{"id":184315,"date":"2025-08-01T13:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/gavin-casalegno-under-fire-for-sydney-sweeney-style-genetics-ad\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:20:33","slug":"gavin-casalegno-under-fire-for-sydney-sweeney-style-genetics-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/01\/gavin-casalegno-under-fire-for-sydney-sweeney-style-genetics-ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Casalegno Under Fire For Sydney Sweeney-Style &#8216;Genetics&#8217; Ad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By now, you\u2019ve probably heard about the controversy surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/sydney-sweeney-american-eagle-great-jeans-campaign-criticized-for-racial-insensitivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney Sweeney\u2019s American Eagle ad campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Now, an equally photogenic young star is facing similar backlash for a similar ad.<\/p>\n<p>And like Sydney, Gavin Casalegno\u2019s plan seems to be to just lie low and wait for the whole thing to blow over.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Casalegno attends \" the=\"\" summer=\"\" i=\"\" turned=\"\" pretty=\"\" season=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" launch=\"\" event=\"\" at=\"\" refinery=\"\" rooftop=\"\" on=\"\" july=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531469 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456157-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gavin Casalegno attends \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d Season 3 New York Launch Event at Refinery Rooftop on July 16, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gavin-s-new-dunkin-ad-attracts-the-wrong-kind-of-attention\">Gavin\u2019s new Dunkin\u2019 ad attracts the wrong kind of attention<\/h2>\n<p>Gavin, who\u2019s best known for his role on the beloved Netflix series <em>The Summer I Turned Pretty<\/em>, is the new face of Dunkin\u2019 Donuts.<\/p>\n<p>And it seems the Boston-based breakfast chain hasn\u2019t learned from the AE backlash.<\/p>\n<p>Either that, or the company decided it <em>wants<\/em> a headline-generating controversy of its own.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DMsUjsKMhvJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>\u201cLook, I didn\u2019t ask to be the king of summer. It just happened,\u201d Gavin says in the spot above. \u201cThis tan? Genetics. I just got my color analysis back. Guess what? Golden summer, literally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help it. Every time I drink a Dunkin\u2019 Golden Hour Refresher, it\u2019s like the sun just finds me,\u201d he continues. \u201cSo if sipping these refreshers makes me the king of summer? Guilty as charged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yes, once again, desirable \u201cgenetics\u201d are at the heart of the ad. <\/p>\n<p>And this time, it\u2019s even more baffling, as at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/07\/sydney-sweeney-goes-topless-for-american-eagle-gives-new-meaning-to-great-jeans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sydney\u2019s campaign<\/a> has the genes\/jeans pun going for it.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-critics-say-its-the-sydney-sweeney-situation-all-over-again-but-worse\">Critics say its the Sydney Sweeney situation all over again \u2026 but worse<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWhy are ads so obsessed with genetics all of a sudden?\u201d one social user commented, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/07\/31\/celebrity-news\/dunkin-under-fire-for-genetics-ad-with-the-summer-i-turned-pretty-star\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney attends the 2024 People's Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. \" class=\"wp-image-531470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney Sweeney attends the 2024 People's Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. \" class=\"wp-image-531470 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2021399300-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sydney Sweeney attends the 2024 People\u2019s Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 18, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Monica Schipper\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWtf is wrong with you dunkin? 90% of your stores are owned and operated by Indian and other Brown people. But you make a commercial about white genetics? Explain the correlation between genes and coffee,\u201d another wrore<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIt\u2019s giving white is right, yeah no,\u201d a third chimed in, while a fourth asked, \u201cAre AE and DD using the same agency or something?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Gavin\u2019s ad had its fair share of supporters, too.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Casalegno attends \" the=\"\" summer=\"\" i=\"\" turned=\"\" pretty=\"\" season=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" launch=\"\" event=\"\" at=\"\" refinery=\"\" rooftop=\"\" on=\"\" july=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Gavin Casalegno attends \" the=\"\" summer=\"\" i=\"\" turned=\"\" pretty=\"\" season=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" launch=\"\" event=\"\" at=\"\" refinery=\"\" rooftop=\"\" on=\"\" july=\"\" in=\"\" city.=\"\" class=\"wp-image-531478 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2225456036-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gavin Casalegno attends \u201cThe Summer I Turned Pretty\u201d Season 3 New York Launch Event at Refinery Rooftop on July 16, 2025 in New York City. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGuess I\u2019ll have to stop by Dunkin and get a drink on my way to go buy a pair of American Eagle jeans! Loving all of this non-woke BS!\u201d reads the top comment on his post.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no word yet on how Sydney\u2019s campaign has affected AE\u2019s denim sales.<\/p>\n<p>But the ads certainly succeeded in making the brand relevant again. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re just not sure if Dunkin\u2019 was in need of a similar Hail Mary strategy, considering there\u2019s already one on every other street corner in America.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/08\/gavin-casalegno-under-fire-for-sydney-sweeney-style-genetics-ad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes By now, you\u2019ve probably heard about the controversy surrounding Sydney Sweeney\u2019s American Eagle ad campaign. Now, an equally photogenic young star is facing similar backlash for a similar ad. And like Sydney, Gavin Casalegno\u2019s plan seems to be to just lie low and wait for the whole thing to blow over. 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