Buffalo Wild Wings has decided to stop airing its TV commercials featuring Steve Rannazzisi after the comedian admitted to lying about being in the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11 attacks.
According to a statement released by the company, it has opted to discontinue airing its TV commercials after carefully reviewing the situation. Rannazzisi had admitted earlier in the week that he was not working on the 54th floor of the south tower as an account manager for Merrill Lynch when the attacks occurred. He had previously described the horrific event in several interviews, detailing the pandemonium he'd apparently seen as he ran out into the street.
However, Merrill Lynch didn't have offices in either of the World Trade Center towers, and the company has no record of employing Rannazzisi, either. Rannazzisi took to Twitter to confess, saying he had actually been in another area of the city at the time, after The New York Times questioned his earlier claims.
