Walmart was forced to remove a singing cactus toy from its website after it was discovered the item was singing about cocaine, depression, and suicide in Polish. A grandmother from Ontario, Canada was horrified when she heard the toy singing to her 15-month-old granddaughter about the inappropriate topics and immediately contacted Walmart to report it.
Bought my daughter a dancing cactus toy…that appears to be singing and dancing to a polish song about cocaine addiction??? pic.twitter.com/43NE4ZopZk
— {{{Lisa Mahapatra}}} (@lisamahapatra) November 20, 2021
- Grandmother Ania Tanner paid $25.85 for the toy. She thought it was a cute item that would amuse her grandchild. She programmed the item to sing in Polish rather than English or Spanish but soon realized there was something seriously off. “I was in shock. I thought what is this some kind of joke?” she told CTV News Toronto. “The toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use. This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter.”
- The Polish track is a song by the rapper Cypis. The Chinese-made singing cactus toy has been programmed to sing a song by the Polish rapper Cypis, who apparently had no idea his song was being used for the toy and never gave permission. He’s now planning to take legal action against the company. In the track, he talks about “taking five grams of cocaine and being alone.”
- Tanner requested a refund and for Walmart to remove the item. A spokesperson for Walmart said in a statement: “These items are sold by a third-party seller on our marketplace website. We are removing the items while we look into this complaint further.” Tanner is glad that no other children will be scarred by the toy.
- Of course, now that they’ve been removed, everyone wants them. Since news broke about the toy and they were removed from Walmart’s website, people online have expressed their desire to own a singing cocaine cactus toy of their own. Good luck hunting one down!
