A controversial choice, indeed.
Glen Powell’s Breakfast Hack Has Fans Divided
Published on Jun. 08, 2025
The best part of waking up? Coffee. The second best part? Breakfast. Now imagine that Glen Powell is serving you both. Doesn’t that sound like a spectacular morning?
If you feel like you’re seeing Glen Powell everywhere lately, you’re not alone. While OG Powell-heads will remember his blink-and-you’ll miss it turn as astronaut John Glenn in 2016’s Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures, the actor and screenwriter has been making waves in Hollywood lately in recent rom-coms (Set It Up and Anyone But You, where his chemistry with Zoey Deutch and Sydney Sweeney, respectively, was off the charts). Last year, he went viral for his rendition of the “Apple” dance trend with his Twisters co-stars.
When he isn’t playing the world’s most charismatic leading man, he’s probably eating something delicious. He’s a huge food lover, and even launched a condiment line called Smash Kitchen earlier this year. But there was one moment on social media where fans started to question his food savvy, and it has to do with swapping out a common breakfast staple.
What is Glen Powell’s breakfast hack?
In a video for Bon Appétit, Glen revealed his favorite way to make a breakfast sandwich. I need you to emotionally brace yourself for what’s coming: He … doesn’t use any bread! Gasp! Instead, he loves to use an air-fried sweet potato to make his open-face egg sammie, which he folds up taco-style.
Now, a couple thoughts here:
- The sweet potato isn’t crispy. He mentions specifically that he likes to “make it crispier” so it “kinda feels a little bit more like bread.” In the video, you can watch him pick up the “sandwich” and the sweet potato folds like a sock fresh out of the dryer. It’s actually pretty impressive that he managed to make a slice of sweet potato so soft, when it’s normally sturdy and inflexible! What gives, Glen!?
- This isn’t a sandwich. Listen, I understand the need for a good ingredient swap now and again—I’m the queen of the egg replacement, after all. But I don’t know why Glen Powell is insisting on eating this as a sandwich. Why not use a fork and knife? The minute he takes a bite out of it, the whole thing becomes a mess, and you can see him search around for napkins that aren’t there. The egg yolk runs all over the place, and if he had used actual bread, it would have sopped up a little bit of that yolk.
- We have evolved. The sweet-potato-as-bread hack has been around for a very long time. There are many reasons why people might avoid bread: celiac disease, gluten intolerance, a desire to diversify their palate, not in the mood for it, etc. But if you want a bread swap, there are a ton of grain-free and low-carb options out there. In my opinion, he’s better off using one of those egg wraps or a low-carb tortilla instead. Or just dice the sweet potatoes and add it to a scramble!
Lest you think I’m trying to yuck his yum, I’m not! I genuinely don’t think he is enjoying this swap, and I want better for him. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and you simply cannot let it flop. Glen, if you need help making breakfast, I volunteer as tribute.
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