vegemite incorrectly are my favourite people today. https://t.co/Xe3DWod2ZJ
— EK Johnston (@ek_johnston) March 15, 2020
#13.
We really need to start putting Vegemite spreading instructions on the jar for foreigners. https://t.co/bpjP6YFP2v
— Amy Remeikis (@AmyRemeikis) March 15, 2020
#14.
The way Tom Hanks eats Vegemite (look how THICK it is!!!) means he’s now officially Australian, that’s how citizenship works here https://t.co/yKHhhpqr6l
— Jenna Guillaume⁷ (@JennaGuillaume) March 15, 2020
#15.
I for one am proud of you Tom.
This is some local-thickness spreading mate.
Welcome to our country. https://t.co/1dDt7Ta6Jm— Osher Günsberg (@oshergunsberg) March 15, 2020
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Alana is the staff writer on AWOL who thinks the best way to travel is by taking spontaneous detours and stopping at every local bakery to try the cakes. She writes a lot about Australian TV, Big Things, cursed food, and theme parks. You can follow her on Instagram @alana.dotcom. It’s mostly dogs she meets along the way.