Advertisers bail on Skins, depriving horny teens of razors and tacos
After sparking a protest from the Parents Television Council and causing even MTV to have a momentary moral qualm, Skins has begun losing its sponsors faster than an average high-school girl loses all her inhibitions after smoking a joint, with several major campaigns backing away from the show and its growing controversy in the last week. Among the corporations that no longer want their fine products associated with kids doin’ it: Taco Bell, Wrigley, GM, and H&R Block (But who will do the taxes of horny teens now?) all pulled their ads after the first episode, and today it was announced that they’ve been joined by Schick, whose razors should certainly not be used to groom teenaged pubes for lovemaking, and Subway, whose suggestively foot-long sandwiches should definitely not be eaten in ravenous post-coital bliss.