A new Dunkin\u2019 ad campaign featuring actor Gavin Casalegno has stirred controversy online after social media users called out the brand\u2019s unexpected reference to \u201cgenetics\u201d while promoting a summer drink.<\/p>\n
In the video posted on July 29, \u2018The Summer I Turned Pretty\u2019 star says: \u201cLook, I didn’t ask to be the king of summer. It just kinda happened. This tan? Genetics. I just got my color analysis back. Guess what? Golden summer. Literally.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continues, \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<\/p>\n
Watch the advertisement below:<\/p>\n
The ad\u2019s unusual messaging has sparked mixed reactions, with some questioning the logic behind associating coffee with genetics. Others have noted similarities to American Eagle\u2019s recent campaign featuring Sydney Sweeney, which used a \u201cgenes\u201d pun to market denim but also drew attention for its odd approach.<\/p>\n
Internet’s Reaction to the Ad<\/p>\n
Comments flooded in on social media. Most of them wondered what genetics had to do with coffee.<\/p>\n
\u201cWho thought this was a good idea (sic),\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n
Another added, \u201cWeird time to drop an ad talking about genetics (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWTF is going on.. why all ads are about genetics? (sic),\u201d a third chimed in.<\/p>\n
\u201cWouldn\u2019t it make more sense to talk about him laying in the sun getting a GOLDEN tan? Why are we mixing genes and coffee?!? (sic),\u201d another comment read.<\/p>\n
As confusion continues, USA TODAY has reached out to Dunkin\u2019 and Gavin Casalegno\u2019s representatives for comment. Neither party has responded as of yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Dunkin\u2019 ad campaign featuring actor Gavin Casalegno has stirred controversy online after social media users called…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":113948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[71733,71730,47626,71729,71732,71731,815,159,71734,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-113947","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-genetics","8":"tag-american-eagle-ad","9":"tag-dunkin-donuts-ad","10":"tag-gavin-casalegno","11":"tag-gavin-casalegno-dunkin-ad","12":"tag-gavin-casalegno-genetics-dunkin-ad","13":"tag-gavin-casalegno-news","14":"tag-genetics","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-a","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114961255136574106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113947","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=113947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}