PEPSI Kendall Jenner So Controversial Commercial

[@theragingrodent__]

Looking back on this ad, my favorite part is still the cop smirking over at his buddy like, "Alright I guess we'll let them live"

[@mevsimpossible2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@agua246]

☠️

[@Protofall]

WOW, hahaha!

[@Zergul_Zai]

Exactly lmao

[@gamerdzteam2992]

The fact that the boys made the add way better is so funny

[@thepickledwaffle5471]

Had to come back and watch this ad as soon as I saw that lmao.

[@Shynoh971]

im so glad that someone else got it and not me alone

[@netwt23]

Lol they did an amazing job mirroring this joke.

[@AA-le2zv]

Simple this is a ad full of pretentious and narcissistic people so up there own ass is incredibly honestly why do people follow the that family is just incredible all you need is to be hot and have a sex tape and boom instant famous this are the influences of our young people this is why we are fuck

[@DiarrheaChain]

Which is funny because it makes people aware of this commercial

[@thelegend3965]

Anyone here after watching A-Train’s commercial from The Boys 😂

[@JaviLordMachin13]

Yes, super reference xd

[@doctordice6104]

dam straight

[@abramescamilla1293]

Hahahaha ok not the only one

[@yungmartin7621]

Yes!

[@juliarito8401]

Literally came here to show my boyfriend what the fuck I was talking about when that scene came on 😂

[@ascendedsaiyan1804]

“Where are you going, we’re in a photo shoot” “No. This is important.” 😂

[@caligusto]

Turbo rush energy drink 🗣️🗣️🫵😎

[@wsp4665]

Everyone: protesting murder by police Kendal: *gives pepsi* Everyone: YAYYY 😁

[@madysonsalisbury6252]

y’all are so sensitive lmao

[@David.124]

That’s not what they were protesting against. They were protesting for peace and unity (pretty broad but I’m assuming that they meant to do that so the commercial won’t be too controversial). The idea of the commercial is that Pepsi bring everyone together. It was like Protestors vs. the Police. The protestors wanted to have unity and peace but the officers were on the other side. Passing the Pepsi to the officer signified that they are one and in unity/peace with each other.

[@dungww2006]

@@David.124 Thank you Pepsi, this ad truly touched my heart. From now on whenever police brutality happens I will instead hand the policemen cans of Pepsi to make them switch sides.

[@aditiban002]

​@@David.124Thank you.. You have put in words exactly what I had perceived when I saw the ad. What you say makes sense.

[@aditiban002]

@wisp4665 . I went through the ad several times. Where does it say the protest was on police brutality ? It does not. Here the protesters body language too was relaxed, they were mostly smiling, It was Peace sign all over.. So what are you saying? And yes, police are human too.

[@kryonight2869]

This has got to be one of the most universally despised pieces of advertisement to ever exist. It seemed like everyone at the time regardless of race, gender, political alignment, etc had a reason to hate this ad. Ironically just like in the commercial Pepsi managed to rally a divided public into forming a unanimous opinion. It's just a shame that said opinion was "this ad sucks balls".

[@Hickory_Dickory_Cock]

🤣🤣🤣

[@spht9ng]

I actually love this ad. Funny seeing an ad that triggers everyone no matter what background you’re from. 8/8 great bait

[@puppetstudio4989]

it's a start, small things before the big things

[@DefNotABotBeepBoop]

I love it

[@Swattimi]

I prefer A-Train’s Turbo Rush Energy Drink. I wonder how many people will get this.

[@kc09299]

I have it paused on that scene right now 😂. I came to see how similar it was

[@Estikydrums]

Same

[@inigo-montoya]

I read in a comment it was a parody of a pepsi ad, couldn't believe it was real untill i saw it

[@VitchAndVorty]

The police definitely got one.

[@ProtoMarcus]

*_This_*_ is important._

[@kiwifrfr]

police brutality? oh just give em a pepsi

[@thankunext5602]

hqha

[@joelbilly1355]

If it wasn't the nice white lady handing a Pepsi

[@johnins0mnia584]

I keep a pepsi in my back pocket just in case

[@Crunchsnap]

The cop looking over to the guy next to him and smirking like "Haha okay let's open fire now 😂"

[@cultured.youngling2616]

anyone else here after the boys eps 4😭😭😭

[@rapmastac1362]

I love that the people this show has been making fun of have only just realized after 3 seasons.

