(Image credit: Matriarch Records/Burger King/Future)

Don't you just hate it when people keep bringing up the unfortunate Burger King ad you starred in over a decade ago? That's the situation facing Mary J. Blige, whose 2012 controversy "still isn't a laughing matter" to her.

"Crispy chicken… fresh lettuce… three cheeses," she croons in the 2012 ad, singing, of course, about Burger King's new Crispy Chicken Wrap. If that all sounds like fun, the backlash wasn't. After a Whopper of a controversy, the ad was pulled, and Burger King issued an apology to Mary J. Blige.

The ad featured Mary J Blige singing about the ingredients of the Crispy Chicken Wrap (Image credit: Burger King)

The issue was the apparent perpetuating of racial stereotypes. The ad "reminded many of us that stereotypes of dancing, singing, and chicken-loving black people still remain prevalent in the hearts and minds of advertisers," said Black Enterprise writer Janell Hazelwood at the time.

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