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Hot dog bandit confesses; Kate and Charlotte ride the tube
The confessed hot dog thief came forward after TikTok users launched a manhunt following the Austin City Limits vendor theft.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 10:53 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Dexerto's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Dexerto: “Viral “hot dog bandit” admits to stealing from ACL vendor after TikTok manhunt”, with reporting from HELLO! Magazine.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 10:53 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: Princess Kate, TikTok.
- BBN covered this story before: Princess Kate's 'witchy' autumn look is everywhere (October 11).
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDexerto reports the hot dog bandit has confessed. The person who took from an Austin City Limits vendor came forward after a TikTok manhunt.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA manhunt, for hot dogs! I love the internet when it has a mission.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWeekend plan: I find one small crime and I solve it. With a group chat.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy plan is a cookout. Nobody steals anything, and everybody gets a bun.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChip, there's always a thief at a cookout. Usually it's you.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGuilty. It was one bratwurst.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNow, the royal outing. HELLO! Magazine says Princess Kate and Princess Charlotte took the tube together, a quiet mother-daughter trip.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPublic transit! Love that for them.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd that's my plan. A low-key outing with my mini-me. I don't have one. I have a plant.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBring the plant. Everyone gets a seat on the tube, right?

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody gets a seat, Chip. That's the most royal thing about it.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight, weekend operation. New York, rain, sixty-one now, tomorrow high sixty-eight, forty-one percent chance. Deploy the umbrellas.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistChicago is the surprise. Eighty-six tomorrow, nine percent chance of rain. Cloudy, but suspiciously nice.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSuspiciously nice. I'm taking that as a growth opportunity.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistNo. Los Angeles, rain tomorrow, high sixty-four, thirty-five percent. Miami, cloudy, eighty-eight, twenty-three percent. Hold the line.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBrock, that was the best trailer I've ever heard.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistStop supporting me. It's unsettling.
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