Earlier this week, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, equally famous for his work than for being married to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen, referred to Coca-Cola as "poison" in a recent interview, also slamming Kellogg's Frosted Flakes - what are these big companies' response to the football star's comments?
Certainly, Brady is hardly the first person to refer to Coca-Cola as poison, and just a few weeks back it was revealed that The Coca-Cola Company had spent millions of dollars funding research to disprove claims that it's unhealthy, but unsurprisingly they're taking aim at the football player's words because of his high profile.
According to Fox Business, Brady's Coca-Cola poison comments came as the quarterback was recently at the "Dennis & Callahan Morning Show," when he shared that he thought it was wrong to "drink Coca-Cola for a living," saying that it was "poison to kids" however much the company might spend in advertising.
As USA Today points out, at some point, Coke has in fact hired Brady's services as a spokesperson for the drink.
As far as Frosted Flakes were concerned, after Brady's Coca-Cola poison comments, the Super Bowl winner said that some believed the cereal was "actually a food," then basically blaming it for diseases.
As CBS reports, Coke was quick to respond to Brady's Coca-Cola poison comments, releasing an official statement about the safety of their products.
"We offer more than 200 low- and no-calorie beverages in the U.S. and Canada and a wide variety of smaller portion sizes of our regular drinks," wrote The Coca-Cola Company. "As a responsible beverage company and marketer, we prominently provide calorie and sugar information for our beverages so people can choose what makes sense for them and their families."
On its part, Kellogg's hit back by saying that cereal was a "delicious and nutritious breakfast," pointing out that there had been "numerous studies" about cereal being associated to lower BMIs.
Since his original comments, Brady hasn't spoken again about Coca-Cola's "poison."
