Tammy DeVries sent a message to John Bilbrey that said:
Hello,
I am a chocolate lover and I have enjoyed your candy for many years, BUT I am outraged at the new Kit Kat commercial using the song sung by Missy Elliot (Work It). Has your marketing team read the lyrics to this song? If not I have included them below. After reading them, it is clear the song is completely about sex! Why would Hershey's (a so called family company) use a vulgar and pornographic song to sell their product! Who are you targeting? Is Missy Elliot profiting from this commercial and if so Hershey's is promoting pornographic music. Just because a song may have a good beat, does not mean it is appropriate to use in a commercial. You are selling chocolate, not sex! Please review the lyrics to this song and make a corporate "family" decision to remove your Kit Kat commercial.
Thank you,
Tammy DeVries
Work It
Missy Elliott
DJ, please pick up your phone, I'm on the request line
This is a Missy Elliott one-time exclusive, come on
Is it worth it? Let me work it
I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it
Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup
Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup
If you got a big, let me search ya
And find out how hard I gotta work ya
Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup
Ti esrever dna ti pilf, nwod gniht ym tup
I'd like to get to know ya so I could show ya
Put the pussy on ya like I told ya
Give me all your numbers so I can phone ya
Your girl acting stank, then call me over
Not on the bed, lay me on your sofa
Call before you come, I need to shave my chocha
You do or you don't or you will or won't ya?
Go downtown and eat it like a vulture
See myâ¦
