WTH happened to my waffles?

I mixed up the batter, poured the individual waffles, closed the iron…and they’re, like….well, I couldn’t get the iron open when it was time to check them. I had to use a crow bar. So, got it open and it tore the waffles in half, so half of them are stuck to the top and half to the bottom.

My husband thinks it’s hilarious. Yeah….I’ve worked for 15 minutes to get it all scrapped off, and then I’ll try again….but I need to know what I did wrong!

Maybe I didn’t grease the iron well enough (although it is supposed to be non-stick….lying waffle iron.) Or was it because I used olive oil, trying to cut back on germs and calories?