True, it's not a workout. But just for comparison, here's Joan. One can tell she's seen the inside of a gym.
Kendall Jenner
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Despite this video, she clearly does workout though. If you look at her arms and legs, there's definitely muscle definition there...just covered by a bit fat but it's there. She's just like all her sisters - exercises and works out but eats too much.
not about to link the commercial (Kendall still can't model and it's more offensive than you could think) but here are some of my attempts to share my fav tweets about it...sorry about the format
https://t.co/EdyOmqq4f0">pic.twitter.com/EdyOmqq4f0</a></p>— AJ+ (@ajplus) <a href=""
https://t.co/9t2h6YxCZL">pic.twitter.com/9t2h6YxCZL</a></p>— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) <a href=""
URL]https://twitter.com/pepsi[/URL]">@pepsi</a> really fucked up with that <a href="https://twitter.com/KendallJenner">@KendallJenner</a> commercial. The person who came up with that idea probably works for <a href="https://twitter.com/CocaCola">@CocaCola</a>.</p>— Ridge (@RidgeMethod) <a href=""
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pepsi?src=hash">#Pepsi</a> ad: Kendall Jenner replaces all the water in Flint with Pepsi then hops on the back of a bald eagle and flys away.</p>— Blake Hammond (@BigRadMachine) <a href="">
(Flint is doing...okay, if anyone is still worried)
https://t.co/EdyOmqq4f0">pic.twitter.com/EdyOmqq4f0</a></p>— AJ+ (@ajplus) <a href=""
https://t.co/9t2h6YxCZL">pic.twitter.com/9t2h6YxCZL</a></p>— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) <a href=""
URL]https://twitter.com/pepsi[/URL]">@pepsi</a> really fucked up with that <a href="https://twitter.com/KendallJenner">@KendallJenner</a> commercial. The person who came up with that idea probably works for <a href="https://twitter.com/CocaCola">@CocaCola</a>.</p>— Ridge (@RidgeMethod) <a href=""
https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pepsi?src=hash">#Pepsi</a> ad: Kendall Jenner replaces all the water in Flint with Pepsi then hops on the back of a bald eagle and flys away.</p>— Blake Hammond (@BigRadMachine) <a href="">
(Flint is doing...okay, if anyone is still worried)
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That ad is so tragic that it's glorious.
Side note: I kind of like Kendall as a blonde.
Who ever thought this ad was a good idea? like, who at Pepsi looked at the final result and was like: yeah, that's gonna earn as some serious cash!? I can't even...
In other news, if you thought Kendall's plank was poor, here is Gigi's. Oh wait, she's not even planking in the first place.
In other news, if you thought Kendall's plank was poor, here is Gigi's. Oh wait, she's not even planking in the first place.
She looks even more terrible now with this hair
I like the blonde because I've always found Kendall's face terribly flat and average. At least the new color gives it something vaguely interesting
Aaand here we go... Pepsi pulls the ad.
"'We also apologize for putting Kendall Jenner in this position,' Pepsi said in a statement." Oh come on. She's an adult who obviously made her own choices.
"'We also apologize for putting Kendall Jenner in this position,' Pepsi said in a statement." Oh come on. She's an adult who obviously made her own choices.
Wllingly participating in something means you're okay with the message being sent. She's an adult who doesn't deserve an apology for agreeing to something so awkward for a huge pay check. Although, I'm not surprised that the queen of culture vultures agreed to something so stupid and innapropriate for some money.
Maybe her mother forced them to apologise - seems like the kind of desperate PR move she'd make.
I mean, to be fair, models rarely get a say in the project. MAYBE because she's a big name she had SOME input, but it's not like she sat in the board room with them piecing together this idea. Her choices were to participate, or to step away from a MASSIVE campaign, which would surely tarnish her reputation at Pepsi, and probably elsewhere as well. It's also quite possible that the concept sounded far different than the execution.
I'm not one to back up Kendall regularly, but it's not really her decision.
I agree it would probably be a complicated decision but if she had morals which she valued above earning even more money (which she doesn't really need) she would not have participated.
Weird timing.
