Ford Motor pulls offensive ad showing Paris Hilton with the Kardashian sisters bound and gagged in the trunk of her car.
It was presumably supposed to be a joke.
But an ad showing the Kardashian sisters – Kim, Khloe and Kourtney – bound, gagged and stuffed into the trunk of a car with a gleeful Paris Hilton in the driving seat, has been pulled.
The drawing featuring the reality TV show rivals was put together as part of a brainstorming initiative by JWT India, the agency that produces ad campaigns for Ford Figo in that country.
It was one of a series of drawings with the tag line: “Leave your worries behind with Figo’s extra large boot.”
But the cartoonish images backfired and caused outrage after they appeared on the Ads of the World website.
One of the three ads shows former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi – who is accused of sleeping with prostitutes – in the front while three scantily clad, bound and gagged females are shoved into the trunk.
Ford has since apologized for the images, Business Insider is reporting. The statement said: “The posters are contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within Ford and our agency partners.”
WPP Group, which holds JWT India, also issued an apology, branding the posters as “distasteful” and saying: “This was the result of individuals acting without proper oversight…”Jacked from Radar Online
5 comments:
Im not a fan of them at all. That being said, I am offended by this. Making a joke about kidnapping is tacky and tasteless.
Oh brother people lighten up... its funny.... as was its intent - I'm sure Ford is not promoting kidnapping...
This looks like some Robot Chicken shit.
this shit is funny as hell!!!!
Maybe Kim should post an add of a Ford Truck bound and gagged in her trunk. I'm sure it would fit! Just kidding, but Khloe and Kourtny don't deserve harsh treatment. They are not even remotely more annoying than Kim and Kanye. And Paris needs to mange one of her family's hotels and disappear into obscurity. No one has cared about her since The Simple Life was canned. Fin.
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