Burger King says sorry for offering women prize for getting pregnant by World Cup players
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Meanwhile in Russia, Burger King apologizes for short-lived promo offering lifetime of free Whoppers to women impregnated by #WorldCup stars
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/burger-king-pulls-ad-russian-women-61922 …pic.twitter.com/BROomf6xpt
The Russian arm of the fast-food chain Burger King has apologised after offering women a reward of 3m roubles (£36,000; $47,000) and free Whopper burgers for life if they got pregnant with a World Cup player's babyhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44553338 …
Burger King is sorry for offering a lifetime supply of Whoppers to Russian women who get pregnant by World Cup players to get "the best football genes."http://apne.ws/epomagY
Party time off Red Square in Moscow as Burger King says sorry for offering cash prize and lifetime burger supply to any woman getting pregnant by a World Cup footballer.pic.twitter.com/1zwKHXJOE9
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World Cup 2018: Russian media mock 'husband-hunters' https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44553338 … -pic.twitter.com/QMYV2zo3gx
Not really surprised by this. Last year, Burger King #Russia briefly used the image of a teenage rape victim to sell hamburgers.https://deadspin.com/burger-king-is-sorry-it-offered-russian-women-lifetime-1826972670 …
Not kidding. This really happened. And it was just a small part in the deeply sad story that all of #Russia was talking about in early 2017.https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/how-russia-turned-on-a-teenage-rape-victim-57368 …
Wow. Someone really thought this campaign through.https://twitter.com/TIME/status/1009623190438662144 …
You really can't make this stuff uphttps://twitter.com/CNN/status/1009513772959100930 …
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