It's Megan Thee Stallion Vs. Tina Snow in the Official Ad for Popeyes' Hottie Sauce

The limited-edition condiment gets the Wild West treatment

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Megan Thee Stallion‘s spicy partnership with legacy chicken chain Popeyes is officially in full swing, complete with the arrival of the limited edition Hottie Sauce. But if the partnership’s official ad is anything to go by, it almost didn’t happen.

Made with creative agency Gut and directed by Kajal of production company Fela, “Wild Megan” takes viewers to a contemporary Wild West located in Houston, Texas. There, local cowgirl Megan is informed that a masked bandit has stolen her entire supply of Hottie Sauce.

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