McDonald's made the decision to retire Ronald due to the shifting public perception of clowns. In a statement released at the ...

For decades, McDonald's was closely associated with a jovial red-haired clown who was first introduced as the fast food chain's mascot in 1963. But over the years Ronald McDonald, who donned ...

Wild bodycam footage shows a Florida man being busted while dressed as Ronald McDonald — telling cops after a scuffle, “I am a clown, stupid.” Christopher Marlowe, 40, was dressed as the ...

McDonald’s peddled hamburgers and fries with the pleasantly hyper mascot Ronald McDonald. The red-haired clown was introduced in 1963 and became a fixture in popular culture thanks to toys ...

McDonald's is hiding its famous mascot, Ronald McDonald, in the midst of a wave of scary clown sightings across the US. "McDonald's and franchisees in the local markets are mindful of the current ...

Marlowe, known as "Wicked Jesus," was wearing a Ronald McDonald clown outfit and allegedly cursing and screaming. Police body camera footage captured the incident, showing Marlowe's confrontation ...

Clowns like Bozo and Ronald McDonald used to be on cookie jars and were represented ... Visual images in horror movies can influence what people perceive to be scary. After watching the movie “It,” ...

thanks to mid-century TV fixtures like Bozo the Clown, inspiration for one of marketing’s most ingenious mascots, Ronald McDonald. By the ‘90s, clowns had become sinister. Stephen King’s It ...

There's a chilling reason why McDonald's decided to phase out the Ronald McDonald clown, and why you only see him make cameo appearances. Most recently, the clown was in action at the Philadelphia ...