Lightning Strike Victims Org. Blasts Drew Brees For ‘Disgusting’ Industrial

Drew Brees‘ current industrial has left lightning strike victims enraged … with a serious group ripping the NFL famous person’s “inappropriate” and “disgusting” stunt.

The New Orleans legend went viral on Friday after he faked getting struck by lightning as a part of a promotion with PointsBet USA … duping some folks into believing he was truly injured — if not worse.

Lightning Strike and Electrical Shock Survivors Worldwide — a company that has members in 13 nations that helps these impacted by comparable accidents — received wind of Brees’ industrial … and so they inform TMZ Sports activities they don’t seem to be pleased.

“The current Drew Brees lightning industrial is an inappropriate, disgusting technique of selling playing or any TV industrial marketing campaign,” a press release from LSESSI says.

“It is a lethal damage, and it’s disappointing to see the continuous ridicule of lightning and electrical damage survivors in comical gentle through which it’s introduced for industrial acquire and revenue.”

The org. says it didn’t discover any humor within the advert … contemplating many survivors are ceaselessly impacted after an accident, and it impacts their family members as nicely.

“To poke enjoyable at these of us and make this damage trivial is unacceptable, and what instance does it set for our youngsters to study?”

There’s extra — “As a survivor, that is very disturbing, the thoughtlessness on the a part of the contributors who’re making an attempt to revenue from tragedy is exceptional. A lot progress by way of exhausting work and schooling has been made during the last twenty years to decrease the lightning/electrical deaths and threat of damage by way of schooling and knowledgeable information of the hazards.”

The org. believes Brees’ advert “simply set us again 20 years.”

“There are various teams working to coach the general public and assist survivors, this industrial nullifies all their work and encourages unsafe practices to most people. And all for playing … Lightning Bets? How ignorant are you able to probably be?”