Idris Elba finds his meme about coughing on spicy wings 'embarrassing'

Fans are interested in watching Idris Elba fight a lion in his upcoming movie, Beast, just as much as they are into the meme about him choking on chicken wings on Hot Ones.

The actor appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah today, and when asked about his infamous meme, he admitted to being “embarrassed” by it.

The old meme from 2019 has once again found its way into the internet now, and people can’t get enough of it. Although he wasn’t the only celebrity to struggle with spicy wings before hundreds of thousands of viewers, he definitely handled it better than anyone else!

The actor is currently busy with the promotions of his upcoming movie, Beast, which sees him face off against a lion.

Revisiting meme about Idris Elba chocking on spicy wings

It was in 2019 when Idris was on the YouTube talk show, Hot Ones, and he was tasked with eating spicy wings.

As the segment began, it was revealed that the actor enjoys some hot peppers with his daily breakfast, but little did one know he would choke on the just same a few minutes later.

At one point in the interview, he starts coughing vigorously while ingesting a chicken wing. But, the actor soon recovers and gets back to finishing the rest.

However, this particular moment went on to inspire the viral meme and more jokes that followed.

Actor is ’embarrassed’ by it

Idris told Trevor that he is not too proud of the viral meme because he eats peppers every day.

The host explains to him that the pepper he consumed on the show was way hotter than the ones included in his daily diet, to which the actor agrees.

He also wanted to make it clear that he wasn’t exactly “choking” on it.

“First of all, you know, just to clear this up: It wasn’t the hot wings that got me. It was like, you know when, you know, the spit goes down the wrong part of your throat? You don’t believe me?”, ” Idris asks.

Trevor laughingly assures the actor that he believes the justification.

You can watch the complete clip here.

When is Beast releasing?

Idris’ upcoming film, Beast, will hit the theatres in the U.S. on August 19.

While Idris is seen as Dr. Nate Samuels, others in the cast include Sharlto Copley, Iyana Halley and Leah Jeffries among others.

The synopsis of the movie on IMDb reads: “A father and his two teenage daughters find themselves hunted by a massive rogue lion intent on proving that the Savanna has but one apex predator.”

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