[@MossBrothersOutdoors]

This was the most odd confusing commercial

[@ninjamelon3156]

The confusing part is thinking about how many people have to give their approval before a commercial can air and reconcile it with the fact that somehow this got aired

[@spht9ng]

@@ninjamelon3156 I would have approved it just to see people get mad

[@87FloJo]

Same😂😂 ​@@spht9ng

[@kaitlin2019]

​@@ninjamelon3156probably got skipped over the vote and they got paid off instead

[@HunterKnightCustoms]

I gained a 6 pack by laughing so hard at how stupid this commercial was

[@master-of-mind5881]

This ad was so bad I went out and brought A-train energy rush turbo drink.

[@rocanlovr87]

She doesn’t get enough credit for ending racism and police brutality. The world is at peace now.

[@weirdgirl7475]

Who actually thought this commercial was a good idea? 🤦

[@khosrow]

Coke heads.

[@maras3naraz]

Vought International

[@ArianasMoments]

it would have been good if they passed the pepsi to each other and not the police

[@khosrow]

@@ArianasMoments it would still be tone deaf af.

[@robertkeane9393]

@@maras3naraz 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NinjaMaxHaven13]

The cheering has me dying😂😂😂😂. Yay, he took a sip of pepsi. Wtf

[@Anonymous-ot6kb]

im genuinly asking myself, why all these people didnt know, that this spot is going to be the worst ever made ?

[@asher9815]

Ever heard of a actor before

[@khosrow]

Cokain and detachment from the real world.

[@David.124]

How in the world do you not think that the whole thing was acted out 💀. You thought that all of the posters were ironically Pepsi colors and the cameras got multiple shots of the different actors to create a narrative and the police officer was a real person!?

[@khosrow]

@@asher9815 he was talking about the people who proposed, green lit and produced this.

[@Anonymous-ot6kb]

@@David.124 bro you didnt get my comment.

[@MagnumDB]

Who are all the other people in this video? Who are all the protesters? Who is the photographer not happy with her photos? Who are the two dancers? Or any of these people aware of the commercial that they were in? Or are we equally upset at all of them for agreeing to be in a commercial about Kendall Jenner solving police brutality at Black Lives Matter protests with a Pepsi? The cello player HAD to know. The cop HAD to know.

[@memetolgerd5701]

Money bro, lots of it

[@jrm2383]

Police brutality at blm protests? Get real. Brutality against cops at blm riots is more like it

[@Primseygirl101]

I think the term you’re looking for is actors…

[@asher9815]

@@Primseygirl101 and that it wasmade 5 years ago

[@kidwaarif9580]

they're called actors dumbass

[@charlesberg1234]

Best part is Kendall tossing the black girl her wig.

[@mickeybat5816]

I remember when A-train did this in the boys, and I started screaming at my mom like "THEY ACTUALLY FUCKING DID IT OMG"

[@Naanii77]

What does this ad have to do with Pepsi? Another reason why Coke is better! 😂

[@thetruth3068]

Multiple people at Pepsi decided this was a good idea.

[@OfficialSpencer]

It’s the team behind the ad should’ve got the backlash, not Kendall

[@elephohno]

If she had half a brain, she would have known better. But the kardashians are completely out of touch with actual reality.

[@junobi89]

umm no she should of been way more mindful of what she was a part of

[@bogdweller27]

Oh shut up she'd push any message for money no matter how ridiculous.

[@marcelosantaana871]

Also the whole point of why the ad is bad is because realistically someone like Kendall Jenner knows nothing about whatever vague issues of peace this comercial is talking about. Matter of fact Kendall Jenner is a Millionaire who directly benefits from the suffering of people of color and the working class. We are talking about someone who is only as successful as they are because of their connections, she was born way ahead of everybody else and shes reaping the rewards for work that she didn’t do. Having her on as the face of an ad like this is so tone deaf considering she basically representa the larger issues that are being protested about. And besides a massive corporation like Pepsi that uses slave labor and lobbies to be able to have the law work for them rather than for the American people making an ad like this is insanely stupid. The whole thing is disgustingly patronizing:

[@khosrow]

She took the money so she can take the backlash. That said everyone involved should be blacklisted.

[@losermann8404]

The Boys: Season 3, Episode 4

[@tavern2468]

Where’s Kendal when we need her ?????

[@DoctorKufy]

Who's here after the release of A-train commercial just to see the original ad?

