Payless Shoes, Choice Hotels, Walgreens, also exit Duggers & TLC

[misterhighwasted]

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/s/more-advertisers-pull-19-kids-202500221.html

"..Now, more advertisers are joining in on pulling their commercials.

Choice Hotels tells ET, "We have decide to remove our advertising from the show."

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In addition, a company spokesperson for Payless ShoeSource shared with ET, "Payless ads ran during this show as part of a larger buy with TLC. We are taking steps to have them removed from future episodes."

Walgreens also issued a statement to ET, saying that the company will no longer advertise on the program. "In the wake of recent news, we are no longer advertising on the '19 Kids and Counting' program," its statement read.

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Glad to hear this. Hope more join in to pull their advertising. This is the only thing that will motivate TLC to remove the incest show.
Does't sound like the network is quite ready to give up their cash cow, judging by the attempt at bringing it back in a different format.
Perhaps TLC will finally "get" the scope of disgust & irreparable damage done, as their sponsers exit TLC

[shenmue]

1. I bet they sue

[hollysmom]

2. too late, you supported the blow hards and we know it.

[IVoteDFL]

3. Is it really fair to call it the incest show?

It doesn't seem right to insult his sisters. They are victims of sexual abuse and their upbringing.

[misterhighwasted]

5. More truthhful than "just being a teenager."

It was indeed incest. Its ugly . It isn't simply 'molesting underage girls." It was with his own sisters.
Josh Dugger committed incest.
They need to own the truth, in its complete ugliness.
The truth is what makes us recoil at the repulsive act.
It is what it is.

[IVoteDFL]

7. His sisters were not willing participants

The incest label is completely fair when applied to Josh Dugger. His family not so much. It just isn't something I would want said about me if I had a brother who sexually assaulted me.

[misterhighwasted]

11. Wasnt referring to the sisters. Its the mere sight of TLC ever

..thinking they can simply reformat the show, continue on as though nothing happened, & expecting people who are so disgusted by this event to watch the new Duggars, in whatever format they recreate it as.
Everytime they show the girls, IT will be staring back at the viewers. Everytime Jimbob, who covered it up, and Michele, gives that glazed over look & mentions jesus & family, IT will be there, burned into the brains of all who loath the sight of them knowing that they covered for the incest committed upon their daughters.

Yes it will be the incest (that TLC wants the viewers to pretend never happened) show.
Believing that if the viewers can't see Josh Duggar, then IT no longer exists.
IT will forever be there staring back at us from the TV.
IT is just that dispicably repulsive to the human spirit.
TLC needs to respect those that find it so.

Duggars need to be retired.
We have ALL become victims of the glossing over of this sad story.

[hlthe2b]

4. I was waiting to see that Walgreens did so or I was going to raise 'holy' hell, pardon the pun,

with letters, calls, emails I'm glad they did not wait too long to announce this. Yeah on General Mills for taking the very first step.

[misterhighwasted]

6. Same here. As was the backlash of Mike Pence's attempt to push the boundaries of discrimination.

Its all tied together in the politics of the Religious Right.
Sponsors must refuse to participate.

[Skittles]

8. I am disgusted they ever helped to pimp those kids

absolutely sickening

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. k&r

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Payless ShoeSource "Taking Steps" to have them removed...

Sorry to go so far off topic but I just love that kind of crap.

[misterhighwasted]

12. lol. I too like that play on words.Good on ya for pointing it out.

Decent humor.

[Initech]

13. Good, time to abandon that ugly clan.

Now if we could only rid ourselves of the Robertsons and Kardashians we can be on easy street.