(CelebNMusic247-News) Ford & JWT India Apologizes For Controversial Ad Leak
Over the weekend the Ford Motor Co. its advertising company JWT India had some in house animated photos which leaked on the web and have now started some serious controversy.
Here’s the drop via HR:
Now, Ford and its advertising company JWT India both apologized for an offensive ad campaign that featured an animated version of three-time Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi winking and flashing a peace sign from the driver’s seat of a Ford Figo, with three busty women bound and gagged in the car’s trunk.
Another ad in the same series showed hotel heiress Paris Hiltonwinking in the driver’s seat of a car with socialites Kim, Kourtney and Khloe Kardashian tied up in the back, while the third features retired Formula 1 race car champ Michael Schumacher driving away with rivals Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso stashed in the trunk.
All three ads feature the tagline, “Leave your worries behind with Figo’s extra-large boot,” referring to the car’s large trunk.
Ford, JWT and WPP, the ad company’s parent, all have apologized, and the ads have been pulled from the website Ads of the World, where they were first posted.
Ford told Business Insider:
“We deeply regret this incident and agree with our agency partners that it should have never happened.”
“The posters are contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within Ford and our agency partners.”
Added WPP:
“We deeply regret the publishing of posters that were distasteful and contrary to the standards of professionalism and decency within WPP Group. These were never intended for paid publication and should never have been created, let alone uploaded to the Internet.”
Personally we love these ads – they are hilarious especially the Paris Hilton vs the Kardashian sisters who bit off her image from the jump…get those wannabees Paris!
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