Read more about our fact-checking work here. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. KitKat is not releasing a new chocolate bar with “no straight lines” to honor Pride month.
“We have produced no such product.”īased on the image often being shared on meme pages, it appears to have been intended as satire ( /gag/aNgYWAb).įalse. “This image is a hoax,” Jennings explained. The legendary street festival was canceled in. Michael Jennings, a senior corporate spokesperson for Nestle, which produces KitKat bars, told Reuters via email that the claim is false. Chicago Pride Fest returned June 18 and 19 to the Northalsted neighborhood, commonly referred to as Boystown. Pride month is celebrated in June every year to mark the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, an important event for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States ( here). Reuters was not able to find a website by that name. To celebrate Pride Month, were rounding up the best Pride clothing including shirts, shoes, and accessories that will donate proceeds to the LGBTQ community. The posts include a screenshot from an article from “O’Liddy News Network” dated June 23, 2020. The text in the posts read: “KitKat celebrates Gay Month by releasing a new KitKat with no straight lines.” A representative for KitKat said there was no such product. Posts alleging that KitKat is releasing a new chocolate bar with “no straight lines” to celebrate Pride month are false.
Posts alleging that KitKat is releasing a new chocolate bar with 'no straight lines' to celebrate Pride month are false