“This is not graffiti, this is vandalism. I hope he pays for his acts,” wrote Marc10.
ScarlettLover agreed posting, “I don't consider this graffiti either, it's just cruel defacing. And for a really petty reason at that.”
Some skeptical forum members thought that the graffiti might have been a clever marketing ploy by Céline, or at least that it will work in the brand’s favor. “Whoever's done this should be getting paid for it,” tigerrouge asserted, “because they've brought the company publicity without doing any harm to their brand, and a bit of spray-paint doesn't prevent people from still being able to enter the store.”