Mattel's got a "Wicked" big problem on its hands ... 'cause it added a URL to the back of its Elphaba and Glinda toys -- and, it turns out it's a very NSFW site.
Category
✨
PeopleTranscript
00:00Wicked, and of course all the anticipation for the new movie, people buying up tickets,
00:07and obviously there are all sorts of, like, side deals that they have marketing that they're
00:14involved in the launch of this movie.
00:16Like porn.
00:17That wasn't the plan, but yes, porn got involved because it was really about a doll, and on
00:24the back of the doll it says, go to wicked.com.
00:30Now wicked.com is a website, but it does not have anything to do with the movie.
00:38It is a porn site.
00:39This is a disaster, you guys.
00:42I mean, worst case scenario here, I'm sure someone's been fired.
00:47But yeah, so actually what they were trying to do is to put wickedmovie.com, because that
00:51is the domain that the actual movie has.
00:56Wicked.com is not safe for work, and it's definitely not safe for children, and Mattel,
01:02you know, they are trying to make this situation better.
01:07They've issued an apology.
01:08They told us basically saying that this obviously wasn't supposed to happen, and they want to
01:15make it right.
01:16Are they pulling those off the show?
01:18How many did they make?
01:20They didn't say anything about pulling them off the shelves, but they said that any doll
01:23they're making from here on out is obviously going to have the correct wickedmovie.com.
01:30Why wouldn't they scribble it out with a sharpie or something?
01:32No, no, no, I'm actually serious about this.
01:36What Mattel should do is call the stores and say, hey, you need to have someone go back
01:39there.
01:40I mean, it's going to a kid.
01:41Or send their own employees to the stores, and they should be doing that.
01:45100%.
01:46It's not advising parents to just scrap the packaging, but I mean, you can scrap it.
01:52But then, you know, all the kids these days are so like tech savvy, they like to look
01:56at this stuff.
01:57Like, what if there's a meet Ariana Grande sweepstakes on wicked.com, and they want to
02:01go on there.
02:02But I will say there is an age paywall.
02:05So hopefully no kid is lying about their age, because if they do, they're going to be in
02:10for a surprise.
02:11Hi, this is Keisha from Houston.
02:14Mattel definitely had some gross negligence for the simple fact that you can't have like
02:20a porn site on the back of the toy.
02:23And not only that, they gave free marketing to a random company that didn't pay them,
02:29and not the company that paid them to make the doll.
02:31So it's bad on both ends, and they probably should expect some lawsuits coming soon.
02:36Yeah, that is almost certainly true.
02:38You know there's going to be a big group of parents who are going to file.
02:41They got to get some magic markers.
02:43Stat.
02:44Yeah.