Pharrell was fired from McDonald’s because of this relatable reason
Snacking on the job makes Pharrell Williams happy.
In fact, the music producer recently shared that, before he made it big in music, his love for Mickey D’s led him toward–and also away from–a job.
“McDonald’s was my first and only job,” Pharrell said during a Nov. 5 interview with BBC Radio 2. I was fired three times. I was eating the chicken nuggets.”
But it wasn’t just his love for Ronald McDonald’s chicken that impacted his work performance.
“The first two times it was just because I was lazy,” Pharrell continued. The third time, Pharrell asked “What are you doing?” “You’re just eating nuggets there? ‘”
And although the “Blurred Lines” singer–who shares kids Rocket Ayer, 16, and 7-year-old triplets with wife Helen Lasichanh–didn’t thrive in the fast food space, he was obviously able to find success in other ways.
“When I was 40 and I had three No. Pharrell revealed to The Hollywood Reporterin Septembre that all three of his No. 1 albums in a single year were commissions. “With ‘Get Lucky ,’…, I was thinking that I was writing a song to be sung by someone else, but if I had written it myself, it would not have been so big because I wrote it for my ego. “Whoa!” I thought when that s— blew up. “OK, hold on. That humbled me.”
