Fergie’s Bad Influence Pisses Parents Off

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Candies’ new cover girl Fergie sparks strong feelings among parents who don’t want a celebrity sporting a “Parental Guidance” advisory to be hawking teeny-bopper bomber jackets to their guileless Hilary Duff-loving ingenues. The ad that sparked the fire featured Fergie with what appears to be liquor in the background of a recent Candie’s ad.

Having done her part to destroy hip-hop (contrary to a recent campaign in which she and other members of the Black Eyed Peas actually save it) with pop hits like My Humps and Let’s Get Retarded (later tastefully renamed Let’s Get it Started), it’s always been our suspicion that the kiddies didn’t need Fergie to actively encourage them to drink; it’s part of what you need to do to make her palatable in the first place.

But hey, kids have their own minds and in an ideal world if you raise them right you don’t have to go on a witch hunt for every suggestive social ill that slips out of the woodwork, yeah?

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