Sorry, Kendall Jenner. We don’t suppose the backlash out of your notorious Pepsi industrial goes to die down anytime quickly.
Final night time, throughout a brand-new episode of the Prime Video unique sequence The Boys, viewers couldn’t assist however discover that the darkish comedy present recreated Jenner’s industrial in a means that undoubtedly threw some shade in direction of at superstar however nonetheless managed to maintain it light-hearted to keep away from ruffling too many feathers.
Within the episode, we see the character A-Prepare mimic Jenner’s position in his industrial for his vitality drink, Turbo Rush (a.ka. Pepsi). Identical to Jenner, A-Prepare arms a police officer a drink in the course of a heated protest between regulation enforcement and harmless civilians. Due to his valiant act of defiance, the extraordinary showdown turns right into a celebration filled with confetti and cops dancing.
“We gotta pay attention to one another,” A-Prepare stated on the finish of the parody, poking enjoyable at Pepsi’s “Dwell Bolder, Dwell Louder, Dwell For Now” mantra on the finish of their controversial commercial.
Right here’s a clip of the now-pulled Pepsi industrial in case you wanted a refresher.
The variety of similarities between the actual advert and the spoof had The Boys followers laughing their butts off. A lot in order that they needed to take to social media to share their reactions.
“Cracking up at #TheBoys making enjoyable of the Kendall Jenner Pepsi factor,” one Twitter person acknowledged. One other held the identical sentiments, saying, “No they didn’t! @TheBoysTV made a wonderful parody of that Kendall Jenner’s Pepsi advert… laughed out loud.”
Though the brand new episode was a hoot on social media, it appears Kendall Jenner has but to react to the parody. May she be upset?
How does Kendall Jenner really feel about The Boys’ recreation of her Pepsi advert?
Right now, Jenner has but to say something about The Boys‘ newest episode. It’s protected to say we could by no means obtain a response from her, primarily as a result of the Pepsi advert remains to be considerably of a sore topic for her.
“The truth that I might offend different folks, or damage different folks is certainly not the intent,” Jenner acknowledged throughout the season 14 premiere of Conserving Up with the Kardashians. “I trusted everybody. I trusted the groups. However after I noticed the response and I learn what folks needed to say about it, I most undoubtedly noticed what went flawed.”
Each Jenner’s tearful apology and Pepsi’s removing of the advert have been sufficient to make the tone-deaf industrial one which many look again and snort at, therefore why many discovered the parody humorous. Hopefully, Kendall Jenner will take part on the enjoyable, too.
