Buzzfeed called out for saying it’d give Love Island USA’s Chelley a ‘knuckle sandwich’
Chelley's team slammed the post as 'disturbing, disgusting, and unacceptable'
Buzzfeed Tasty is currently getting major backlash from Love Island USA viewers for a now deleted social post in which the company said it’d give Chelley a “knuckle sandwich.”
The company did a series of “what I’d make” posts for the Love Island USA cast, with Chelley’s featuring “a bowl of fruit, goldfish (in case Ace gets fussy)” and a “knuckle sandwich.”
The post has since been deleted, however Buzzfeed Tasty and Buzzfeed posted an apology statement about their post regarding Chelley.
The company wrote in a now deleted post: “We published a version of this post earlier today that was meant to ruffle some feathers — all in good fun about a TV show we collectively can’t get enough of — but one of our jokes missed the mark.
“We referenced a ‘knuckle sandwich’ in our slide about Chelley, and though it was meant to be cheeky, it landed with racial undertones that we didn’t intend (but should’ve seen coming).
“Tasty is meant to be a joyful, welcoming space, and this post didn’t reflect that. As massive Love Island fans, we took it down, talked it through, and reworked it to make sure the jokes didn’t come at anyone’s expense.”
Chelley’s team released their own statement in response to both the original social media post about Chelley and the apology Buzzfeed posted.
Her team wrote: “On July 9th, 2025, Buzzfeed Tasty posted a collaboration Instagram post with Buzzfeed. The post was a hypothetical idea of what ‘they’ would make for breakfast for the islanders.”
The team continued: “It is not only disturbing, disgusting, and unacceptable. It is the harsh reality that implicit biases can be rooted in anti-blackness, misogyny, prejudice, violence, etc.
“Furthermore, not only was the post deleted but another post was made with a condescending message and tone of no accountability.
“They mentioned that ‘We referenced a ‘knuckle sandwich’ in our slide about Chelley, and we thought it meant to be cheeky, it landed with racial tones that we didn’t intend (but should have seen it coming).’ This post with this statement was also deleted.”
They added: “Team Chelley will not tolerate this level of disrespect, anti-blackness, prejudice, and misogyny. Furthermore, we will not accept a narrative in which Chelley deserves violence. No person deserves that. Not Chelley or any of the islanders.
“However, the parties responsible for this post must write a sincere apology and take steps of accountability to ensure this does not happen in the future. It is the least that can be done to to uphold their statement of ‘… helping us do better!'”
A spokesperson from Tasty told Reality Shrine: “We recently published a post that was offensive and did not meet Tasty’s and BuzzFeed’s high level of editorial standards.
“The post has been removed and we are taking steps to ensure this does not happen again.”
Reality Shrine has reached out to Buzzfeed for comment.
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