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Last week, KFC sent an actor dressed as chain founder Colonel Harland Sanders to the United Nations in New York to publicize its Oct. 26 UNFry Day for Kentucky Grilled Chicken. But it seems the actor and his entourage were a little too good as they were able to bypass United Nations security to pose for photos with Libya's Dr. Ali A. Treki, the current president of the UN Assembly.
"It should not have happened -- that I will stress, and very strongly," Michele Montas, spokeswoman for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, told Canada's National Post. She added there was "some lapse in security," with a guard ushering the Sanders lookalike "into the U.N."
A KFC official told Slashfood on Thursday that they never planned to send the Colonel into the U.N.
"The KFC Colonel was in New York City for a Kentucky Grilled Chicken sampling event outside the United Nations," Laurie Schalow, a KFC spokeswoman told Slashfood. "While serving free chicken on First Avenue, he was invited inside by a U.N. staff member, along with a photographer who was documenting the event."
The chicken chain did send "a tongue-in-cheek letter to the U.N. requesting that they allow their employees to "unthink" their usual lunch routine and sample Kentucky Grilled Chicken outside the U.N.," she said.
"KFC has the utmost respect for the United Nations and this lighthearted event in New York City was in no way meant to undermine the important work that the U.N. does around the world," Schalow said.
What do you think? Should the Colonel have gone to the U.N.? Let us know in the comments below.
[Via the National Post]
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10-30-2009 @1:14PM CO said... right on Doane! i love kfc. this is too funny that some un dupe was "duped" by a look a like enough to invite them into the building. ha ha!
i'm buying 2 buckets (spicy crispy) this weekend to eat over the next days.
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10-30-2009 @1:19PM DOCJAY1111 said... this is a great p.r.stunt and the people at the un are talking like he came in with a bomb,can't these guys take a joke, anyway this has to be near the top for an award,and like it was explained,the COLONEL was invited in,this MORONIC IDIOT who invited him in should be the one getting in trouble.
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10-30-2009 @1:30PM Bryan said... The real Colonel has been dead for years and the people at the UN don't know this?? Woah, ok, and I thought I couldn't have any less respect for the UN.
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10-30-2009 @1:34PM C Jones said... ...am I missing something? I think the Colonel was invited in, wasn't he. I don't think he stormed the gates, so why is the Colonel or KFC at fault?? ...for those of you that haven't, try Chick-Fil-A, really juicy and scrumptious.
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10-30-2009 @1:43PM celkitty said... Who cares?
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10-30-2009 @2:05PM dhjba5541 said... Who cares if KFC did mabye they wanted free chicken inside the Un bldg where they were working and could not get outside. And I applayed the KFC worker who went in as Colonel Sanders and I think it was a good idea and he looked cute.:) It was All Good !!!!
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10-30-2009 @2:06PM Tari said... Hey even UN people gotta eat.
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10-30-2009 @2:21PM Pamela said... Watch out...he's got a chicken leg in his hand and he knows how to use it. Run for cover!
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10-30-2009 @5:41PM Patricia said... How interesting, security allowing a fake Colonel Sanders in for a photo-op with Muammar al-Gaddafi's top man Dr. Ali A. Treki. The current president of the UN Assembly and this isn't a big deal to the posters. Does Lockerbie ring a bell anyone? Gaddafi's last visit? I really don't think KFC wants to be identified with Libyian high ranking diplomats.
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10-31-2009 @8:15PM Tina Hahn said... Meat is murder. I'll have an order of Freedom Fries.
~PETAgirl
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