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Published 15:37 10 Mar 2021 GMT
Naturally, he admitted that his immediate reaction was one of laughter, before adding, rather humorously: "I didn’t even think Boots sold anything like that. Maybe they’ve had to branch out with the lockdown."
Eventually, he did go on to realise that there could be the awkward scenario of kids going to their parents and asking "mummy, what’s this?”, or asking dads, "can we get one of these for mum".
After it was brought to their attention, a Boots spokesperson said: "We are really sorry for any offence caused by this advert" and blamed a technical error that merged two automated adverts into one.
They went on to reassure anyone offended that they "have put measures in place to ensure mistakes like this do not happen again, and apologise for any inconvenience caused."
Facebook were also contacted regarding the gaff and stated that although they do not display adverts for adult products, saying "we review millions of ads and posts each week, and unfortunately we occasionally make mistakes as has happened here."
Ultimately, the advert came down to nothing more than a mistake. To be honest, we're slightly relieved it wasn't someone's tongue in cheek marketing idea - that would have been a really awkward interview to navigate.
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