fanMAIL: AXE – Clean Your Balls

Loyal reader Jazmine Jackson writes*:

Hey There Sandra,

I’m a loyal TIP fan and yeah he’s making some super stupid mistakes but has Axe even seen their new tv commercial??? The one talking about washing your balls?!?!?!? I’m a grown woman (26 years old) and while I did laugh at the commercial when I saw it my mouth was dropped in awe too. What kind of message does Axe think they’re putting out there? Hell, kids know what balls are and they know da** well they aren’t talking about the golf balls and basketballs they’re scrubbing in the commercial. Furthermore, it’s a body wash so how in the hell can you be talking about washing basketballs, volleyballs and golfballs?!?!?

Axe needs to axe themselves for that because although the commercial is funny and entertaining to my grown a**, it’s suggestive to children.

These companies kill me with their hypocrisy. Axe ALWAYS uses sexually suggestive ways to advertise… I guess selling and suggesting sex is cool but what TI has done isn’t acceptable according to AXE. The trouble that TI has gotten himself into is bad but if AXE wants to cut him then they need to cut their suggestive add campaigns too.

*Email was edited for clarity

FloridaChick813

Blah Blah Blah…. Yatta Yatta Yatta….

…. sh.it is funny as h3ll to me….
Ms. Thickness

I LAUGHED MY ASS OF WHEN I SAW THAT COMMERCIAL. I WAS LIKE DAMN THEY GETTING BOLD.
shannon04

It was funny and I do see the point that was being made in the e-mail. But hey you know these companies don’t care about any of that- they give us what sells.
TruGemini

Saw this commercial last night and thought it was funny as hell…
This and TI’s stupidity are not the same
http://www.ashland86.com TheRealAshland

There is a difference between promoting good hygiene and letting a coke had be a spokesman for your product.
VIBABY

This ish cracks me up…where is @ebony? #teamcleanballs
Destinee

My thoughts exactly!
mirsmommy

That bish said, “so how can guys clean their balls, so they’re more enjoyable to play with?”

If any grown azz man needs to be taught how to clean his balls, ole boy gotta serious damn problem.
mirsmommy

“Go ahead and play with those clean balls, Denise”

I can’t.
VIBABY

@mirsmommy…..I dont know. I look at my son and think if I died today he would grow up to be a nasty mofo. :lolol:
Ebony

@ vibaby what about my nut sack
VIBABY
cheeks8683

Wait til u see the full commercial on Youtube, its like 3-5 minutes long…She rubs the balls for like 10 seconds then some guy holding blue balls ask if she can clean his balls. And this old guy stands up and says something about if the axe can clean his old ball sack!!! I was gonna post it on my facebook page but some of my church members are friends with me
mirsmommy

Yooooo, did the old lady in the audience say “Me too”, when the Denise chick said she could play with those clean balls all day??????

at the ole man’s balls

Sorry folks, but this is my first time seeing this ish!!!!!
T.Y’z Cha Cha

#teamcleanballs

ARE WE GOING TO SIT AROUND AND DISSECT EVERRRRRRRYTHING…..DIZZAAAAAM!

IF ITS SUGGESTIVE…FUGGGGGGGGG DONT LET YOUR CHILDREN WATCH IT…TURN THE FCKIN CHANNEL.
FloridaChick813

@ViBaby

My son is 6 and is in the “i dont need to take a bath stage” – I’m always lathering him down after he does it. Gotta make sure the balls and butt are clean! LOL
Red Feather

OMG!! Okay, I must admit, I did , but this is not appropriate for young children to be watching. Axe is dead wrong for this, but hey, we ARE in America & what sells will be shown. So, as I digress…
mirsmommy

VIBABY says:

@mirsmommy…..I dont know. I look at my son and think if I died today he would grow up to be a nasty mofo.
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But ya son not grown tho, right???? My oldest son would definitely be a lil nasty mofo. Damn near gotta threaten him with a whoopin to get him to wash his azz.
FloridaChick813

@Cheeks

I cant wait to get home so I can youtube it!!!
FloridaChick813

#teamcleanballs

ARE WE GOING TO SIT AROUND AND DISSECT EVERRRRRRRYTHING…..DIZZAAAAAM!

