Wicked Campers ‘sexually explicit’ and ‘inappropriate’ van criticised by ad watchdog

October 23, 2018 2:19

Controversial rental van company has had one of its ads banned for the third time this month and 12th time this year, this time for using “sexually explicit” language.

The van, which says “life is like a bowl of soup, you only get blown when you’re hot…get it up ya”, has been deemed inappropriate to a wide audience which would include children.

Wicked Campers didn’t respond to the ruling

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Abigail Dawson

Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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3 COMMENTS

Sick of these stories 23 Oct 18

I am begging you to please stop covering every bloody wicked camper van, FFS.

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+1 24 Oct 18

….it doesn’t matter if its relevant news to the industry…. we, your readership, don’t need to know everytime they take their daily steaming dump on the Ad Standards Board.

Get over Wicked and Honey Birdette, Mumbrella!

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Rear ended 23 Oct 18

I wonder if Wicked Campers get serviced at Ultratune.

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