[@pamelapractice]

and...the fact that back in the 70's there was a commercial from Coke, that said "i'd like to buy the world a Coke, and teach it harmony".....it was suppose to suggest that if everyone had Cokes to drink, that the world would be at peace. Pepsi clearly copied that. back when Coke did it, everybody thought it was good and quaint and true....but nowadays that idea of peace with soft drinks don't fly.

[@treefiddytwoo]

naw it was dumb then and it's dumb now. didn't matter who did it, people are just too smart now for stupid ads like this unlike back then. corporations virtue signaling in their ads is like some weird dog whistle now. the message is fine but the way they went about delivering it here was tone-deaf.

[@TrevorPhilips]

no this was worse. Coke’s ad wasn’t a solution to problem, it was a goodwill offering. the song remix became #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 - it was broadly accepted by both mainstream and hippy culture. Pepsi did far worse. where Coke’s was general, Pepsi was specific. where Coke merely offering goodwill, Pepsi said hey we can fix police brutality. the consensus is the Coke ad still may be the world’s most successful ad, whereas Pepsi’s the undoubtedly be one of the worst

[@yeahohright3097]

The difference is that in the 70s, there was a large contingent of leftists whose stated goals *were* harmony and unity and understanding. Yes, there were violent and "revolutionary" leftists too, but that wasn't the only strand of leftist in the 70s. In the 2020s, no large leftist movement has harmony as its goal, or at least not its aesthetic. It's more about dismantling, destroying, etc. oppressive power structures and any individual who stands in their way. There's no kumbaya strand to the modern left, so the Pepsi commercial makes no sense; it's self-evidently fake because it's referencing something that doesn't exist anymore. Real protesters aren't smiling, they're yelling with grimaces and eager to let others know that they're capable of violence. Besides the Coke ad reflecting the actual mood of actual social movements at the time, it was more earnest and sincere (or at least had better marketers to make it look like it was). A group of diverse people with many differences standing as one and singing a song in unity. Simple. The Pepsi ad on the other hand inserts its product every chance it gets, and its protagonist is the incredibly vain and "winner of capitalism" Kendall Jenner. Everyone in the shot looks picture perfect and photogenic with perfect teeth. This discordant juxtaposition between social protest and influencer, always happy and perfect vibes clashes so badly. It's just a disaster.

[@theinvincibleinvestress]

"Everybody" brown didn't think that lmao.

[@johanstone]

"If every country was capitalist we wouldn't need to go to war with them!"

[@waffle-waffle5416]

ah yes, protest where everybody smiling with joy and no anger whatsoever and the police just stood there without riot gear or protection and also smiling while taking a cold pepsi like this is some kind of new year party celebration

[@mahdikazemiun1940]

it hurts to watch, literally, seriously.

[@__nog642]

To this day I am still blown away on rewatching this by just how dumb this commercial is

[@Johnny_JD]

nah, I thought the A-Train ad was exaggerating but it is literally a shot for shot remake

[@13wayz70]

ikr! its sad i didnt notice until he stopped police violence with turbo rush energy drink xD

[@campfiretunes8598]

Pepsi = world peace!

[@chrismason2098]

Pepsi brings world peace Pepsi brings diabetes Diabetes brings world peace!

[@arjunk6]

The most tone deaf ad ever!

[@itsmeyourfriend]

Who's here after watching The Boys? 🤣

[@feedmeastraycat8247]

i cant believe this was a thing and i thought A train was wildin’

[@AngelDelight69]

I don't understand why it's getting so hated? Am I missing something

[@ArianasMoments]

this would have been so much better if they passed the pepsi to each other and not the police…

[@bobbys9232]

I still can't believe someone greenlit this lol.

[@TonyCorsini]

this is mind blowing that this is a real commercial how was this really made.

[@johndespo423]

1:46 Karen energy

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

The Boys Season 3 A-Train

[@xweert711]

So glad I wasn't the only one thinking this lmao. I went back to this trailer to show my gf so that I could show them what I meant by A-Train spoofing a Pepsi commercial

[@earlkentsucalit3301]

The lastest ep. Is the most obvious one lmao

[@VinaySinghBliss]

You knew about it 2 months back?

[@AnimationFanboy2k4]

@@VinaySinghBliss the teaser!

[@earlkentsucalit3301]

@@AnimationFanboy2k4 were there a teaser about this? I might have missed it but what was the name?

