It comes with a shell.
After salty backlash, Uber Eats removed part of its Super Bowl ad roasting people with peanut allergies.
The one-minute commercial, about forgetfulness, features Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, David Beckham and his wife Victoria, as well as rapper Jelly Roll and Usher, who will appear at halftime.
In one scene, a man with hives and a swollen eye eats from a jar of peanut butter and says, “There’s peanuts in peanut butter?…Oh, that’s the main ingredient.” Can be seen.
Uber’s ad drew immediate criticism after it was released on Tuesday, with social media users saying it was disrespectful to the millions of people who suffer from life-threatening allergies.
“We are extremely disappointed that @UberEats used a life-threatening food allergy as humor in its Super Bowl ad,” the nonprofit said. Food allergy research and education (fare) I wrote to X. “The suffering of the more than 33 million Americans who suffer from this disease is no joke. Life-threatening food allergies are a disease, not a diet. Get your act together.”
FARE CEO Dr. Sung Poblete said on Friday: talked to uber“made changes to the ad that aired to a broader Super Bowl audience” by “editing out references to peanut allergies.”
The Post has reached out to an Uber representative for comment.
The new advertisement is The rideshare company shared on Sunday.depicts a man who forgets how to “take a seat.”
However, the original ad Still exists for unlisted links on YouTube.
It includes a pseudo-disclaimer: “Remember, peanut butter contains peanuts.”
For some, just updating ads wasn’t enough.
“They even made a great commercial for people with peanut allergies,” one user X slammed in a now-deleted post.
“Food allergies are not funny, and they are never forgotten.” sprouted. “When you joke about allergies, you teach the public that it’s okay not to take them seriously, and that can have deadly consequences.”
“Trust me, we don’t forget that there are life-threatening food allergies. We deal with it every day,” a third person said. Added. “Please take this seriously and stop making our lives uninteresting.”
