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Andy Chalk

Black Ops 7 ad banned in the UK for 'triviliazing sexual violence'

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 "Airport Security" ad still: "Time for the puppet show".

An advertisement for Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 released in November 2025 has been banned in the UK after that country's Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints that it "trivialized sexual violence."

The ad is an entry in the long-running "Replacer" series of Call of Duty promos featuring Peter Stormare, who in this one is joined by Nikki Glaser in an airport security line. In the ad, Stormare tells one man in line that he's "been randomly selected to be manhandled," and then orders him to face the wall. After ridiculing a prescription found in his luggage, Stormare tells the man to remove his clothing—"everything but the shoes"—at which point Glaser snaps on a rubber glove and says, "Time for the puppet show." The ad concludes with Stormare telling the man to bite down on his metal detector, warning, "She's going in dry."

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