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* Voice actor Creator/DCDouglas was canned by Geico in June 2010 after he left a voicemail message for a Tea Party group, specifically one called Freedom Works, suggesting that its members were mentally challenged (he has gone on record to say that he was asking, genuinely, if they employed/allowed membership for people legally deemed mentally challenged; that he left his real contact info on the message seems to support this since that'd be a very stupid thing to do if he were trolling). Ironically, though, this ended up backfiring for the group immensely, as it actually put Douglas [[InvertedTrope in the public eye once again,]] getting him a good amount of work, including two {{Star Making Role}}s as [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Wesker]] and [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Legion]] in short succession, and giving him a lot of political ammunition (long story short, the group had exaggerated numerous details such as claiming he drunkenly called them with deliberate intent to offend, neither of which was true, and also appeared rather petty by going after him instead of focusing on genuine issues).

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* Voice actor Creator/DCDouglas was canned by Geico in June 2010 after he left a voicemail message for a Tea Party group, specifically one called Freedom Works, suggesting that its members were mentally challenged (he has gone on record to say that he was asking, genuinely, if they employed/allowed membership for people legally deemed mentally challenged; that he left his real contact info on the message seems to support this since that'd be a very stupid thing to do if he were trolling). Ironically, though, this ended up backfiring for the group immensely, as [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity it actually put Douglas [[InvertedTrope in the public eye once again,]] getting him a good amount of work, including two {{Star Making Role}}s as [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 Wesker]] and [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Legion]] in short succession, and giving him a lot of political ammunition (long story short, the group had exaggerated numerous details such as claiming he drunkenly called them with deliberate intent to offend, neither of which was true, and also appeared rather petty by going after him instead of focusing on genuine issues).
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* In March 2024 Doritos Spain immediately fired influencer Iván González Ranedo under the name Samantha Hudson after being revealed to have made sick pedophilic tweets towards a 12 year old.

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* In March 2024 Doritos Spain immediately fired influencer Iván González Ranedo under the name Samantha Hudson after being revealed to have be a pedophile and having made sick pedophilic inappropriate tweets towards a 12 year old.

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