A Call of Duty advertisement had been banned for 'trivialising sexual violence'. The female officer, played by American comedian Nikki Glaser, said she and a male agent had replaced staff who were busy playing the video game. The male officer, portrayed by Swedish-American actor Peter Stormare, then frisked the traveller, telling him: 'You've been randomly selected to be manhandled - face the wall.' Swedish-American actor Peter Stormare played the male officer in the advert and has appeared in Call of Duty video games previously as 'The Replacer'. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received nine complaints that the advert was irresponsible and offensive for trivialising sexual violence.

Source: Daily Mail February 18, 2026 18:26 UTC