{"id":352265,"date":"2011-03-31T09:27:29","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/katie-holmes-reveals-why-daughter-suri-ended-up-with-penis-gummies\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:27:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:27:29","slug":"katie-holmes-reveals-why-daughter-suri-ended-up-with-penis-gummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/katie-holmes-reveals-why-daughter-suri-ended-up-with-penis-gummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Holmes reveals why daughter Suri ended up with &#8216;penis gummies&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"124.25284685103\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Jody+Thompson\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jody Thompson<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 10:27 AM on 31st March 2011<\/p>\n<p>It was the picture that caused consternation, amusement and not a little shock the world over over &#8211; and now Katie Holmes has explained why her three-year-old daughter Suri Cruise came to be carrying some rather X-rated sweets earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Katie had taken Suri and some friends to a New York restaurant specialising in desserts when the little girl was spotted holding a box of &#8216;penis gummies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But in an interview for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which airs tomorrow, the 32-year-old explained she thought they were &#8216;Swedish Fish&#8217; &#8211; fish-shaped jellies as she laughed off the incident.<\/p>\n<p><span>Scroll down to watch the interview&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"6.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e266263f471_468x427.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"427\" alt=\"Awkward: Katie Holmes explained that she initially hadn't realise what Suri had picked up in the restaurant's gift shop \" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Awkward: Katie Holmes explained that she initially hadn&#8217;t realise what Suri had picked up in the restaurant&#8217;s gift shop <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/528a5316236_468x286.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Laughing it off: Katie explained what had happened to Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show in an interview which screens tomorrow\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Laughing it off: Katie explained what had happened to Ellen DeGeneres on her chat show in an interview which screens tomorrow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katie explained: &#8216;Recently, I took her to get ice cream in New York at this place called Serendipity that we go to all the time. It\u2019s for kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Mummy, what are these? Suri picked up the sweets in New York restaurant Serendipity 3 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8216;We go in and we are waiting for a table and she grabs some gummies that are boy part gummies. I was horrified.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Katie was clearly still so embarrassed by the episode, she couldn&#8217;t bring herself to actually say what the sweets were.<\/p>\n<p>So the former Dawson&#8217;s Creek star spelled it out to show host Ellen,<br \/>\nsaying: &#8216;P-e-n-i-s gummies. I said, oh wow those aren\u2019t Swedish Fish.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ellen, 53, interjected and joked: &#8216;Even I know that, I know the difference there!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Katie<br \/>\nlaughed and continued: &#8216;They are called p-e-n-i-s gummies and they look<br \/>\nlike it. She was holding the box and I was like okay, wow we don\u2019t need<br \/>\nthat right now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Because I thought if I said &#8220;put that<br \/>\nback!&#8221;\u00a0 and then she\u2019s going to say, &#8220;what is this?&#8221; And I really didn\u2019t<br \/>\nwant to have that conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was like, why are selling<br \/>\nthese here? This is for kids. And then it was on the cover of a magazine<br \/>\nthat I\u2019m giving her those gummies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p> To the uninitiated, Swedish Fish are a type of chewy fruit-flavoured<br \/>\nfish-shaped candy sold in the U.S. made for decades by Swedish candy<br \/>\nproducer Malaco, until Cadbury bought the brand from Leaf in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, they are sold in Ikea, including the more hardcore &#8216;salmiak&#8217; flavour, or salted liquorice flavour.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<p>Candy confusion: Katie joked that the Penis Gummies weren&#8217;t exactly the same as Swedish Fish<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Certainly an unusual treat, but not quite as risqu\u00e9 as the ones that Suri picked up&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Katie was on Ellen to promote her new TV mini-series The Kennedys, which premieres on Sunday in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>The ReelzChannel plans to show the mini-series between April 3 to April 10.<\/p>\n<p>The show has also been picked up in the UK and will also be screened by both BBC2 and HISTORY next month.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-parter sees Katie as Jackie Kennedy and Greg Kinnear as John F Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>However, the real-life Kennedy family and associates are said to be unhappy about the Jon Cassar-directed series, claiming its scripts were inaccurate and overly critical.<\/p>\n<p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/e266263f471_468x427.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Continue reading here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1371815\/Katie-Holmes-reveals-daughter-Suri-ended-penis-gummies.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Katie Holmes reveals why daughter Suri ended up with 'penis gummies'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Katie Holmes reveals why daughter Suri ended up with &#8216;penis gummies&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Jody Thompson Last updated at 10:27 AM on 31st March 2011 It was the picture that caused consternation, amusement and not a little shock the world over over &#8211; and now Katie Holmes has explained why her three-year-old daughter Suri Cruise came to be carrying some rather X-rated sweets earlier this month. Katie had taken Suri and some friends to a New York restaurant specialising in desserts when the little girl was spotted holding a box of &#8216;penis gummies.&#8217; But in an interview for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which airs tomorrow, the 32-year-old explained she thought they were &#8216;Swedish Fish&#8217; &#8211; fish-shaped jellies as she laughed off the incident. 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