Parents Pissed About "Cursing" Dolls At Toys R Us

Via Toys R Us

Seems like you can't make a doll these days without horribly offending delicate parents— just yesterday adults were getting all up in arms over a tattooed Barbie, and now, Toys R Us is in hot water for selling a talking doll that some say utters the phrase "Okay, crazy b*tch."

The "Interactive Play and Giggle Triplets" dolls sold at the store make all sorts of nonsense baby noises, but some shoppers have been choking on their own spit when the doll says something vaguely similar to "bitch" ever since discovering it about a week ago. Customers have been lambasting the doll on the Toys R Us site, writing "Inappropriate for little girls. The pink doll says "crazy [*].... to the other dolls. Unacceptable and going back to the store. Very displeased" and "The pink doll calls the other sister "You [*]". I am outraged these darling baby dolls in every other way, are sold by Toys R US. I for one will not shop there until they are pulled." Here's a video of the dolls in action—do you hear anything inappropriate?

Toys 'R' Us spokeswoman Jennifer Albano told ABC that everyone just needs to chill out: "This doll is sold nationwide and we've received very few complaints about it," she said, adding that the complaints the store has received at the store's guest services department were "in the single digits. As with many talking baby dolls what you're hearing is baby babble. Of course we would never sell a doll that would say profanity." There are no plans to discontinue the dolls or pull them from shelves, though ~~ninnypants~~ concerned customers—for instance, outraged tourists in Times Square— can return the offending toy with no questions asked.

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By Jamie Feldmar in News on November 23, 2011 10:45 AM

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miss_subways

As a kid, I had a talking phone, and if you pulled the string several times just right, it sounded like it was saying "shit". Me and my brother cracked up every time. It ended up holding our attention longer than the average toddler-age toy.

senCybil1

They need to recall them. They probably haven't gotten that many complaints yet because people have them wrapped up to give as gifts and haven't heard them yet! Whether intentional or not, that's NOT baby babble, and it is not appropriate for small children as advertised. Seriously, I expected this to be another case of people looking to be offended and hearing messages in records played backward type story, but this one is crystal clear to me. It would be funny if the dolls were sold as adult gag gifts, but not for little kids. I do wonder if some disgruntled employee altered the recordings before quitting.

whitecastlerock

Yeah a disgruntled 10 year old in a Chinese sweatshop decided to stick it to the Americans...

Detex

hahah, awesome!

cornflkgrl

First-world problems.

robingee

Why do dumb women keep hearing terrible things from talking dolls?

pun31

So excited- I just scored these to give to my niece for christmas.

AaronRed99

Well even the children of the Real Housewives generation need something to emulate.

CurmudgeonNYC

Are these the same people who, now all grown up, thought that Rusted Root song said "Simi is a whale" instead of "Send me on my way" back when they were teens?