
An ASOS customer has been left outraged after receiving a discount code from the online clothing giant.
When Eric Omikunle opened a birthday email sent by ASOS containing a discount code he thought “how sweet and kind” – that was until he noticed the gay slur in the code itself.
The clothing company, which also made Pride In London’s clothing range in 2019, had indeed sent him a 10 per cent off discount code, however, to Eric’s disgust the code contained a three-letter anti-gay slur, “FAG”
The code that Eric was sent, in full, was “FAG162NV7S23”

Eric says that he had reached out to ASOS but was left with a “resolution” that he was happy with.
ASOS Here To Help, ASOS’s online Twitter handle, replied, that it was “just a generated code” and invited Eric to DM them if he had a complaint to make.
In a statement to THEGAYUK as spokesperson for ASOS said, “We are very sorry that this has  happened and caused offense. Â
“Because of the volume issued the codes need to be automated and generated by a IT program. Â
We are looking at solutions to prevent this from happening again”.
THEGAYUK.com has reached out to Eric Omikunle.
*This article has been updated since it was first published, adding additional comment from ASOS.