[@LukeValorNJPW]

I’m shocked that Pepsi hadn’t been either cancelled or destroyed by this. People decided to forget about this one until the boys did it

[@bobbacklund1670]

It's almost like that "cancel culture" shit doesn't really exist and is overblown by bad actors.

[@jamesramplin8124]

@@bobbacklund1670 glad somebody agrees with me. Apart from I think it's mainly overblown by little biggoted keyboard warriors who like being racist and homophobic but also wanna play the victim so they create some dumb freedom of speech argument so they can say their dumb shit all the time

[@gravynavy516]

@@bobbacklund1670 yeah exactly lmao

[@Legendaryium]

how the fuck do you think canceling works? lmfao

[@takitako679]

@@bobbacklund1670it does exist, pepsi is just giant corporate, they run the world so it’s kinda hard

[@rogerplana7921]

Im here for a-train!

[@robertclobert4764]

This has to be hands down the most corporate tone deaf commercial ever made

[@filippogai]

Seeing this commercial, I still don't know why did they cancel it

[@amarerw_8819]

right

[@lanebingham8773]

@@amarerw_8819 are you serious. It’s tone deaf asf. Like police are murdering innocent people, problem solved here’s a Pepsi

[@justinyt3517]

@@lanebingham8773 you’re using very anecdotal stuff for this argument. Out of over 600,000 police officers, there are fatal mistakes maybe 4 or 5 times a year (yes we’d know if there were more because they’re national riots every time nowadays) The message is about unity and it’s not tone deaf. People just don’t want unity anymore. They want the upper hand

[@aditiban002]

​@@lanebingham8773rather, Are You Serious ? First of all , look through the ad. No where do we see it was about police brutality, not BLM. And, Police are human too. They face face brutality too, and put themselves on line to protect you and me, common citizens

[@AndreaXV]

​@@lanebingham8773it's a commercial about embracing differences and living at peace, i don't get why people were upset at this.

[@cooli7992]

she thought she ate-

[@AndrewFaust-x1e]

And left a TON of crumbs!

[@bub0niccommie3]

this has got to be the dumbest commercial I've ever seen.

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

The mid 2010s were one hell of a corporate fever dream. 😭

[@KROMAprd]

this commercial was humanity's biggest L

[@Memesdude11]

Think, someone actually thought this was a good idea.

[@xbmpr]

I know exactly how this was able to happen. Every single person who worked on this was afraid to say anything to avoid looking non-progressive. You know there were many people on this set and in editing that were like “this is fucking garbage” but only in their heads lol

[@LostSoulNaMing]

most people see parts of it and some people just want get paid instead of getting the project cancelled

[@phoebelouise9804]

Defund the police? No just give them Pepsi 🤪

[@vbolt1998]

the fact to the boys took this commercial and made a comedic pun is just great.

[@jeremywallace5924]

wow what an original comment

[@assslicer9887]

@@jeremywallace5924" what an original comment " - 🤓

[@gloverelaxis]

a comedic pun, you say

[@CromCruachTheElderK]

No words for this except cynical.

[@jonallen5808]

Bud light apparently didn't take notes.

[@lorenaflo5001]

Pepsi should have stopped at 1:54, and thrown some running zombies in the background biting a head off or two, and it would have improved things considerably.

[@alfhamd7280]

A Train be like:

[@johnnoda122]

LMFAO the boys clowned on this :sob:

[@MP-ji1jo]

Social justice is very important around here - Ashley

[@dominicj7977]

I came here after watching the boys.

[@hyleenpognaire8134]

Ladies n gentleman, thats how u stop police riot violence.

[@MAYITO1107]

Still one of stupidest commercials ever

[@Jay-uu5lu]

The footage here honestly looks like some stocking footage from the internet

[@13wayz70]

i had to check this out after i saw "The Boys" recreation lmao

[@P3myY]

Yeah how do you mess up so bad that your own commercial feels like a parody of something else You cast a Kardashian that's how! Lol

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

trying to capitaliz on BLM & Police Brutality will do that even without the Ks

[@caseyguilfoyle4580]

Welcome to the world where everyone protests for fun about nothing and giving the cops a Pepsi rids the world of its problems.

[@Cola2013_1]

A- Train did it better, no thanks pepsi

[@hassanalkhalaf1115]

As a non american I'm glad the boys made me realise this shitty add exists

[@tineeew]

Wtf this is terrible 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@veneliz4664]

-Kendall? -“This is important”

[@mr.husbandoeu7254]

"Live for now... Before the streets turn into a battlefield"

[@sahonsarma8384]

How was the ad from the boys more genuine than this. THAT WAS SATIRE

[@keelahrose]

I love how everyone just goes home as a group at the end, because now racism and police brutality are over and all the problems are solved. Thanks Pepsi! Thanks Kendall!