IF ITS SUGGESTIVE…FUGGGGGGGGG DONT LET YOUR CHILDREN WATCH IT…TURN THE FCKIN CHANNEL.
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mirsmommy

T.Y’z Cha Cha says:

ARE WE GOING TO SIT AROUND AND DISSECT EVERRRRRRRYTHING…..DIZZAAAAAM!
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Cuz I am in pure shock about this commercial. The ish is funny as hail, tho.
http://www.amazon.com/gotta-make-Heaven-going-thru/product-reviews/1448656729/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_t iscream

Can this commercial land them in jail?….

Don’t even get what one has to do with the other. Maybe the writer of this post like the taste of dirty balls…. I suggest chewing Orbit after you suck…

#cootiequeen #lintlicker
Kimmy

First time seeing this axe commercial. I laughed all the way through, especially when that little old lady said she could play with those balls all day too!
Ebony

Ti was caught with x pills he deserves to be dropped from AXE. I support #teamcleanballs. Do you?
http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

I can’t….I just can’t…..
Mother Jefferson

Now they need to make a fan to dry them bad boys and we’ll be good to go!
cheeks8683

@ Flo the first time I saw that ish (the full version) I watched it like 5 times back to back….Dang I might go ahead and post it on my fb my church family might have to just lay some oil on my forehead on Sunday lol!
CivilEngineer

Suggesting that niggas keep their balls clean

BRILLIANT!!
http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

iscream says:

Can this commercial land them in jail?….

Don’t even get what one has to do with the other. Maybe the writer of this post like the taste of dirty balls…. I suggest chewing Orbit after you suck…

#cootiequeen #lintlicker
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FloridaChick813

@Iscream and the orbit commercial. I love that commercial!!!!
http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

And it’s the way she was caressing the balls for a good fifteen seconds that floored me. Hilarious!
mirsmommy

I’m still at the different types of balls.
cheeks8683

The old man’s ball sack was all dirty and the balls in it were filty AHHHHHH!!!! And then the black dude stood up with his deep voice tom’ bout, “What about my ball sack” LOLOLOLOL!!!!
CivilEngineer

Denise can teach y’all something!
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

Her arguement actually explains why the messed with T.I. to begin with. Apparently they like to promote a grittier image. T.I. being a “reformed” bad boy worked for them. But they might not want to throw money away on a contract with a guy who might have to do several years in the pokey. They haven’t axed him yet so all this talk is premature.
FloridaChick813
Divinebrown

Why are people always trying to blame something else for children’s behavior? I said “scrotum” one time trying to be funny and got the daylights slapped outta me. I never said it again.

If your kids are bad…it’s because of your parenting or your pre-natal drug habit. TV is a bit much these days but “parental discretion” is key.

Kids watch entirely too much TV any damn way.
mirsmommy

The rough side looks like it’ll rip the skin off a ninja’s balls.
http://twitter.com/Jerrica_Lewis Jerrica

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time! I’m all for clean balls. Don’t you dare come near me with dirty ones. You never know this commercial might have made some man rethink having dirty balls.
http://myspace.com/necee518 yvonne79

Divinebrown says:

Why are people always trying to blame something else for children’s behavior? I said “scrotum” one time trying to be funny and got the daylights slapped outta me. I never said it again.

If your kids are bad…it’s because of your parenting or your pre-natal drug habit. TV is a bit much these days but “parental discretion” is key.

Kids watch entirely too much TV any damn way.

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I would agree. I am definitely one of those parents that have my kids outside playing until the street lights come on.
FloridaChick813

Random thought…

I cant eat whoppers from Burger King because I think they smell like sweaty balls
jo4mine

@ IScream #22 I almost fell out the chair. Too funny
Mamacita

Divinebrown says:

Why are people always trying to blame something else for children’s behavior? I said “scrotum” one time trying to be funny and got the daylights slapped outta me. I never said it again.

If your kids are bad…it’s because of your parenting or your pre-natal drug habit. TV is a bit much these days but “parental discretion” is key.

