The ad in question, which has since been taken down amid uproar, promoted a Would You Rather?
Would you rather… slap Rihanna or punch Chris Brown, the ad read.
Now SNAPCHAT I know you already know you aint my fav app out there!
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But Im just trying to figure out what the point was with this mess!
the Wild Thoughts singer wrote in a statement published to her Instagram Story on Thursday.
Id love to call it ignorance, but I know you aint that dumb!
Throw the whole app-oligy away.
The ad was reviewed and approved in error, as it violates our advertising guidelines, the statement read.
We immediately removed the ad last weekend, once we became aware.
We are sorry that this happened.
In 2009, Brownpleaded guiltyto felony assault by means likely to cause great bodily injury.
