Doritos Spain has ended its relationship with transgender influencer Iván González Ranedo, who goes by the stage name Samantha Hudson, after receiving intense backlash after posting a video featuring Hudson on Instagram. did.
A spokesperson for Doritos Spain confirmed to Rolling Stone that a short promotion called “Crunch Talk” was posted on Sunday and removed on Monday.
The company stressed that the video is not part of a larger brand ambassador campaign.
The spokesperson also said Hudson was fired from the company over controversial comments in the past.
“Due to the comments, we have terminated our relationship and suspended all related campaign activity,” a spokesperson said. “We strongly condemn words and actions that promote violence and sexism of any kind.”
Hudson has made controversial statements in the past about capitalism, the family and even child sexual abuse.
Among other controversial and alleged comments and posts that have resurfaced online, Hudson supported “the abolition of the traditional monogamous nuclear family.” According to the Daily Mail.
“As a teenager, she also tweeted that she wanted to do ‘heinous things’ to minors,” in this case a 12-year-old girl, the newspaper reported.
Rolling Stone reported that Hudson apologized for the post after it became famous.
“Some of the tweets I posted in 2015 have resurfaced and I honestly don’t know what to say. I don’t remember writing anything that wild,” she said, according to Rolling Stone. That’s what it means. “At that time, I was all about saying nonsense. The heavier the better, because I thought ‘black humor’ was funny.”
Political commentators and writers at X responded to reports about Hudson, sharing clips and posts of him.
The popular conservative account End Wokeness shared what it said was a screenshot of a post from Hudson.
“Doritos has just chosen Samantha Hudson as its brand ambassador in Spain.”[,]” the account writes. “Samantha Hudson: – Admits to being a pedophile – Identifies as a non-binary transgender girl – Publicly mocks child rape victims – “Traditional family “to annihilate, completely destroy, and abolish” ”
Bud Light was hit with a costly boycott and garnered national attention following its controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
Anheuser-Busch InBev beat revenue expectations in its fourth quarter and full-year 2023 results announced Thursday.
But nearly a year after forming a controversial partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney, the global beer giant continues to struggle with boycotts against its Bud Light brand. Suffering in the US.
AB reported that sales rose 7.8% last year, a record high, but acknowledged that “full growth potential was constrained by the performance of our US operations.”
PepsiCo, Fritos and Hudson did not respond to requests for comment.
