Watch ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Star Taylor Schilling Fail At Eating A Real Orange

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Okay, okay, okay… It’s totally possible that you watch Orange Is The New Black because you love Piper and you’re the world’s biggest Taylor Schilling fan. But many people think that Piper is the absolute worst. Why? Well, perhaps it’s her vanity, or how insufferably annoying she is, or maybe it’s because she can’t eat an orange.

It’s true. Piper Chapman doesn’t know how to eat an orange.

Vine user cheese curd becker (via popculturebrain) first alerted us to this major character flaw with this mesmerizing clip:

Watch carefully. Do you see it? Did you see it? It happened about halfway through the sixth episode of the third season: “Ching Chong Chang.” Actress Taylor Schilling picks up an orange slice, holds it close to her mouth, and tentatively licks at it. She doesn’t bite it. She doesn’t even suck the juices out. She merely pecks her tongue at the fruit’s flesh before putting it back down.

Oh, and then she has the audacity to pretend to chew make-believe orange pulp.

Now, it’s very common for actors and actresses to stealthily mime eating on camera. If you’re spending a whole day shooting a scene with food, you’re not going to physically have room in your stomach to eat the same meal again and again and again. No one can do that! So, we don’t fault Schilling for trying to fake us out. However, her feeble attempt at orange consumption does totally break us out of the reality of the scene because it’s so ridiculous. 

In any event, you would think that the star of Orange Is The New Black would know how to eat a freaking orange!

[Watch Season Three of Orange Is The New Black on Netflix]

 

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