Kids watch entirely too much TV any damn way.
http://www.747DesignGroup.com ATL_Reese

Too Funny!!
His_Mommy623

*dies twice*
b-boy817

FloridaChick813 says:
@ViBaby
My son is 6 and is in the “i dont need to take a bath stage” – I’m always lathering him down after he does it. Gotta make sure the balls and butt are clean! LOL
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WOW, this brings back memories…I remember i went throught that stage when i was 6 or so…I honestly thought it was no reason to take a bath or brush my teeth on the weekend because I didnt have school lol lol lol… My momma used to ALWAYS come re-bath me when i was done…I hated that
http://chokolatemilk.blogspot.com Choco

This commercial is craaaazzzzyyyyyy

But uh yeah if Axe wants to Axe T I they are still within their rights to do so- TI could’ve possible violated their contract not to mention the arrest does not look good for any Sponsor to be associated with
Divinebrown

It can even clean your old balls….

:ROFL:

And ISCREAM…according to men, not everyone does any ball sack tasting while giving a BJ.
VIBABY

@Isc the first time I saw that commercial I damn near died laughing! Lint licker?!?!
But really…. my son is 9 and his dad is not concerned about his nastiness at all. He said when girls start telling him that he stinks he will want to keep himself clean I cant have my baby smelling like wild onions. The child will step out of the shower with a dry back. Jesus wept…….

@Bboy Boys…..
T.Y’z Cha Cha

Divinebrown says:

Why are people always trying to blame something else for children’s behavior? I said “scrotum” one time trying to be funny and got the daylights slapped outta me. I never said it again.

If your kids are bad…it’s because of your parenting or your pre-natal drug habit. TV is a bit much these days but “parental discretion” is key.

Kids watch entirely too much TV any damn way.

HEY BIG SISTA ALL MIGHTY DIVINE……..

(VIEWER DISCRETION IS always ADVISED)

RATED R
RATED PG
……….eh Rated G…anyone ?????

I seriously doubt that commercial airs on any family channels. Correct me if Im wrong tho!
http://facebook.com/Im2thick4u 2thick4u

Axe is a good look for TI…hopefully they keep him but if they don’t it is HIS OWN FAULT!!!
http://pearlswindow.com Carrington

How is saying “wash your balls” sexually suggestive? Isn’t that what soap IS? It may be a play on words, a euphamism even, but selling sex is certainly reaching.

Axe is a body wash. Body washes are used to, well… wash your body. Your balls are a part of your body. Axe is specifically designed for MEN. Men have balls. If you’re a man and you’re going to use a bodywash, you probably have a set a balls that need to be washed – so, why not Axe?

The commercial is suggestive in that it’s suggesting that MEN with balls should use Axe to WASH them b*tches with.

The end.

How is the company that sells body wash even being associated with T.I.’s stupid a$$ decisions? It pains me when we’re always looking for a way to right someone else’s wrong by blaming everyone except the MF who made the stupid a$$ decisions!

Let me see… A company that makes soap for men saying, “Men, use this soap to wash your balls” deciding that a man they gave a chance AFTER he went to jail for selling drugs, AFTER he was arrested for assaulting a police officer AFTER he went to jail again for a probation violation, AFTER he went to jail for buying assault weapons and silencers who was arrested AGAIN for having drugs in his car WHILE on probation…

and to THAT we say, “look at the COMPANY”?? Look at the police?? For real?

No wonder black America is in trouble.
FloridaChick813

@B-boy
Jay3088

That is FUNNY and the old white lady saying ME TWO Funny but i doubt if they are going to air this crap but they are selling everything else on tv might as well add some BALLS into the mix LOLOLOL
http://dahoneyhive.blogspot.com ryand91

I thought the commercial is funny and it’s cool as long as it’s run after 11pm. I saw it around midnight a few days ago. But some of these commercials are taking the sexual innuendos too far.
tellem

That ish is not funny…white american need to stop putting this type of BS on tv…they want us to think it’s funny….but what do we say when our youth is going around say this BS?
Divinebrown

HHHHHHEYYYYYYYYY CHA CHA!!!! You’re stoopid!!
Mamacita

@Carrington But I think the part where she said “go ahead and play with those clean balls” and “could play with these balls all day” was suggestive
http://pearlswindow.com Carrington

Mamacita says:

@Carrington But I think the part where she said “go ahead and play with those clean balls” and “could play with these balls all day” was suggestive
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Oh. LMAO! Now, THAT’s comedy!
PAHairston

Hello All. I haven’t seen this commercial but it seems pretty innocent to me compared to others. Hell, many of our children look, act and sound like heathens and we worry about a balls commercial, a commercial demonstrating how a man can and should clean his balls? What’s so indecent bout that?
ysoserious

I have 4 and 8 year-old boys so I’m definitely #teamcleanballs.

