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Mary Clarke

That awful Applebee’s song drowned out CBS’s halftime show and NFL fans weren’t happy

If there’s one thing in the world all sports fans can agree on, it’s that Walker Hayes’ song “Fancy Like” is an abomination.

The song became infamously hated last college football season after Applebee’s ran it into the ground with their much-maligned commercial which played… constantly. It occasionally rears its ugly head here and there, but for the most part, the world has been a better place since we’ve been subjected to that song far less.

All was well, until Sunday’s AFC Championship Game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs. During halftime, Kansas City had Hayes performing “Fancy Like” as a special guest… right in the middle of CBS’s broadcasting panel analyzing the first half.

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