Ad watchdog rules against Wicked Campers for 15th time this year

The slogan was set with a picture of the character Kenny Powers from HBO show Eastside and Down

The slogan was set with a picture of the character Kenny Powers from HBO show Eastbound and Down

Wicked Campers have had a fifteenth complaint to the Ad Standards Board upheld against it this year, with the board ruling the image of the character “Kenny Powers” was presented in an aggressive manner.

The complained about slogan read ‘You’re F#ckin’ Out! I’m F#ckin’ In!’ on the right hand side of van, with a pro drugs slogan at the back.

In its ruling, the board noted that the replacement of the letter u in the slogan with a # was “not enough to disguise what the word is meant to read”.

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