Topps apologizes for card depicting beaten-up BTS band members
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Topps apologized after it shared an insensitive trading card image of K-pop band BTS bruised and beaten.
The sticker card depicts BTS members in whack-a-mole holes with bruised faces, a Grammy trophy over their heads and text that reads "BTS Bruisers." The band did not take home any Grammy awards on Sunday. The trading card and collectibles company initially included the card as part of a Grammys-edition deck of Garbage Pail Kids sticker cards, a series released in 1985 as a parody to the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls. After receiving severe backlash on social media, Topps apologized and said it had removed the BTS image from the deck.
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