Comments on: Celebrity Endorsements

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:16:58 +0000

Oops forgot about Lance Armstrong, and then going way back – there is Bruce Jenner, and O.J. Simpson.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:13:24 +0000

His agent has come out saying the same thing as you guys – that he didn’t release them and hadn’t even approved them.

Honestly I just think I have a bias against athletes. Beckman, Kobe supposedly cheated on their wives – which I know some (probably most) men don’t think anything about – but it does say something to me about character. In Maggie’s words -Phelps comes across as a screw up – but supposedly he is being marketed as the new Sean Connery.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 16:02:57 +0000

I take that back – just recently Jamie Lee Curtis did an add for Activia breakfast yogurt and I thought I need to try that. Of course it helps that I already like Activia (and no I don’t need it I like the taste). Plus I do like Jamie Lee – she is not afraid to take risk and show the public who she really is.

Michael Phelps doesn’t impress me. I appreciate his athletic ability but as far as him being the face of Louis Vuitton – I don’t see it. Of course his bong will fit in the bag – just kidding.

By: LeeB.

LeeB. — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:30:00 +0000

I doubt if Phelps will lose his medals either. He didn’t like the photo and neither supposedly did Louis Vuitton. And the International Olympic Committee already does stupid things (like go after anyone who uses the word “Olympics”) so adding something even more stupid to their agenda would not be a good thing.

As for other celebrity endorsements, remember when Kelly Brock (Stephen Seagal’s wife) used to say “don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”? I vowed never to buy anything by that shampoo maker.

By: maggie b.

maggie b. — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:18:49 +0000

Talk about highlighting your human tendency to err – that should be are, not our!

By: maggie b.

maggie b. — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:15:25 +0000

I don’t remember celebrity ads unless they are Will Shatner ones. He does a great job as the Priceline Negotiator. That isn’t his celebrity though, that is him playing a part and playing it well.

I will be deeply saddened if Phelps loses the medals over a technicality. It sounds like the ads were leaked early, meaning they were not intended to be used during the Olympics so I would think he did not violate with intent.
The loss of the medals I imagine would be a horrible thing for him given how hard he had to work for them.

Just on a personal note – Michael is sort of a screw up. This isn’t his first brush with bad press. I think the advantage to that is two fold. 1) he reminds us that for all their achievemnets gold medal winners our humans 2)It shows others of us who screw up (meaning all of us) that we can dust ourselves off and keep trying. That is what he has done with great success.