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Wendy’s Stopped Advertising On Ellen After She Came Out

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Ellen Degeneres famously came out as gay on her sitcom in 1997. After the episode aired, right-wing groups encouraged sponsors of the show to pull their funding.

J.C. Penney and Chrysler decided not to buy ad time during the “coming out” episode. Wendy’s decided never to advertise on Ellen again at all.