Viral tweet gives McDonald's holiday cups a 'cheeky' NSFW look

Kate Taylor

Dec 13, 2016, 02:14 IST

An untarnished McDonald's holiday cup, which shows two mittens touching.

McDonald's holiday cups are getting some less-than-positive attention.

On Saturday, Twitter user Sam Sykes pointed out that with some slight modifications, McDonald's holiday cups appear to show hands exposing a person's backside.

Now how the hell are Starbucks cups in the news again and no one's talking about a guy spreading his cheeks open on McDonald's cups pic.twitter.com/QmIuZiDJst
- Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) December 11, 2016

As of Monday, the tweet had been retweeted more than 13,000 times, and liked more than 22,000 times.

"To be clear, our festive McCafé cups are of mittens not hands," McDonald's spokesperson Becca Hary told Business Insider. "The altered image circulating on social media is the result of someone getting a little cheeky and adding some hand-drawing to a cup."