Yesterday, a photo of the several members of the Duggar family at a frozen yogurt shop ignited a mini-controversy.
The owners of Sweet Loring Frozen Yogurt in Laredo, Texas (home of Jinger Duggar’s new boyfriend, Jeremy Vuolo) decided to post the pic on their social media pages.
Anyone who thought the controversy surrounding the former 19 Kids and Counting clan had died down need only read the comments on Sweet Loring’s post to see that many Facebook and Twitter users have no intention of allowing the Josh Duggar sex scandals to be swept back under the rug.
“@SweetLoring Obviously your business is anti gay, woman and transgender. No thank you,” wrote one commenter.
Another noted that several businesses have already cut ties with the Duggars by pulling their advertising dollars from Jill & Jessa: Counting On, writing:
“@SweetLoring Having TLC’s Duggar family promote your place is not a good thing. Over 1,000 advertisers have dropped this family.”
On every major social media platform, the photo was bombarded with similar comments, with many calling for a boycott of Sweet Loring.
Needless to say, the proprietors quickly learned a lesson that so many politicians and former TLC advertisers already knew:
These days, the Duggars don’t make good business partners.
The post was quickly deleted, and the shop issued the following apology:
“On behalf of Sweet Loring we apologize for all the distress our post has caused; We do not support the views of the Duggar family, that was not our intention.
“We respect our community however we do not condone negative comments of any sort on our page therefore we will be removing the post. And again we welcome Everyone to our Shop.”
Hopefully the folks in Laredo and the online community will be accepting of the apology.
Using the Duggars to promote your business isn’t the brightest idea, but folks who work in the FroYo biz in Texas bordertowns probably don’t see many celebs.
Let’s chalk the pic up to the owner being momentarily star struck and move along, mmm-kay?