BTW, I’m :newbie:. I’ve been lurking for a while now but today I was finally able to sneak in when Ms. Rose cracked the gates. (I’ve been dying to use this emoticon since she added it.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFiPANvxfDg CorporateHoodB-tch

People really need to watch the commerical in its entirety to understand just how EXTREMELY SUGGESTIVE it is. Although, it is very humorus in a frat boy joke kind of way…many people could be offended by it.

With that being said, this same company had the nerve to drop T.I?

I agree with the emailer Jazmine Jackson. Also, if T.I. were white…his incident would have been pulled for a short time but not dropped completely. Hollywood’s double standards make me

#Teamwefalldownbutwegetup
http://myspace.com/theflyestmom Nekita

Tell my children I loved them because this just KILT me!!!!!
http://pearlswindow.com Carrington

CorporateHoodB-tch says:

Although, it is very humorus in a frat boy joke kind of way…many people could be offended by it.

With that being said, this same company had the nerve to drop T.I?
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When do we start blaming the people who do things to GET their a$$es dropped instead of the people who have every right to drop their a$$es in the first place?

Realistically, even if the commercial is sexually suggestive – sexual suggestion isn’t CRIMINAL!

They gave him a chance even AFTER all of his idiotic criminal acts, selling sex and having a spokesperson who uses drugs and buys assault weapons are two ENTIRELY different animals.

You mean, if, as a writer, I can WRITE a book about people and in that book those people may actually have sex and people will buy it, but I can’t say that I don’t want the face of my company to be a po rn star?

Sexual suggestive sales pitch and real life criminals… TWO different animals?
Ms. Thickness

FloridaChick813 says:

My son is 6 and is in the “i dont need to take a bath stage” – I’m always lathering him down after he does it. Gotta make sure the balls and butt are clean! LOL
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THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT ONE DAY I TOLD MY LIL DAUGHTER GO TAKE A BATH…SHE LOOKED AT THE BOTTOM OF HER FEET AND SAID WHY MY FEET NOT DIRTY…I LOOKED AT HER AND SAID BUT YOU HAVE A POCKET THAT I KNOW IS PISSY…WHEN SHE LEFT I LITERALLY CRIED FROM LAUGHING SO HARD.

*DONT TALK BOUT MY BABY*
miss gia

Laugh at me ladies, but I thought this commercial was scandalous, in a jezebel type of way.
http://twitter.com/iamglamrock carmelhoney

@Ms. Thickness, girl i dont know which is funnier! The commercial or what you said to your daughter. A pocket that is pissy?? I cant stop laughing. Whew! I have two daughters also, so I know how it is. I dont know why little kids HATE to bathe!

I remember when I was little I used to go in the bathroom and run the water to “act” like I was taking a bath. SHIIIIIITTT, my mother used to call me out ERRY time! (cause my washcloth would be as dry as sand)
Ms. Thickness

@CARMELHONEY…ONE DAY I TOLD THEM TO TAKE A BATH…SO WHEN ITS TIME FOR TO TAKE ONE THERE WAS NO SOAP IN THE BATHROOM. BY THIS TIME THEY WERE DRESSED FOR BED AND IN THEIR BEDS…I WALKED OUT OF THAT BATHROOM AND I ASKED BOTH THE DIRT BALLS HOW IN THE HELL YA’LL TOOK A BATH AND THERE WAS NO SOAP IN THE BATHROOM. I MADE EM GET RIGHT BACK IN THE TUB….ONE WAY YOU CAN TELL IF THEY BATHE GOOD LOOK UNDER THEY NECK…I DONT KNOW WHY KIDS FEEL LIKE THEY DONT HAVE TO WASH UNDER THEIR NECKS.
pinksghetti

That was a funny commercial but advertisers will say anything to sell their product. I’m sure soap and water will clean just as good #imjustsayin #noshade
http://twitter.com/iamglamrock carmelhoney

Ms Thickness…PLEASE STOP!!! LOL!!! I cant NOT stop laughing! Cause I SO remember those days!!!!

at washing under their necks!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFiPANvxfDg CorporateHoodB-tch

*Sorry, for my late response…I went to the next post*

@Carrington says: Sexual suggestive sales pitch and real life criminals… TWO different animals?
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Would you hire someone fresh out of jail for your ad campaign? If so, then you should be prepared to deal with their lifestyle as well.

