20 Mind-Blowing Facts About McDonald's

2. Sarah Michelle Gellar Was Sued By McDonald€™s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhpqvL86C6A She was only five years old at time, but in 1982 Sarah Michelle Gellar felt the fast food chain's wrath when she did a plug for a competitor. The future star of Buffy The Vampire Slayer appeared in a Burger King ad that not only mentioned McDonald€™s by name, but claimed the company used €œ20% less meat€, the upshot of which was both Gellar and Burger King were sued, with the actress banned from entering any branch of McDonald€™s. Other pre-fame actors who€™ve advertised fast food, yet managed to remain on the right side of the law, include Ben Affleck, Steve Carell, Michael J Fox, Corey Feldman, John Goodman and Jodie Foster.
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Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'