Former “Bachelor” candidate Denise Merten advertises chewing gum on Instagram. These should protect against Corona. Oliver immediately takes up the obvious fraud.
Denise Merten (32) became known in the RTL dome show “Der Bachelor”. In 2020 she took part in the “Summer House of the Stars” together with her partner Henning Merten. The reality TV candidate now has almost 300,000 followers on Instagram – the influencer has now used her reach to advertise a more than dubious product.
Denise Merten advertises chewing gum that is supposed to protect against corona
The chewing gum that Denise Merten is promoting is intended to protect against corona disease. You should neither be able to get infected with the virus by chewing it nor pass it on to others. “Find them so crass! There are also lozenges of it. You chew for a quarter of an hour and then have two hours of full protection. No infection and no passing on if you have it,” enthuses the influencer.
Sounds too good to be true! And that’s it. Because it is a dangerous scam. The ingredients are no different than other chewing gum brands. And there are no independent studies that prove the effect.
Oliver Pocher draws attention to fraud
Oliver Pocher senses the fraud immediately. In his Instagram story, he shoots at Denise Merten and writes mockingly: “Now prevent Corona with chewing gum! Please forward to Karl Lauterbach!” He also shares some Amazon reviews of the product. For example, a user writes: “Sucking on a peppermint tea bag has the same effect”.
In this case, Oliver Pocher may be right to denounce Denise Merten like that. In the past, however, the comedian has often been accused of bullying influencers. Anne Wunsch even goes so far as to describe Oliver Pocher and his wife Amira as a “bully dream team”. Sources used: Instagram/Denise Merten, Instagram/Oliver Pocher, Amazon
