What’s up y’all, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and just a week after Travis
Scott announced his collab with McDonald’s, he’s now been fined after leading a fan
gathering of over 500 people at one of the fast food locations.
It looks the city of Downey, California, was definitely NOT lovin’ the fact that Travis
Scott orchestrated a rowdy fan gathering at the fast food location of over 500 people,
according to police officials who were called to make sure the crowd was being safe.
According to the citation obtained by TMZ, both Travis and the McDonald’s location
in Downey were cited by the city, after a massive crowd of fans showed up last week
to celebrate the launch of his new custom meal!
Now it isn’t the $6 custom meal that’s got the police up in arms… obviously.
The real reason police were on the scene was due to the fact neither Travis nor Mickey
D’s had a permit to host that many people.
The tickets further stated that Travis failed to obtain an event permit for the crowd just
before he showed up to greet fans who were waiting in line to try his new Cactus Jack
meal, that dropped last Tuesday, September 8th.
The citation noted that he also reportedly failed to get a permit to film his impromptu
meet-and-greet, however, the real danger that this meetup posed was that very few fans were
following social distancing guidelines and neglected to wear masks.
Both the crowd and filming citations reportedly come with $100 fines, so thankfully the fans
that were in attendance who purchased his $6 meal had that bill covered in a span of
just a few minutes.
Just hours after news broke about Travis being fined, he posted this cryptic message to his
Instagram story with a series of angry, screaming emojis.
Although it’s unclear whether or not he posted this in response to the citations,
he likely isn’t too thrilled about forking up a few hundred dollars for breaking the
law.
Thankfully there were no injuries or arrests reported from the swarm of people, so it seems
that Cactus Jack may just need to abide by the rules the next time he decides to hold
a fan meet-up in a public location.
News of Travis’ custom meal was announced earlier this month when he and McDonald’s
revealed that they were collaborating on a new “celebrity meal” called the Travis
Scott meal.
The meal kicked off last week and for $6, fans will receive a Quarter Pounder with cheese,
bacon, lettuce, pickles, ketchup and mustard, medium fries with BBQ sauce and a Sprite.
I’m feeling really hungry all of a sudden...
Many McDonald’s locations reported that the Travis Scott meal has actually boosted
franchise sales across the U.S., buuuut it appears to be leading to food shortages and
has even caused employees to complain about customers blasting “Sicko Mode,” all thanks
to a viral trend on TikTok.
Many variations of the Cactus Jack trend have been shared to TikTok, with some of the marketing
and social media tactics including using the line, “Cactus Jack sent me,” “It’s
lit, sicko mode,” “The Fortnite Guy burger,” and even customers saying, “You know why
I’m here,” and blasting Travis Scott’s music shortly after.
“Good evening.”
“You know why I’m here.”
The prank has gone so viral that many TikTok users have now started trying out the famous
lines at other restaurants aside from McDonald’s, like this viral video where a customer attempted
to use the slogan at a Dairy Queen.
“Hi, thank you for choosing Dairy Queen, how can I get you started?”
“You know what I want.”
“Uh, this is Dairy Queen.”
I mean, hey, at least the Dairy Queen employee was well-aware of the trend…
The video has garnered over 5 million plays and 800,000 likes, but has caused some mixed
reactions among fans, some of which claim that the prank isn’t funny and should only
be used at McDonald’s locations.
McDonald’s has since stated in a memo QUOTE, “While some restaurants may see a temporary
limitation on supplies, it’s a short-term pain that will absolutely lead to long-term
gain.”
They have also teased QUOTE, “more surprises from Cactus Jack coming soon,” sooo stay
tuned and just remember to wear a mask next time you ask for Cactus Jack.
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Then be sure to let me know all your thoughts on Travis’ promo meal down here in the comments,
and if you’ve tried it yet.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!