Eddie McGuire sees red over fake erectile dysfunction story

Eddie McGuire is threatening to sue Facebook after a fake ad was circulated on the social media site that appeared to show the TV host promoting an erectile dysfunction medication.

The ad was posed as an article that used McGuire’s picture and quoted him bragging about how much the “natural remedy,” which purportedly contains “monkey head mushrooms and horny goat weed” and helped him get back into action.

According to the Herald Sun, the article claims McGuire even went on talk show Dr Phil to promote the medication and its hard-and-fast effects.

“I’ve tried Viagra, I’ve tried Red Ginseng, I’ve tried Cialis. TryVexan blows them all away,” the fictional article quotes McGuire as saying.

The fake article, which was appeared to be published under a mocked up version of men’s magazine GQ’s website, claimed pharmaceutical companies were livid with McGuire for creating such an amazing product and weren’t prepared for him to put up such a tough fight in the name of erectile dysfunction.

“I am so confident in the product Dr Phil and I have created that I am offering free samples to our viewers,” the story claims McGuire said.

The Collingwood CEO has called the fake story “completely bogus” and is understandably furious that Facebook allowed the article to be circulated on its site. He told Nine News he is considering suing the social media platform.

“Needless to say, I’m not CEO of that company nor have I imbibed any of their product or have known anything of it,” he said.

He added that he’s never even met Dr Phil and warned people to steer clear of the product.

“The last thing I want anybody to do is to think, because my image is involved in this, that this drug is safe,” McGuire said.

“I’ve got no idea whether this drug is safe or otherwise but certainly in my situation, I’ve got nothing to do with it and I recommend, given this is their modus operandi, to stay as far away from it as you possibly can.”

What are your thoughts? Are you wary of celebrity-endorsed products? Would you have fallen for it?