McDonald’s responds to parent complaints over Minion toy

Critics say the ‘Caveman Minion,’ distributed in the fast-food chain’s Happy Meals, says inappropriate words. 

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WFTV in Florida was among the first to report on the story, which focused on a grandfather that purchased the toy for his granddaughter. According to the customer, it sounded like the toy was saying, “I’ll be damned,” and “What the f**k.”

Another customer, Rasoal Hall, posted a video of the toy, which he perceived to have the same problem. What do you think?

“I heard what it said and I’m like, ‘whoa, hang on here,'” Taylor King told the Columbus, Ohio, Fox affiliate after he bought a Happy Meal for his three-year-old son Monday. “It clearly says what it says.”

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