Nigella Lawson has admitted she can’t quite bring herself to say ‘mee-cro-wah-vay’ anymore, after *that* iconic moment.
The celebrity chef, 63, went down in TV history back in 2020, when she rebranded the household kitchen appliance with her pronunciation.
And after being made into a meme, she’s now admitted she’s too self-conscious to say it like that anymore.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast today, Nigella admitted that she doesn’t call a microwave the ‘mee-cro-wah-vay’ anymore.
She said: ‘I wasn’t quite aware I’d said it because that’s what I’d call it at home.
‘What’s quite interesting is that a lot of people got in touch with me to tell me what their family mispronunciations are, because so many families do have that.’
Nigella Lawson can’t even pronounce microwave in her special way these days
Despite the fan-mail, Nigella won’t say it anymore.
‘It’s made me quite self-conscious now,’ she said.
‘I tend to refer to it as the you-know-what now.’
Earlier this week, Nigella returned to our screens with her Christmas special, where she dropped plenty of innuendos and even casually mentioned her Drag Queen name.
Opening out some Speculaas dough, she’d said: ‘Let’s unwrap this fat patty – my Drag name.’
‘Boy I love @Nigella_Lawson I want one of those flour dusting wands and her rolling out the dough “my drag name #fatpatty” she’s defo an ally – LOVE HER,’ viewers @steviewhitehead wrote.
‘OMG, I’m crying with laughter at what you just said “fat patty”, my drag name hahaha,’ @Lamplight69 said.
Another viewer @itskeithriley echoed: ‘”Fat patty, my drag name” – @Nigella_Lawson is utterly joyful.’
It’s still iconic.
