Lightning Strike Victims Org. Blasts Drew Brees For ‘Disgusting’ Commercial

Drew Brees‘ current commercial has actually left lightning strike victims infuriated … with a significant company ripping the NFL super star’s “inappropriate” and “disgusting” stunt.

The New Orleans legend went viral on Friday after he fabricated getting struck by lightning as part of a promo with PointsBet U.S.A. … fooling some individuals into thinking he was in fact hurt — if not even worse.

Lightning Strike and Electric Shock Survivors International — a company that has members in 13 nations that assists those affected by comparable mishaps — discovered Brees’ commercial … and they inform TMZ Sports they’re not pleased.

“The recent Drew Brees lightning commercial is an inappropriate, disgusting method of promoting gambling or any TV commercial campaign,” a declaration from LSESSI states.

“This is a deadly injury, and it is disappointing to see the continual ridicule of lightning and electrical injury survivors in comical light in which it is presented for commercial gain and profit.”

The org. states it did not discover any humor in the advertisement … thinking about lots of survivors are permanently affected after a mishap, and it impacts their enjoyed ones too.

“To poke fun at these folks and make this injury trivial is unacceptable, and what example does it set for our children to learn?”

There’s more — “As a survivor, this is very disturbing, the thoughtlessness on the part of the participants who are trying to profit from tragedy is remarkable. Much progress through hard work and education has been made over the last twenty years to lower the lightning/electrical deaths and risk of injury through education and informed knowledge of the dangers.”

The org. believes Brees’ advertisement “just set us back 20 years.”

“There are many groups working to educate the public and help survivors, this commercial nullifies all their work and encourages unsafe practices to the general public. And all for gambling … Lightning Bets? How ignorant can you possibly be?”