Mary J Blige claims she did not approve the final version of her Burger King commercial

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Mary J. Blige Says She Didn’t Approve Unfinished Burger King Commercial

Mary J. Blige says she never signed off on the controversial fried chicken ad that she shot for Burger King — at least not the version that was blasted on the Internet.

Mary J. tells TMZ, “I agreed to be a part of a fun and creative campaign that was supposed to feature a dream sequence. Unfortunately, that’s not what was happening in that clip.”

Mary also says, “I understand my fans being upset by what they saw. But, if you’re a Mary fan, you have to know I would never allow an unfinished spot like the one you saw go out.”

The spot — which Burger King has since yanked from its YouTube site — features Mary singing about a new crispy chicken wrap. The ad drew tons of criticism on Twitter for playing off a stereotype about African-Americans and chicken.

Burger King confirms the ad was released prematurely “before all of the licensing and final approvals were obtained.” The fast food giant also says, “We would like to apologize to Mary J. and all of her fans for airing an ad that was not final.”

Sorry Mary, but you need more people. Regardless of how “fun and creative” you were told the campaign was, you should have known damn well how you standing on a table singing about chicken to white folks would look to “us”.

“Unfinished”?! Really?!?! How much cotdamn “finishing” is needed to remove the coonery aspect of this clip!?!