{"id":113811,"date":"2025-08-02T20:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113811\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T20:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:01:10","slug":"dunkin-donuts-faces-heat-over-gavin-casalegnos-genetics-obsessed-ad-netizens-draw-comparisons-to-sydney-sweeney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/113811\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunkin’ Donuts faces heat over Gavin Casalegno’s \u2018genetics\u2019-obsessed ad, netizens draw comparisons to Sydney Sweeney"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dunkin’ Donuts<\/a> new ad over \u201cgenetics\u201d has created uproar on social media, drawing parallels to American Eagle’s \u201cgenes\u201d campaign starring Sydney Sweeney.<\/p>\n

\"Dunkin' Dunkin’ Donuts new ad: Star Gavin Casalegno from \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d appeared in a brief commercial for the breakfast food chain’s new summer Refresher drinks that was unveiled on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Star Gavin Casalegno from \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d appeared in a brief commercial for the breakfast food chain’s new summer Refresher drinks that was unveiled on Tuesday. The 35-second commercial featured the actor attributing his summertime tan to his \u201cgenetics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I didn’t ask to be the king of summer. It just kinda happened,\u201d Casalegno, 25, says in the video shared July 29. “This tan? Genetics. I just got my color analysis back. Guess what? Golden summer. Literally.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can’t help it; every time I drink a Dunkin’ Golden Hour Refresher, it’s like the sun just finds me. So if sipping these refreshers makes me the king of summer? Guilty as charged,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Dunkin’ Donuts ad causes uproar<\/p>\n

Some social media users have doubled down on their support for the coffee company, while others have drawn comparisons to American Eagle’s “genes” campaign, which featured Sydney Sweeney<\/a> with \u201cSydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans\u201d tagline.<\/p>\n

The line’s dual meaning regarding the actress’s appearance, which she got from her parents, and her pants led liberal critics to wonder if American Eagle was endorsing “Whiteness” or “eugenics.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a person reacted to Dunkin’ Donuts<\/a> ad on TikTok, writing, \u201cWhy are ads so obsessed with genetics all of a sudden?\u201d<\/p>\n

The script of the advertisement, meanwhile, has left some people perplexed. One Reddit member wrote: \u201cNot a single part of this ad makes sense? It\u2019s literally just word salad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGenuinely what does a drink have to do with genetics???\u201d another asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll never have Dunkin\u2019 Donuts again,\u201d a fourth user declared, while another stated, \u201cI guess Dunkin just joined the boycott list with Starbucks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also Read<\/strong>: Sydney Sweeney speaks out amid uproar over American Eagle \u2018great genes\u2019 ad controversy<\/a><\/p>\n

Casalegno opens up about Dunkin\u2019s Golden Hour Refresher<\/p>\n

Casalegno, who had previously participated in Dunkin’s “Not Just a Snack” campaign, described the promotion as \u201ca playful new social video (titled) ‘King of Summer,’\u201d in a press statement issued on July 29.<\/p>\n

\u201cCasalegno now claims his crown, a playful nod to his effortlessly sunny energy and the golden glow of his order: the Golden Hour Refresher.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s just something about a summer sunset that makes everything feel a little better, and Dunkin\u2019s Golden Hour Refresher really captures that vibe. It\u2019s refreshing and kind of just lifts your mood. I\u2019ve been a Dunkin\u2019 fan for years, so teaming up again is such a fun way to celebrate summer,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dunkin’ Donuts new ad over \u201cgenetics\u201d has created uproar on social media, drawing parallels to American Eagle’s \u201cgenes\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[71659,815,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-113811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-dunkin","9":"tag-genetics","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114960956295024752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}