Walmart momentarily sold a shirt with a dirty word.
Screenshot of Amazon.co.uk
Walmart momentarily sold a pro-environment shirt encouraging people to recycle, among other things.
Eagle-eyed shoppers posted on social media that the shirt spelled out an offensive word.
The shirt was sold at Walmart Canada stores and has been discontinued, a company spokesman said.
Walmart has stopped selling a pro-environment shirt after eagle-eyed shoppers noticed an offensive word on the clothing, a company spokesman told Insider.
The shirt features the letters “RE” on the left and four words on top of each other on the right: “cycle,” “use,” “new,” and “think.” Together, the first letter of each of those four words spells the word “c—t.”
Shoppers pointed out that spelling on social media.
“I need this shirt before Walmart realizes what they have done,” one shopper wrote in an April 3 tweet that now has 2.6 million views and features a photo of the shirt. “Find the hidden word. 😏 😅”
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Walmart spokesman Robert Arietta told Insider the shirt “was only sold at Walmart Canada locations and has been removed from stores.” Arietta did not answer follow-up questions on how long the shirt was sold and why Walmart decided to remove the shirt.
The shirt was not available on walmart.com as of Tuesday afternoon. It could be found at other online retailers like Amazon and Etsy.