Porsche Rebuked for Erasing Jesus Statue From New Promo Video

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Luxury sportscar maker Porsche has come under fire for reportedly editing out a famous statue of Jesus Christ in a new promotional video celebrating 60 years of its iconic 911 model.

The original ad, which was filmed in Portugal, is no longer available to watch on YouTube after the German automaker took the video private. A new video has since replaced the original ad, showing the Cristo Rei (Christ the King) statue about 44 seconds into the clip.

Although the original ad is no longer available on YouTube, one X user saved the video. In the two-minute ad, a red Porsche 911 speeds past the Cristo Rei, but it shows only the statue’s pedestal and not the actual figure of Christ.

“Hey, @Porsche, why did you erase the statue of Jesus Christ from your video filmed in Lisbon?” the observant X user wrote on the platform after first spotting the apparent edit. The post, which has gone viral, was viewed nearly six million times as of Aug. 7, with thousands of social media users commenting to it.

Meanwhile, Porsche has expressed regret in a statement to news outlets, calling the removal of the giant statue in its original ad “a mistake.”

“In a previously uploaded version of the 911 S/T launch film, a landmark was removed. This was a mistake, and we apologize for any offense caused. The original film is online now,” a Porsche spokeswoman told the Daily Mail.

In a statement to Fox Business, Porsche said they can “fully understand the hurt this has caused” as the company confirmed the advert that did not include the Cristo Rei statue has been removed.

The erasure of the monumentโ€”which was completed in the 1950s as a representation of Portugal’s gratitude for evading the horrors of World War IIโ€”sparked anger online, including by some who called the company “woke” while urging people to boycott the automaker.

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