--- description: The actor isn't happy about Toys R Us pulling the figures from their shelves title: Aaron Paul Says Barbie Is Worse Than 'Breaking Bad' Toys at Toys R Us image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee46b412e56fab77/698762923c1639997e44f423/f67dea05-9f6d-b099-ebdf-3b9c572211a8_amc-breaking_bad-5_2364.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Aaron Paul's Response to Toys 'R' Us _Breaking Bad_ Controversy Is Perfect  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 23, 2014 10:00 PM CUT  Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in Breaking Bad Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) in Breaking BadFrank Ockenfels/AMC  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Oct 23, 2014 10:00 PM CUT Under pressure from angry parents, [Toys “R” Us pulled](http://time.com/3531273/toys-r-us-breaking-bad-toys/ "undefined") _Breaking Bad_ figures from their shelves Wednesday. But Aaron Paul, who played Jesse Pinkman on the show, was perturbed by the concession, tweeting out: > [](http://twitter.com/aaronpaul%5F8/status/525395553308663809) Though the _Breaking Bad_ toys were sold in the adult-action-figure area of Toys “R” Us stores, parents said that the figures were “a dangerous deviation from \[Toys R Us’s\] family friendly values.” After all, _Breaking Bad_ does follow a teacher and his former student as they try to cook and sell meth, and the dolls come with detachable bags of drugs and cash. A [campaign on Change.org](http://www.change.org/p/toys-r-us-remove-breaking-bad-dolls-from-their-shelves "undefined") to ban the toys that had over 9,000 signatures as of Thursday evening. But Paul makes a legitimate argument—at least about the potentially damaging effects of Barbie dolls: A [recent study](http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2014/mar/playing-barbie-dolls-could-limit-girls%E2%80%99-career-choices-study-shows "undefined") published in _The Journal of Sex Roles_ found that girls who played with a buxom Barbie dressed up as a doctor thought they had fewer career choices than those who played with an amorphous Mrs. Potato Head doll. No word yet on how playing with a Jesse Pinkman toy affects major life choices. Paul isn’t the only _Breaking Bad_ star to weigh in on the conflict. Last week, Bryan Cranston, [tweeted about the toys, too](http://time.com/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/ "undefined"): > [](http://twitter.com/BryanCranston/status/524943370356269056) Tough break for _Breaking Bad._ But what did they expect? Walt and Jesse always did have trouble moving product. _Read next:_ [_Breaking Bad Action Figures? Really, Toys R Us?_](http://time.com/3524685/breaking-bad-toys-r-us-walter-white/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3535307/aaron-paul-barbie-toys-r-us/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3535307/aaron-paul-barbie-toys-r-us/"},"headline":"Aaron Paul's Response to Toys 'R' Us Breaking Bad Controversy Is Perfect","datePublished":"2014-10-23T22:00:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:59:12.302Z","description":"The actor says Barbies are more damaging to kids than meth-dealing dolls","url":"https://time.com/3535307/aaron-paul-barbie-toys-r-us/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee46b412e56fab77/698762923c1639997e44f423/f67dea05-9f6d-b099-ebdf-3b9c572211a8_amc-breaking_bad-5_2364.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee46b412e56fab77/698762923c1639997e44f423/f67dea05-9f6d-b099-ebdf-3b9c572211a8_amc-breaking_bad-5_2364.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"f67dea05-9f6d-b099-ebdf-3b9c572211a8_AMC-Breaking_Bad-5_2364","caption":"Aaron Paul as Jesse","creditText":"Frank Ockenfels/AMC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3535307/aaron-paul-barbie-toys-r-us/","name":"Aaron Paul's Response to Toys 'R' Us Breaking Bad Controversy Is Perfect"}}]}] ```