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Ashton Kutcher “Brown Face” PopChips Ad Pulled Amid Controversy (VIDEO)

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Ashton Kutcher’s parody “dating site” ad for Popchips has been pulled amid charges that his appearance as an Indian character in “brown face” is racist.

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The spots, in which Kutcher portrays a variety of over-the-top “suitors,” includes a bit in which he dons dark makeup and uses a heavy accent as “Raj.”

When the clip hit the Internet, there was immediate outcry over the appropriateness of Kutcher’s ethnic spoof.

Now the chip company has apologized and scrubbed the offending video from its campaign.

On the PopChips official site, founder Keith Belling wrote, “We received a lot feedback about the dating campaign parody we launched today and appreciate everyone who took the time to share their point of view.”

He continued, “Our team worked hard to create a light-hearted parody featuring a variety of characters that was meant to provide a few laughs. we did not intend to offend anyone. i take full responsibility and apologize to anyone we offended.”

So far, there’s been no response from Kutcher.

Watch Kutcher’s controversial portrayal of “Raj” below and share your thoughts.

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  • LC

    I think people have sticks shoved up their asses. I find it entertaining.

  • Fergie beat Mario’s Ass

    I think people just aint happy unless they are bitching about some thing. I blame peta

  • JROW0524

    iT WAS HILARIOUS. PEOPLE ARE SO UPTIGHT.

  • Kutchersucks

    It was funny and i usually can’t stand kutcher.

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  • Shagmegood12

    I thought it was hysterical!! I am from the south and I am married to a truck driver (that once acutally wore a true mullet. I didn’t find the plaid wearing, guy with the mullet offensive. I just pointed it out to my hubby & said “Hey baby, you used to look like that”.HAHAHA!! Everyone is so quick to be offended & protest something. We should all just learn to laugh a little more & protest a little less. The sad thing is that when you protest every little thing it doesn’t pack much punch when there is something that really deserves protest.

  • Sheelly

    Dude, y’all should see the sticks-up-their-asses posts on PEOPLE’s story on this. They need to shut up; it was humor and not intended to offend. I mean, really, if people want to find fault in that, I find it offensive, as a white person, when people of other colors don white face to portray a white person. That’s how absurd their arguments are.

  • Anonymous

    Nothing too bad there. If anything they should have just played it safe and had him coming off like a Hindu-inspired white guy with no accent, kind of like a psycho George Harrison.

  • ir2funley

    the ashcan krunchner mans be raceristical it in plane site for peoples to see. he wont even have the humidity doining this. it wont not even laff able to hear at. i have much affensiveness at hims for this ugly pretrial of the peoples who have colourfullness. what if a black mans put on white makeups an pretrailed caucusian peoples. the world would relapse an all peoples evolved would be put in the prison house for descriminalational activity. or werst made to listen to merlin hagers music

  • Lisa

    I love PopChips. The salt n pepper flavor is ridiculously good. They are kinda hard to find in my neighborhood so I hope they increase distribution. As far as Ashton, meh…

  • Lisa

    The chihuahua thingy stole the show. That was funny.

  • Shelley8338

    Get over yourselves people! It is just comedy. Comedy is supposed to poke fun at people.

  • APHRODITI

    This is actually funny. Ashton is funny. I do not get it, why people made him a poster boy for hate. He is a good looking, funny guy, who made a bad marriage choice. Come on people, lighten up. Do not let the PC Police tell you what you should like or laugh at. There is no malicious intent anyplace.
    THIS IS FUNNY. For the corporation behind it: LET IT RUN. IT IS A HIT.

  • Guest

    Show them Ashton, you are GREAT, especially at the end as your self. You are hilarious. I do not like your left wing tendencies, but in this you are marvelous. Karl Lagerfeld is probably detesting you more than the Indians right now. But if the “shoe fits…” YOU ARE FUNNY YOUNG MAN, let them dispute it all they like.

  • Irstillbhere

    the ashcan wont funy and he raceristical to

  • J Wms79

    OMG! they do it all the time! Um…White Chicks??? & what is up with your spelling/grammar??

  • Irstillbhere

    i know it are bad. i be telled that all of a time. a nice lady at a libarry be helping me . she say that stuff not matter to peoples be acause it what i say that that have a real meaningful meaning. thank you for not yell toward me like most peoples hear do.

  • rachel

    I think he would make great Johnny Depp style movie roles. Very entertaining.

  • smartchick

    I loved it! Why can’t a white person portray a black/Indian/Asian person when it is funny? I doubt white people would be offended by a black person adding a “white” segment to this. Remember wayyyy back when Richard Pryor used to imitate white people trying to dance, or the way they speak, etc? It is FUNNY! As long as it is not disrespectful or mean or insulting to the race it is portraying, I see no problem here. Loosen up people…..it is okay to make fun of ourselves and others when you can laugh about it. It helps relieve all those racist attitudes. Who knows? Maybe it will actually help the war between the races.

  • Marilyn

    What a shame they succumbed to stupid people mouthing off against good humor. The gays aren’t complaining. Karl Lagerfeld, whom they obviously parodied, hasn’t complained.

    They poked fun at different types of people. I think it was clever and funny.

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