Uber Eats replaces controversial portion of Super Bowl ad after backlash

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by Jack Hobbs

He bombed.

After salty backlash, Uber Eats removed the portion of its Super Bowl ad that toasted people with peanut allergies.

The one-minute ad, centered around forgetfulness, features Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, David Beckham and his wife, Victoria, as well as rappers Jelly Roll and Usher, who is scheduled to perform at the halftime concert.

In one scene, a man with hives and puffy eyes can be seen eating from a jar of peanut butter before saying: “There's peanuts in the peanut butter?… Oh, it's the main ingredient.”

Uber's ad was immediately criticized when it debuted on Tuesday, with social media users arguing that it was rude to the millions of people who suffer from life-threatening allergies.

“We are extremely disappointed that @UberEats used a life-threatening food allergy as a joke in a Super Bowl ad,” the nonprofit group said. Food allergy research and education (Rent) Written on X. “The suffering of more than 33 million Americans with this condition is no joke. A life-threatening food allergy is a disease, not a diet. Enough is enough.”

Dr. Sung Poblete, CEO of FARE, said Friday that she had done just that Talk to Uberwhich “made a change in the ad that would be broadcast to the wide Super Bowl audience” by “omitting the reference to peanut allergies.”

The Post has reached out to Uber representatives for comment.

The new ad that was Shared by the ride-sharing company on SundayIt now shows a man who has forgotten how to “sit down.”

However, the original ad It is still located on an unlisted link On YouTube.

It includes a bogus disclaimer that states: “Please please please don't forget that there are peanuts in our peanut butter.”

For some, updating the ad wasn't enough.

“You had a really cool commercial until the peanut allergy guy,” one X user chided in a now-deleted post.

“Food allergies are not funny, and they are certainly not forgettable,” Sec angry. “When you joke about allergies, you teach the audience that it's okay not to take them seriously, and that can have deadly consequences.”

“Trust me, we don't forget that we have life-threatening food allergies, we deal with them daily,” a third person said He added. “Take it seriously, please stop playing with our lives that's not funny.”