A video showing a Facebook prankster rubbing chilli onto his girlfriend's tampon has been removed from the Huffington Post UK website after drawing widespread criticism.
Brad Holmes, who has built a following of 700,000 fans alongside his partner Jenny Davies, filmed himself coating the applicator while she was not looking. In the clip, he says: "It's Jen's time of the month so I'm going to play a little trick on her. I'm going to rub this chilli on to this tampon and see what happens."
Jenny later uses the tampon while being filmed and complains of a "fire" pain. When Brad admits what he has done, she tells him: "Don't ever come near me again. Get out of this house."
The Huffington Post UK published the video under its comedy section on Tuesday but later removed it. A spokesman said: "A story previously in this space fell short of our editorial standards and has been removed. We regret the error." The publication also deleted a tweet promoting the clip from its official comedy account.
At the time of writing, several other outlets, including the Mirror, the Daily Star, the Sun and the Daily Mail, were still carrying the video. Critics have described the prank as "not even remotely funny", while others have questioned its authenticity, suggesting it may have been staged.
Brad and Jenny have previously pranked each other in other videos, including one where Brad pretended to end the relationship and another where he cut her hair while she was asleep.
