Calls for American Influencer’s Deportation Over Bunnings Comments: ‘Revoked Visa Needed’

Australians have slammed an American beauty influencer after he made a TikTok video about Bunnings’ famed charity sausage sizzle.

The clip, which has been viewed 4.4 million times, sees make-up artist James Charles stopping by a Gold Coast Bunnings hardware store to sample the iconic Aussie snack – which involves a cooked sausage served in a slice of white bread – for the first time.

But after constantly referring to the delicious sausage sandwich as a ‘hot dog’, Aussies are calling for the 26-year-old social media star to be ‘deported’.

‘Your visa needs to be revoked,’ one TikToker joked on Charles’ post, which has attracted over 5000 comments.

‘Stop disrespecting our culture,’ another person chimed in, while one more suggested he leave the country. 

Dozens of others on the thread seemed offended by the American’s understanding of local culture, after Charles wondered out loud in the clip why he was eating a BBQ sausage with a piece of white bread.

‘JAMES YOU CAN’T JUST SAY IT’S A HOTDOG,’ wrote one TikToker, but Charles was having none of it.

‘I’m sorry it literally is,’ Charles replied, even though many Aussies would see a traditional hotdog as a boiled pork and beef red sausage served in a doughy bun.

‘It’s neither hot dog meat nor in a hot dog bun, we do have hotdogs,’ one user corrected Charles.  

‘That’s it?! The disrespect,’ an Aussie complained, while another agreed: ‘Mate do not rip on our Bunno snags, they’re legendary!’

Charles, who is currently holidaying on the Gold Coast, visited the Burleigh Bunnings at the weekend after fans insisted he had to try the iconic charity meal.

Every weekend, community groups set up a barbecue outside the hardware store, serving snags on white bread with onion and tomato sauce, raising money for schools, sports clubs, and local charities.

But Charles appeared to be clueless about what he was walking into.

‘I’m in Australia and apparently I’ve been told I need to try a Bunnings sausage sizzle,’ he said in the video.

‘I don’t know what that is, but I’m always down for trying local foods.’

Moments later, he spotted the famous setup.

He panned his camera across the car park and said he was ‘literally so confused’ when he saw ‘just a little green tent’ and a handful of volunteers working the grill.

‘I don’t understand why they’re selling sausages at a hardware store,’ he added.

James ordered six sausage sandwiches with onions and a Coca-Cola, with the total coming to $25 – but he shocked staff by asking to round it up to $100 as a donation to the charity running the stall.

Then came the moment that triggered Australians nationwide.

‘This is a sausage sizzle? It’s just a hotdog,’ James declared after holding his first-ever Bunnings snag.

He prepared it the way he would back home, adding ketchup and mustard, before taking a big bite.

‘It’s literally just a hotdog,’ he insisted.

‘This is pretty good – but I wish the bread was thicker. I need more bread-to-sausage sizzle ratio.’