In her latest commercial, the stressed out Peloton wife hits the bottle.

[pnwmom]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ryan-reynolds-recruits-peloton-wife-for-hilarious-aviation-gin-ad-200856025.html?.tsrc=notification-brknews

Ryan Reynolds unveiled a new advertisement for his brand Aviation American Gin starring “Peloton wife,” whose ad for the expensive stationary bike went viral for being “sexist.”

On Friday, the Deadpool actor shared his new video on Instagram featuring actress Monica Ruiz, who appeared in the controversial Peloton ad. In the one for gin, Ruiz appears in a daze with friends over cocktails. “This gin is really smooth,” she says, gazing into space.

“We can get you another one, if you’d like,” her friend chimes in. “You’re safe here,” the other friend adds.

SNIP

[lapfog_1]

1. "You look great, by the way"

[evertonfc]

2. love it

Myself and zero members of my social circle saw absolutely nothing wrong with the bike ad.

[marlakay]

11. I saw nothing wrong with either too

People are too quick to jump on things.

[LisaL]

12. I think the problem is she looks terrified in the bike ad instead of happy.

Because obviously exercise is not just for losing weight. Thin people should exercise too. So I don't find the ad offensive. But for whatever reason she looks terrified in the bike ad.

[getagrip_already]

3. this one is pretty good also....

Link to tweet

[Beartracks]

4. Just watched the original Peloton ad. For all I could tell...

... he was supporting her training for a bike race, not sexist-ly telling her to lose weight.



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[pnwmom]

6. What was with her frightened look at the camera? What was so scary

about getting on an exercise bike?

[Dagstead Bumwood]

9. Aren't you linked up with actual live people

(or a live person) when you're doing that? I know that would intimidate me.

[LisaL]

13. Well, you can see them but can they see you?

I guess if they can see you that would be terrifying if you don't think you are in best shape.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

16. I thought in other commercials I've seen

They show them interacting. And, if so, yeah, I would not really be comfortable with that for the reason you expressed.

[pnwmom]

19. They can't see you unless you want somebody to.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15408338/bike-peloton-review-indoor-cycle-live-streaming-cycling

It’s also worth noting that the Peloton tablet attached to the bike has a front-facing camera and microphone built into it. Peloton says this can be used for video chatting among members — a feature that almost every single Peloton user I spoke to while writing this story said they’ve never used. How customers feel about the camera and microphone probably depends on whether they’re also the kind of person who covers up their laptop camera and uses encrypted messaging apps, but I’m not embarrassed to say I felt unnerved having a camera aimed at me while I was sweating my way through online classes. One person close to the company told me that Michelle Obama has a Peloton, but it’s been modified, without a camera or microphone. Peloton declined to comment on this at all, as did the press office of Michelle Obama.

Feng acknowledged that the the chance of someone maliciously activating that camera isn’t zero. But he said that the the fact that Peloton doesn’t let users download apps onto the device is a “huge factor” in creating a secure environment.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

21. Yeah, the advantage to working out in your home,

apart form the cost and driving factors obviously, is the privacy. That's a big selling point for me. I wouldn't want to be a part of the experience they're selling.

[pnwmom]

20. No. No one can see you, if that's what you mean, though Peloton

knows which bike is being used and for how long, etc.

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/25/15408338/bike-peloton-review-indoor-cycle-live-streaming-cycling

[LisaL]

10. I dunno.

My guess is her looking scared is why some people got upset at the ad and started claiming her husband (in the ad) must be abusive.

[Beartracks]

14. The faux grimace you give your friends when about to embark on something epic.

She was, after all, giving the look to her social media audience.

"Here I go, wish me luck! Sure hope I do well... "

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[pnwmom]

15. Since she made the compilation for her husband, many thought the look was to her husband. nt

[Beartracks]

18. I didn't catch that's what they were watching at the end.

My theory could still apply, even if it was just for him as "the audience." People have all sorts of health goals for all sorts of reasons.

There's really nothing inherently there there. Just some viewers' interpretations.

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[handmade34]

5. love the gin ad

nothing wrong with the Peloton ad (people exercise for many different reasons) but the social media blowback is funny

[djg21]

7. This is funny too (a bit offensive in places).

Link to tweet

[underpants]

8. Ryan Reynolds is smart. Both of these ads were probably made months ago.

Just saying.

[CaptYossarian]

17. I know why she was upset.

The bike was used to generate electricity for their home. She was thinking "If he would put down his beer, get his ass off the couch and get a job, we could pay our utilities."

Again, it all falls on her.