Doritos has dropped ‘Samantha Hudson,’ born Iván González Ranedo, as a brand ambassador after public outcry over the transgender influencer’s history of pedophilic online posts resulted in the hashtag #BoycottDoritos being shared widely on X.
Doritos, produced by PepsiCo subsidiary Frito-Lay, faced fierce criticism for partnering with Hudson in Spain. He was not only a far-left activist, having said he seeks “the destruction and annihilation of the traditional family,” but had a disturbing history of lewd posts about pre-teen children.
Writing in Spanish, Hudson declared he wanted to “thuggish” or “depraved” things to a 12-year-old in one of the posts. In another, he wrote about “screaming that I’m a nymphomaniac in front of a super beautiful 8-year-old girl” in the middle of the street “in panties.”
“We recently created a content series with Samantha Hudson, a local influencer. After the campaign started, we were made aware of Samantha’s deleted Tweets from around 2015,” Doritos Spain said in a statement on the terminated partnership.
“We have ended the relationship and stopped all related campaign activity due to the comments. We strongly condemn words or actions that promote violence or sexism of any kind,” they added.
