Jennifer Coolidge turned down a hot dog commercial after ‘Legally Blonde 2’

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One particular scene from “Legally Blonde 2” — in which star Reese Witherspoon’s Elle Woods rocked a very patriotic look — Jennifer Coolidge’s character Paulette enthusiastically remarks on her red-white-and-blue ensemble: “Oh my God — you look like the Fourth of July!

Makes me want a hot dog real bad.”The line’s legacy lives on nearly two decades later, and Coolidge, 60, recently admitted that in its wake she was actually offered to do a hot dog ad — but it turned down. “It was a hot dog company that just did the meat hot dog, and I eat these amazing plant-based hot dogs,” the “White Lotus” star recently told People. “So I said to the company, ‘If you guys come out with plant-based hot dogs, I will definitely do a commercial for you.'”Coolidge then quipped that her famous quote still trails after her. “You know what’s funny?

Whenever I eat a hot dog, there’s not one person who can keep their mouth shut,” she teased. “They have to go, ‘Oh, that’s so on brand, Jennifer.

You’re having a hot dog! Makes me want one real bad!‘ “And I’m like, ‘Look, I’m not making any money off this,” she continued. “I’m just eating this hot dog because I’m hungry and I like this snack.'”Turns out she’s a big fan of hot dogs, especially a plant-based one with all “the trimmings,” she said.“You cannot tell the difference,” she noted. “The science that has gone into them, they’re just as tasty.