GoDaddy has decided to pull its recent, controversial ad from the Super Bowl & YouTube. The ad, titled “Journey Home,’ featured a puppy who is sold online & shipped by his owners…it is this commercial’s ending that has stemmed MUCH criticism from animal activists, lovers, etc.! Further details below
As a number of people took to social media expressing OUTRAGE regarding the ad, these photos & tweets in gallery above!!!
GoDaddy has decided to pull their ad from the Super Bowl and remove it from YouTube after causing an uproar on social media.
The company released their Super Bowl ad early, and it certainly has people talking– but they’re probably not saying things the company wants to hear. Thousands took to Twitter and Facebook to let the company know they’re outraged.
The commercial, titled “Journey Home,” features a cute puppy that’s been separated from its family on its journey home, but the ending is what’s causing the uproar, when you find out the owners are happy to see the puppy because they just sold it on a website built using GoDaddy.
GoDaddy responded, saying they had NO negative intentions when making this ad, but instead wanted to mock Budweiser & has even adopted the puppy from the commercial…
“This morning we previewed GoDaddy’s Super Bowl spot on a popular talk show, and shortly after a controversy started to swirl about Buddy, our puppy, being sold online. The responses were emotional and direct. Many people urged us not to run the ad…. The net result? We are pulling the ad from the Super Bowl. You’ll still see us in the Big Game this year, and we hope it makes you laugh. Finally, rest assured, Buddy came to us from a reputable and loving breeder in California. He’s now part of the GoDaddy family as our Chief Companion Officer and he’s been adopted permanently by one of our longtime employees.”
The ad is intended to make fun of Budweiser, which has been teasing a Super Bowl commercial featuring a puppy– GoDaddy’s spot uses many similar shots. But taken out of context, the commercial can be quite outrageous.
