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Whipped.

By Andrew Belonsky June 24, 2008 at 9:06am · 14 comments

Heinz has pulled its “gay kiss” mayo commercial after more than 200 people griped about it being “offensive”. The ad was only on the air for a week. We’re sure Bill O’Reilly’s thrilled! [Towleroad]

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  • CitizenGeek

    Shame.

    June 24, 2008 at 9:06am
  • Mike

    200 people griped and they caved in. They obviously were not sure of their own campaign to pull out so quickly.

    June 24, 2008 at 9:06am
  • Woof

    I still have a crush on the deli man

    June 24, 2008 at 9:06am
  • Phil

    I think the ad’ is still playing in Britain; at least, it was a few nights ago.

    June 24, 2008 at 10:06am
  • Paul

    Thats Ridiculous..

    So i should start complaining when i see a man and a woman kiss on an ad.. Gawd.. this world sucks..

    June 24, 2008 at 10:06am
  • Phil

    Oops, my bad. Sounds like it must have been pulled here as you never got it at all in the US. Shame.

    June 24, 2008 at 10:06am
  • fredo777

    Bullsh!t.

    If they didn’t make the only really decent major ketchup brand, I’d stop buying their crap over this.

    June 24, 2008 at 11:06am
  • Snoodle

    Just 200 people…? Well, I guess it’s better than the possible legal issues people could bring up with them…trauma and all that…*rolls eyes* they did what they had to do. However, I still love that advert :p

    June 24, 2008 at 11:06am
  • fredo777

    What “they had to do”?

    With all due respect, that’s bollocks. Unless, of course, you were being totally sarcastic. You never can tell when reading things online these days.

    June 24, 2008 at 12:06pm
  • Sam

    http://www.petitiononline.com/heinz

    Petition to have it reinstated 😉

    June 24, 2008 at 1:06pm
  • boy6221

    A loss for the gays. Sad.

    June 24, 2008 at 7:06pm
  • RPCV

    So, to all you leftie bleeding-heart liberal Dems, is this another case of tyranny by the majority?? The complainers properly knew that if this commercial were allowed to run, the next one be racier, the next one even racier… and so forth. Before long, we’d have Mum spread eagle on the countertop with Dad using Heinz mayo as lube to plow his hiney!! And, all just before the kinds run in the house for an after school snack….. Poor kids…….

    June 24, 2008 at 8:06pm
  • Sam

    RPCV, are you a fucking headcase?

    Get a grip mate. Watch the advert, and tell yourself that its ‘racy’.

    June 24, 2008 at 8:06pm
  • una

    let them hear us! write an email to pressoffice@uk.hjheinz.com with copy to butlerc@amvbbdo.com, Ted.Smyth@us.hjheinz.com, Nigel.Dickie@uk.hjheinz.com and Consumer.Contact@uk.hjheinz.com

    subject: Censoring of Heinz Deli Mayo TV ad

    dear mr. or mrs. i’m really disappointed, why did you remove the Heinz Deli Mayo TV ad made by BBDO only because a bunch of sick homophobes pressured you to do that? you are endorsing a homophobe agenda and i won’t buy any of your products again until you repair the damage you have done. you have lost one customer, and i’m pretty sure i won’t be the only one. have a nice day xxxxxx

    and sign the petition too: http://www.petitiononline.com/heinz/petition.html

    we are a lot more than 200 sick homophobes, and they have lost us as customers!

    June 25, 2008 at 8:06pm

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