JCPenney once advertised a tea kettle that some said resembled Hitler

"Rumors that retailer JCPenney once featured a billboard advertising a tea kettle that some viewers claimed looked like Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler circulated online in October 2025. Users on social media platforms such as ( ), ( ) and ( ) posted purported pictures of the billboard, with one of the images blurred to encourage a more abstract view of what many saw as the kettle's resemblance to Hitler giving a Nazi salute."

"The claim JCPenney once had a billboard featuring a tea kettle that passersby accused of looking like Hitler is true. The billboard went up overlooking the southbound Interstate 405 freeway in Culver City, California, in 2013 and a Reddit user posted an image of the advertisement in the r/LosAngeles subreddit . The billboard was widely reported on in the media due in part to the retailer's well-reported falling profits at the time."

Rumors circulated in October 2025 that JCPenney displayed a billboard featuring a tea kettle some viewers said resembled Adolf Hitler. Social media users posted images, including a blurred photo to encourage abstract interpretation. The billboard stood over southbound Interstate 405 in Culver City, California, in 2013, and a Reddit user posted an image in r/LosAngeles. Local Los Angeles affiliates reported on May 23, 2013 amid JCPenney's falling profits. The kettle was from the Michael Graves collection, retailed for $40 on JCPenney.com, and was marketed with features like a cool-touch handle, space-saving design and a whistle. JCPenney called the resemblance "totally unintentional" and joked about a snowman.

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