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Naomi Campbell Claims Cadbury ‘Bliss’ Ad Is Racist (Photo)

Naomi Campbell is threatening to file a lawsuit against Cadbury for using her name and comparing her to a chocolate bar.

What’s worse… they called her a Diva!

Campbell released this short statement to The Independent, after Cadbury, owned by the US giant Kraft, refused to pull the ad campaign, which ran in newspapers last week:

“I am shocked. It’s upsetting to be described as chocolate, not just for me, but for all black women and black people. I do not find any humour in this. It is insulting and hurtful.”

The model’s mother, Valerie Morris, backed her daughter, saying: “I’m deeply upset by this racist advert. Do these people think they can insult black people and we just take it? This is the 21st century, not the 1950s. Shame on Cadbury.”

A spokesperson for Cadbury insisted that the campaign was “a light-hearted take on the social pretensions of Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss”.

What do you think, is the ad racist?

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