Hallmark CEO apologizes, aims to 'reinstate' pulled Zola ad featuring same-sex couple

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Hallmark CEO apologizes, aims to 'reinstate' pulled Zola ad featuring same-sex couple
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https://youtu.be/-pVnnGK6BP4 Following intense criticism, Hallmark CEO Mike Perry is apologizing after the Hallmark Channel pulled multiple ads for the wedding…

for the wedding planning site Zola in which same-sex couples were shown kissing.

The statement also notes that the “Hallmark Channel will be reaching out to Zola to reestablish our partnership and reinstate the commercials,” and will be working with GLAAD on LGBTQ inclusion in its brands. In a statement to EW, Zola’s Chief Marketing Officer Mike Chi responded to Hallmark’s apology. “We were deeply troubled when Hallmark rejected our commercials for featuring a lesbian couple celebrating their

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