[@JimChristopherGovea]

A-train did it better...

[@threeleaf5152]

why is this controversial? she ended police brutality with pepsi.

[@smitt12345]

Cops never had Pepsi until that day

[@bonzodachimp6897]

its incredible to me that they focus so much on the cellist, but there is no fucking cello in the soundtrack to this ad. he is just eye candy. less than 0 effort

[@Saii158]

the most stupic commercal ever made.

[@Arthur-cg6ml]

The boys did it better

[@OokamiKageGinGetsu]

LOL, for those who don't remember, this is a rip-off of the Pepsi commercial from 2017 with Kendall Jenner.

[@michaelbell1248]

SNL did such a good job making fun of this!!!!

[@kayiness]

This cannot be real. It has to be the reverse Mandela effect. It never happened but the universe is misremembering it.

[@sharylgamble9981]

Protesting while drinking Pepsi? Scandalous!😂

[@Anonymous-ot6kb]

who is here because of the boys?

[@ans5270]

What was the controversy again?

[@madysonsalisbury6252]

people are snowflakes ❄️

[@junobi89]

Privilege celeb makes a light take on the rampant police brutality at the time, know the room cuz it was bad, so pretty stupid

[@angelaoconner1927]

This is why we have controversy .. humans being raised morally diff, religious beliefs, all products of our environment. I don’t believe Kendal meant anything negative except like hey I stand with all people being happy and living life don’t judge and passing the Pepsi to the “cop” was like hey take a fucking chill pill while you look at the faces of our world before you judge ! Again my opinion but we all have diff ones

[@tbhtoweee9957]

i agree with this strongly

[@exowerone.]

After watching the kuwtk episodes it shows she never really new this would happen you’re correct !

[@gloverelaxis]

incredible. you're even more airheaded than this commercial

[@toledotoledo3620]

I just discovered this ad from SNL

[@moshyura]

What’s wild is that it was free not to do this

[@KikinProductions]

I feel like I've seen this before but someone did it with a flower or something.

[@chrismason2098]

Too bad those college kids back in Ohio couldn’t have given the National Guard a Pepsi instead of a Moxie Soda. Peace and violence is all about the sugary beverage those in power (and those desperate to lick their boots) have available at the moment of crisis.

[@zenithstudio6819]

Where's A-train?

[@karinalizetteramirez6534]

Estoy aquí por the boys E4 T3

[@giygas_9577]

This is absolutely awful, but at least it didn't make me wanna die like the Coke gamer ad did.

[@kizume9349]

i still cant believe they though this was a good idea

[@AngelDelight69]

I don't understand what's bad about this ther doesn't appear to be anything wrong. Am I missing a really important detail?

[@bryana.escaleralopez]

@@AngelDelight69Yes. BLM & Police brutality are being used as back drops to sell u a unhealthy sugar drink.

[@Apoc2K]

Hand sticking out of George Floyd's grave: 👍🏾

[@abrahamlupis9354]

this ad was before that

[@gloverelaxis]

no that was a different famous extrajudicial murder of a black man by police

[@SEAN31680]

Kendall Jenner and the police officer are very good looking, but no way Pepsi pulled that off… ending racism and police violence by serving a can of Pepsi is just insane 🤔😑

[@vodkaadictsssss3608]

She trying so hard to be A-Train

[@jradjj2988]

I’m just genuinely interested who thought overall this was a great idea but I really want to know who thought a KARDASHIAN of all people would be the best spokesperson. Get someone from the family who’s famous for absolutely nothing and being some of the most out of touch from reality individuals in the world to talk about world issues😂

[@befyutred00]

I just smoked a gram of crystal, it finally makes sense to me now,IM A BELIEVER!!!!! WOOHOO

[@kennadowning]

Honestly aside from the incredible tone-deafness of this, it's also one of the worst commercials I've ever seen.

[@derdesdemden1234]

In Russia they drink Pepsi instead of Coca Cola. Pepsi makes people hungry for war :)

[@professorchadwise3620]

Turbo rush taste better

[@Flassh81]

This commercial would be acceptable if Kendall slammed the cop in the face with the Pepsi. Full on riot. I'd buy Pepsi.