I'm reading "The Attention Merchants," by Tim Wu, and he talks about how Pepsi did the *exact same thing* in the 1960's, trying to capitalize (literally) on the counterculture. Took a bunch of hippie messages and tried to basically say, "Pepsi is the hippie drink!" Ironically, because the original counterculture message was trying to move away from materialism and advertising. Seems they thought it would work again....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Generation
I'm reading "The Attention Merchants," by Tim Wu, and he talks about how Pepsi did the *exact same thing* in the 1960's, trying to capitalize (literally) on the counterculture. Took a bunch of hippie messages and tried to basically say, "Pepsi is the hippie drink!" Ironically, because the original counterculture message was trying to move away from materialism and advertising. Seems they thought it would work again....
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepsi_Generation
Interesting @Ellie, although I'm not really sure the Black Lives Matter movement is comparable to the hippies or even qualifies as a counter culture.
@IcedAmericano
I was just going to say the same thing. As much as I dislike Kendall, I've read so many similar discussions on tfs and (I think) on here, and whenever a model 'fashion people' like a bit more is in a situation like this (Karlie's Asian girl ed for example), the argument that she shouldn't have participated in the shoot to begin with is disregarded by claiming that models generally don't have much of a say and that being 'complicated to work with' will make them fade quickly.
I really don't like her, but it's a bit unfair to blame her of all people. (The director and writer on the other hand...
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(To be clear, I'm not saying she couldn't have said no.)
@IcedAmericano
I was just going to say the same thing. As much as I dislike Kendall, I've read so many similar discussions on tfs and (I think) on here, and whenever a model 'fashion people' like a bit more is in a situation like this (Karlie's Asian girl ed for example), the argument that she shouldn't have participated in the shoot to begin with is disregarded by claiming that models generally don't have much of a say and that being 'complicated to work with' will make them fade quickly.
I really don't like her, but it's a bit unfair to blame her of all people. (The director and writer on the other hand...
)(To be clear, I'm not saying she couldn't have said no.)
That's a fair point @IcedAmericano! The only thing I'd disagree with is the idea that stepping away from Pepsi's campaign after learning its script/intent would have tarnished her reputation -- if she wanted to be really smart about it, she could have seen how clearly awkward and inappropriate the ad was, made a big media splash by dropping out, and ultimately earned the approval of tons of other people, brands and consumers alike.
After the backlash started, she also had a (albeit small) window to distance herself from the ad, but chose instead to blindly promote it on her social media and essentially align herself with it. So it's true we can't blame her for being a part of Pepsi's lack of self-awareness... but we can't say she didn't have a chance to be a little bolder and speak up against it, either.
After the backlash started, she also had a (albeit small) window to distance herself from the ad, but chose instead to blindly promote it on her social media and essentially align herself with it. So it's true we can't blame her for being a part of Pepsi's lack of self-awareness... but we can't say she didn't have a chance to be a little bolder and speak up against it, either.
About Pepsi's publicity stunt
Quite true. Ad Week had a good quote on this too from an advertising expert:
Given Pepsi’s message of unity many have pointed to Coca-Cola’s famous “Hilltop” ad. But what did Coke get right in 1971 that Pepsi didn’t in 2017?
“The ‘Hilltop’ spot wasn’t attempting to dramatize a real event,” explained Boches. “It was clearly contrived and invented as a moment. The Pepsi spot is attempting to recreate a protest march and in a very unrealistic way. Two, the promise of the Coke spot was a simple sentiment and a wish. ‘We would like to teach … as in ‘like to.’ It was a wish.”
Boches explained why viewers reacted with a sense of anger as they sniffed out Pepsi’s inauthenticity: “The Pepsi commercial goes too far beyond that, suggesting Pepsi actually has such power. Seriously? Coke conveys a sentiment and a belief while Pepsi makes a false declaration. Coke says, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice?’ Pepsi says, ‘Look what we can do.’ So we agree with the Coke sentiment. Yes, it would be nice.”
“The ‘Hilltop’ spot wasn’t attempting to dramatize a real event,” explained Boches. “It was clearly contrived and invented as a moment. The Pepsi spot is attempting to recreate a protest march and in a very unrealistic way. Two, the promise of the Coke spot was a simple sentiment and a wish. ‘We would like to teach … as in ‘like to.’ It was a wish.”
Boches explained why viewers reacted with a sense of anger as they sniffed out Pepsi’s inauthenticity: “The Pepsi commercial goes too far beyond that, suggesting Pepsi actually has such power. Seriously? Coke conveys a sentiment and a belief while Pepsi makes a false declaration. Coke says, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice?’ Pepsi says, ‘Look what we can do.’ So we agree with the Coke sentiment. Yes, it would be nice.”