McDonald's Taking Heat Over Foul-Mouthed Minion Toys

McDonald's says the toys don't even speak English (let alone swear words), but some parents argue otherwise.

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The toys being sent home with children in their McDonald’s Happy Meals are leaving some parents decidedly unhappy.

In promotion of the new film Minions (a spinoff of Despicable Me), McDonald’s has been serving up tiny plastic versions of the lovable yellow characters, complete with the ability to speak a few giggling, jibberish phrases.

But what parents are hearing is leaving them in a huff; many insist that of the three phrases that the toys speak, one sounds an awful lot like “What the f*#%.”

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