--- description: Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston hopped on Twitter to voice his thoughts on the latest controversy surrounding his show. title: Bryan Cranston Responds to Mom Against "Breaking Bad" Toys image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bryan Cranston Responds to Mom Against _Breaking Bad_ Toys by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 10:06 PM CUT by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 20, 2014 10:06 PM CUT Multiple Emmy-winning actor Bryan Cranston became the One Who Tweets Monday afternoon, following an uproar over Toys “R” Us selling action figures of _Breaking Bad_‘s drug-dealing characters. The action figures of chemistry-teacher-turned-meth-maker Walter White and his sidekick Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) stirred controversy with a Florida mom. Susan Schrivjer, based in Fort Myers, Fla., launched a petition to have the store remove the toys from shelves. Schrivjer was a fan of the AMC series, despite her opposing views on the toys’ appropriateness for children. “I thought it was a great show,” she told a [local TV station](http://www.jrn.com/fox4now/news/Mom-thinks-Breaking-Bad-is-sending-wrong-message-to-kids-279229312.html "undefined"). “It was riveting!” The petition calls for Toys “R” Us to stop selling the doll collection, which comes “complete with a detachable sack of cash and a bag of meth.” Cranston, however, got in on the fun: > [](http://twitter.com/BryanCranston/status/524255816724275200) Aaron Paul has yet to chime in, but seems to have no problem with children being involved in the fun of the characters. As of Monday evening, the _Breaking Bad_ action figure collection did not turn up in a search of the Toys “R” Us website. The company did not immediately respond to calls for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/"},"headline":"Bryan Cranston Responds to Mom Against Breaking Bad Toys","datePublished":"2014-10-20T22:06:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:54:22.406Z","description":"Tread lightly, action figure haters","url":"https://time.com/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/","keywords":["Television","breaking bad","Aaron Paul","Bryan Cranston"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"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/3525778/bryan-cranston-breaking-bad-toys/","name":"Bryan Cranston Responds to Mom Against Breaking Bad Toys"}}]}] ```