The BBC have outdone DiHydrogen Monoxide

[GB]

TV stars agree to promote poison diet drink on Instagram

Don't these people have minders?

[Richard]

It's the people who watch the drivel which turns these shitbags into 'celebrities' need slapping.

[Chris Hogg]

Much ado about nothing. Lots of foods contain hydrogen cyanide. Almonds, cassava, bamboo shoots, apple pips and lima beans, for example, with no ill effects on people from ingesting them in moderation.

[Dave Liquorice]

Yes, they are called "agents", with both eyes firmly fixed on the dollar signs.

The story isn't about a fictional "poison health drink" but wether the celebrities would endorse something without trying it, indeed endorse something that they were told they would not be allowed to try.

I wonder how many other celebrites were approached, they or their agents knew what HCN is and rumbled the sting.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

And they give legitimate social meedia and youtube contributors a bad name.

Mind you the world is full of idiots, and they are still developing better ones! Brian

[Brian Gaff (Sofa 2)]

I'm sure that if you used vaping to extreme you could kill yourself with nicotine, its not done wonders for bees. Brian

[Alan J. Wylie]

Don't forget Brass Eye and the "Cake" investigation

Lots of famous people, including an MP, conned into denouncing a hoax new drug.

[charles]

I can remember that the magic letters "BBC" appeared on blank compact cassettes and VHF radio aerials without any quality control whatsoever.

[alan_m]

Just consider on main stream TV how many celebrities (Titchmarsh, Parkinson etc.) promote the rip-off financial products aimed at the over fifties - with no medical questions asked. I'll bet none of them have subscribed to the services they are promoting.

[PeterC]

Cherry juice - drink about a gallon of it in a few minutes... - or possibly it might be self-ejecting.

[spuorgelgoog]

Perhaps if you drank this undiluted

Owain

[whisky-dave]

yes a brillant comedy as was Jam, why don't they repeat these.

[whisky-dave]

Remember Leah Betts, she may have died because she drank so much water that her brain swelled.

[ARW]

Not since Max Clifford snuffed it.

[Martin Brown]

They should launch it. A bit of Darwinian selection might do no harm.