London - A dating site has been criticised for an advert calling freckles “imperfections”.
The Match.com poster seen at London train stations features a red-haired freckly girl and is captioned “If you don’t like your imperfections, someone else will.”
Angry Katharine Longworth, of Manchester, tweeted: “I was saddened by the Match ads on the tube. Since when are freckles an imperfection?!”
Another person using the name Pammiegee said: “Disgraceful! Freckles are a sign of beauty! How to alienate half the UK!”
Why https://t.co/UslBc8vzbu's freckle advert has NOT gone down well #LoveYourImperfections https://t.co/3uQ4WqBBCj pic.twitter.com/ZDKpfZvSXg
— InStyle UK (@instyle_UK) April 12, 2016
Passers-by amended some posters, including one note reading: “This isn’t an imperfection, it’s a skin tone.”
Match.com said it was considering removing the billboards, adding: “We believe freckles are beautiful. We’re sorry if this ad has been interpreted in a different way.”
The Advertising Standards Agency had received about a dozen complaints but was not yet investigating.
Daily Mail