The origin of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos might be a lie. Millions will still gobble it up anyway.

Montañez, the Times says, entered the process late. The newspaper points to a 1993 U.S. News and World Report article giving Montañez, identified as a machinist, credit for … Flamin’ Hot Popcorn. (The paper also finds discrepancies in Montañez’s timeline of events.) For her part, Greenfeld knew nothing about Montañez’s tale until she read about it online in 2018 and realized he was claiming credit for her initiative, according to emails reviewed by the Times.