
Mario Lopez Will Play A Sexy Colonel Sanders In KFC Mini-Movie, And Twitter Goes Wild

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Who would've thought 2020 was going to end with Mario Lopez playing a sexy Colonel Harland Sanders for a Lifetime mini-movie?
The 47-year-old partnered with KFC for a Lifetime original mini-movie titled A Recipe For Seduction, which is set to premiere Sunday, December 13.
Mark your calendars because Lifetime and @KFC have partnered for a Lifetime Original Mini-Movie you don't want to miss! "A Recipe For Seduction" starring @MarioLopezviva premieres Sunday at 12PM. pic.twitter.com/nZJ2PXUR6G
— Lifetime (@lifetimetv) December 7, 2020
In the seductive film, Lopez plays Harland Sanders, the handsome new chef for a wealthy family with secrets. Lopez's character is based on Colonel Sanders — the founder of KFC who became the company's brand ambassador and symbol. The mystery rom-com about a "steamy holiday love affair" follows Sanders' intimate relationship with the family's daughter — who has already been arranged to marry another suitor by her mom — and his "secret recipe that's going to change the world."
"Some folks take their secrets to the grave, but Colonel Sanders takes his to the deep fryer," KFC's Facebook page reads. According to a press release, the short film is "full of mystery, suspense, deception, 'fowl' play and — at the heart of it all — love and fried chicken."
Fans couldn't help but immediately poke fun at the *very* interesting plot of the 15-minute-long soap film. Scroll through to see the best fan reactions.
Checks out pic.twitter.com/N5aiqzsWJb
— X-cessive Ninja (@NSharara) December 7, 2020
LIFETIME IS RELEASING A HORNY KFC MOVIE STARRING MARIO LOPEZ AS COLONEL SANDERS I WILL NEVER RECOVER pic.twitter.com/q8ZNAwrXEL
— Jinsaku’s Revenge🧛🏿 (@Jinsakuu) December 7, 2020
People freaking out over Mario Lopez as Colonel Sanders obviously never saw Dolph Ziggler as Colonel Sanders pic.twitter.com/yuytflx6W1
— Eric Francisco (@EricFrancisco24) December 7, 2020
Mario Lopez as Colonel Sanders is not the ending to 2020 I expected https://t.co/UW8ovNFfLf
— Krishnanand Kelkar (@KrisKelkar) December 7, 2020
MARIO LOPEZ is starring in the KFC Story powered by Lifetime lmaooo
— WeaDaMoneyResides💫 (@TheJessieWoo) December 7, 2020
Mario stays cashing a check! pic.twitter.com/UB7oEdoAX7
Y’all, Mario Lopez as Colonel Sanders in a Lifetime movie is the best thing anyone has ever come up with. pic.twitter.com/mEjSLkWXjd
— Vee-Lab 2021 (@Karwackaflocka) December 7, 2020
Lifetime: “Hey Mario, how’d you like to star in a KFC-themed rom-com as a sexy Colonel Sanders?
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) December 7, 2020
Mario Lopez: pic.twitter.com/wsGN4sPo8e