Ashton Kutcher Ad Pulled After Racism Accusations [VIDEO]

03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone in Celebrities, Culture

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Ashton Kutcher as Raj

Ashton Kutcher, the ridiculously good-looking actor, also recently became the official spokesperson for Popchips – co-developing and portraying a series of characters in an ad campaign for them.

But not everyone thought it was funny. One of the characters, named Raj, sees Kutcher in brown make-up and “looking for love”. Soon after the ad started flighting, people took to Facebook and Twitter to voice their anger. Examples include statements such as this one by Blogger Anil Dash: “Hey, startups that are helping @aplusk get richer, can you tell him that racist brownface ads aren’t cool?”

The ad has since been removed from YouTube and Facebook. Following the online backlash, Popchips founder, Keith Belling, apologised “to anyone we offended”.

See the video while you still can, and decide if you agree with the accusations of racism, below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLdobzj_9_I

[Source: Channel24]

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