Nationwide's Super Bowl ad total buzzkill

Caroline Sikes

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Everyone go home.

Nationwide just sucked the fun out of Super Bowl XLIX by airing the most depressing ad about childhood deaths.

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The spot shows a boy talking about never getting to grow up because he died of an accident when he was still a child.

Total buzzkill moment.

There's a time and a place for everything.

UPDATE: Nationwide defended the ad in a statement late Sunday night:

Caroline Sikes