‘It’s so wrong!’ Rebecca Judd is left horrified by the ’90s TV advert ‘they could NEVER get away with it these days’
Rebecca Judd was feeling the ’90s nostalgia on Monday – until she realised one of her favourite TV adverts from her childhood wasn’t very politically correct.
During a segment on KIIS FM’s 3pm Pick-Up about discontinued snacks, the footy WAG brought up the famous 1993 commercial for Muncheros chips.
She remarked that ‘you could never get away with’ a similar advert these days.
Hasn’t aged well: Rebecca Judd was feeling the ’90s nostalgia on Monday – until she realised one of her favourite TV adverts from her childhood wasn’t very politically correct
The advert features a tribe of Native Americans sitting around a campfire as they discuss hunting grizzly bears.
One tribesman glances at the camera and says in an Australian accent: ‘I’d rather much on Muncheros!’
The tribe then begins singing the product’s tagline: ‘Munch on Muncheros, munch on Munch-eeeeer-os!’
Rebecca, 37, said she loved the chips and the jingle, but wasn’t so fond of the racially insensitive imagery.
‘[They were] the best. Where did they go, and why? Because they were delicious. they were kind of like cheesy little Doritos but in a skinny shape,’ she said.
‘I’d be happy to bring those back… maybe not that ad. They’d never get away with it these days!’
Describing the advert as ‘so wrong’ by today’s standards, she expressed disbelief that it had aired ‘in 1993 – not that long ago’.
Rebecca is currently in lockdown with her husband, retired AFL star Chris Judd, and their four children, Oscar, Billy, Tom and Darcy, at their $7.3million home in Melbourne’s south-east.
She has been outspoken during the coronavirus pandemic about the importance of staying indoors and downloading the COVIDSafe app to help flatten the curve.