Doritos sacked a transgender influencer after finding out he had written social media posts threatening to do “thuggish things” to a 12-year-old girl. The Telegraph has more.
The Spanish branch of the snack company had released a video called “Crunch Talks” with the activist but deleted it 24 hours later.
Doritos Spain faced a fierce backlash after featuring the activist, who was called Iván González Ranedo but goes by the stage name Samantha Hudson.
A spokesperson told Rolling Stone magazine that Hudson, 24, a successful singer in Spain, was fired for controversial comments [he] had made online in the past.
“We have ended the relationship and stopped all related campaign activity due to the comments,” the spokesperson said.
“We strongly condemn words or actions that promote violence or sexism of any kind.”
The decision to terminate the relationship came after Right-wing social media accounts in the U.S. called on people to boycott Doritos.
After the 50-second Crunch Talks video was posted, social media users posted screengrabs of Hudson’s old posts.
One, written in Spanish when [he] was 15, said, “I want to do thuggish things” to a 12-year-old girl.
Another read: “In the middle of the street in Mallorca in panties and screaming that I’m a nymphomaniac in front of a super beautiful eight-year-old girl.”
A third declared: “I hate women who are victims of sexual assault and go to self help centres to overcome their trauma. Annoying sl–s.”
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