Claim: A banned commercial for Sprite soft drink features a suggestive sex act.
Example: [Collected via Twitter, January 2015]
Well someone was high when they approved this Banned Sprite Commercial NSFW
Origins: In July 2009, a video purported to be a "banned Sprite ad" of European origin began circulating on the Internet. The video clip
caught the attention of users mainly due to the explicit content it contained, specifically a simulated sex act between a kneeling blonde woman and a standing black man (both of whom appeared to be naked).
The video circulated rapidly on the internet when it first appeared in 2009, and the footage as presented appeared plausible to some viewers in part due to atypical production quality and the language (German) spoken in the course of the
Soon after the banned Sprite ad was initially shared,
I directed and produced the fake Sprite ads that have been making the rounds over the past five days. There have been quite a lot of false statements made regarding these and I would like to make a few things very clear about these spots. First, there was no involvement from either The
My name is Max Isaacson,
As Isaacson's original upload has long since been deleted, it's difficult to say how well he might have communicated the nature of the clip in its initial YouTube posting. But as is quite common for somewhat plausibly presented and titillating material such as the "banned" Sprite ad, the context and backstory have since become fully separated from the clip. The suggestive video is often posted and reposted to humor sites and on social media as a "banned Sprite ad" from Germany, but its creator confirmed in 2009 it was neither.
Last updated: 26 January 2015