When I hire someone I do a background check and due to the nature of my business, I simply can’t hire someone with a criminal background because I am liable for anything personally & financially they do that may affect my company. However, If I chose to accept this responsibility, then I would stick by my decision and not drop them over estacy “X” pills….especially if I’m using seX to sell my product.

Now imagine T.I. was white would he have been dropped as spokesperson?
jazzyiest

To whom do I owe this honer?!?!? First, I’d like to thank God and my mama! Hahaha! All b.s. aside I am the writer of the above mentioned email. I just found it quite funny that AXE wants to axe TI when they aren’t promoting the best images either. Some of you agree with me, some don’t but to me talking about washing balls and throwing around ball sac’s on tv is funny but suggestive as he!!. I’m just sayin… True, TIP is making some stupid choices but it just shocked me that AXE is said to be considering giving my honey the boot. I didn’t agree with Tiger Wood’s getting the boot on all his endorsement’s either so sue me.

Anyway,

It’s nice to not have to lurk anymore and trust that yall will be getting a whole lot of my 2 cents from now on. LOL
jazzyiest

*honor*
jazzyiest

Let us not forget about that heiffer Paris Hilton! They found her with coke in her ride she said, “Wasn’t me.” They said, “Ma’am it’s in your purse.” She said, “That aint mine.” She got a get out of jail free card and is still parading around the streets chillin. I know she’s glad that this situation happened with TIP so that now the heat is off of her and on someone else. Not like it was ever really on her anyway. I guess if TIP was an heiress things would have turned out a little different for him.
http://pearlswindow.com Carrington

CorporateHoodB-tch says:

*Sorry, for my late response…I went to the next post*

@Carrington says: Sexual suggestive sales pitch and real life criminals… TWO different animals?
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Would you hire someone fresh out of jail for your ad campaign? If so, then you should be prepared to deal with their lifestyle as well.

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It’s quite possible that I would hire someone fresh out of jail – if I believed that this person had really seen his errs for what they were and had decided to turn his/her life around – as T.I. has done SEVERAL times in his campaign to convince the masses that he’s a changed man who is now all about positivity and leaving the ghetto-ness behind.

(Have we forgotten that he STARTED this “I’ve seen the light” process BEFORE going to jail with his reality show geared toward “helping youth” – when the reality of that reality is that it was designed to help T.I. with a clean cut image once he got out of jail in order to get and possibly KEEP those endorsements)

If I hire you after you convince me that you’ve changed and then you prove to me that you haven’t WHOSE issue is that? Mine for giving you a chance, or yours for being IGNORANT and foolish?

If you hire a known criminal after they convince you they’ve evolved and they reveal themselves to be sack of $hit still, I don’t believe for a MINUTE it would be acceptable for people to attack YOU.

So, I ask the question again… why are we ALWAYS looking for a way to blame other people for someone’s actions?

T.I. got T.I. fired (if it happens) and you can’t blame AXE… so, no matter how you slice and dice it, the culpability here should be assigned accordingly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFiPANvxfDg CorporateHoodB-tch

@Carrington says:

So, I ask the question again… why are we ALWAYS looking for a way to blame other people for someone’s actions?

T.I. got T.I. fired (if it happens) and you can’t blame AXE… so, no matter how you slice and dice it, the culpability here should be assigned accordingly.
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By no means am I saying T.I. is blameless if the allegations against him are true…but I do want him to get the same respect and fair treatment from mainstream that an Ozzie Osbourne would get. Ozzie stills gets endorsement and he looks like a poster child for “don’t do drugs”.

I know I can’t convince you to see it my way….but it was great to read your point of view.
SouthernPrincess

Good hygiene vs driving infractions, illegal and controlled substances…Thats not even on the same level
I am a TI fan however this latest incident was STUPID AS HAIL. It he a second chance and blow it….And he has been arrested SEVERAL times. OBVIOUSLY he think he is above the law.
http://mobile.twitter.com/iamwonderchick2 LesBinLuv

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