{"id":473888,"date":"2026-05-30T00:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473888\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T00:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T00:04:09","slug":"emily-blunt-clears-up-a-rumor-about-herself-that-broke-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/473888\/","title":{"rendered":"Emily Blunt Clears Up A &#8216;Rumor&#8217; About Herself That &#8216;Broke The Internet&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/emily-blunt#:~:text=Emily%20Blunt%20Apologizes%20For%20Resurfaced,know%20better%22%20in%20a%20statement.\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Emily Blunt\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/emily-blunt\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily Blunt<\/a> is coming clean to all her tater haters.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday\u2019s episode of the popular YouTube show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/hot-ones\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Hot Ones\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/hot-ones\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hot Ones<\/a>\u201d \u2014 in which celebrities are interviewed while eating increasingly spicy wings \u2014 host Sean Evans asked \u201cThe Devil Wears Prada 2\u201d star about a <a href=\"https:\/\/barefootcontessa.com\/recipes\/emilys-english-roasted-potatoes\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"viral roast potato\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/barefootcontessa.com\/recipes\/emilys-english-roasted-potatoes\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viral roast potato<\/a> recipe that\u2019s been attributed to her.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Host Sean Evans and Emily Blunt on Thursday\u2019s episode of First We Feast\u2019s \u201cHot Ones.\u201d\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a19c9ee14000037566b39cf.jpeg\" \/>Host Sean Evans and Emily Blunt on Thursday\u2019s episode of First We Feast\u2019s \u201cHot Ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot \u201cHot Ones\u201d via YouTube<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really have to clear up this rumor that I invented these roast potatoes,\u201d Blunt admitted to Evans. \u201cThey have been named \u2018Emily\u2018s Roast Potatoes.\u2019 They really aren\u2019t mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the \u201cQuiet Place\u201d star appeared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FoodNetwork\/videos\/211293263128952\/\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"on an episode of the Food Network\u2019s \u201cBearfoot Contessa\u201d\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FoodNetwork\/videos\/211293263128952\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on an episode of the Food Network\u2019s \u201cBearfoot Contessa\u201d<\/a> and whipped up a \u201cstaple\u201d roast potato recipe that her family has been making for years. <\/p>\n<p>Host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/ina-garten?page=8\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Ina Garten\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/life\/topic\/ina-garten\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ina Garten<\/a> was so impressed with the simple recipe that in 2020 she included it in her cookbook \u201cModern Comfort Food\u201d and named the dish \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/barefootcontessa.com\/recipes\/emilys-english-roasted-potatoes\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Emily\u2019s English Roasted Potatoes\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/barefootcontessa.com\/recipes\/emilys-english-roasted-potatoes\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emily\u2019s English Roasted Potatoes<\/a>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Ina Garten doing a cooking demo on \u201cToday\u201d in 2017.\" width=\"720\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a19d92f140000c0576b39e4.jpeg\" \/>Ina Garten doing a cooking demo on \u201cToday\u201d in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, Garten told the \u201cOppenheimer\u201d star that she posted Blunt\u2019s recipe on Instagram and it \u201cblew up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2019s like, Emily\u2019s potatoes just broke the internet,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/usMCl-59wpE?t=160\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Garten said\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"6a19b1d0e4b0dade602f5859\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/usMCl-59wpE?t=160\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garten said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is, like, a classic English thing that everyone cooks every single Sunday,\u201d Blunt told Evans on \u201cHot Ones\u201d Thursday. \u201cBut I don\u2019t know if America has quite got on board with this tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added that her friends back in England have been side-eyeing her ever since Garten bestowed her with the honor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think all of my British friends are like, \u2018You didn\u2019t invent roast potatoes,\u2019\u201d Blunt told Evans. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018I know.\u2019 But if Ina Garten wants to call them \u2018Emily\u2019s Roast Potatoes,\u2019 I\u2019m absolutely delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch the exchange below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emily Blunt is coming clean to all her tater haters. 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