I don’t get why the Peloton commercial is so controversial...

it triggered fat feminist

The commercial highlights a very consumerist, shallow, sexist side of our culture all in one 60 second spot. Plus the woman comes off as timid and insecure instead of strong.

Like if you go on twitter and search Peloton it is never ending tweets. It’s just a damn commercial, and even has the male actor fearing for his acting and teaching careers because of the backlash against the commercial.

R2 because timid and insecure women do not exist, SJW?

I can’t. It’s not that serious.

The “Peloton husband” speaks. Actor Sean Hunter afraid his entire career has been ruined by massive backlash Peloton Christmas ad received: “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. My 5 seconds of air time created an array of malicious feedback that is all associated with my face.”

Meanwhile the woman has people supporting her, as if she was actually in an abusive relationship, with even Ryan Reynolds casting her in his new Gin commercial to help her. Lmaooo. I can’t.

R4 of course they exist and it's a very undesirable state. So do ignorant people and mentally ill people... None of whom would be "goals" either. And to think that wasting energy on a stationary bike is a way to become a better person is just a farce. I'm actually glad the commercial is getting push back because it shows that our culture may be ever so slowly getting smarter.

People are upset that the husband would spend so much money to get his wife off her ass.

Yes. Someone wanting to be HEALTHIER is bad, r7.

Grow up.

Those machines costs thousands of dollars and require a subscription fee. Going outside to walk, jog, or run or to any high school track is free. Never pay for what you can get free.

R9 there are other far more productive ways to become healthy. So sorry you don't understand that basic fact.

Yes, and you can go about those other ways, if you want. But why is someone who wants this machine bad? You sound envious they can afford it while you can’t.

R12 I'm not envious and I doubt others are. Generally, Peloton buyers aren't very bright. A fool and his money are soon parted. Also, I know rom experience that hate, anger, greed and envy make people sick, physically and mentally.

Thanks, liberals.

R12 my family and I could buy the Peloton company if we wanted to. So you're wrong once again. You can't possibly understand what we're trying to say so go back to your shallow life and aspire to things that are worthless. It's too late for you clearly. Meanwhile for the people who get it, have a great day .

R14, No, give thaks to fat feminist

R14, No, give thaks to fat feminist

And fat feminists aren't liberal? They certainly are , as are their enablers.

She was really fat. Uber fat! Look at me, my skeleton landed Harrison Ford.

Made up controversy by unhappy people.

I think all the women in my office are fantasizing about getting one of these bikes. One actually got one, and she had to negotiate it with her husband; he insisted she stop going to Soul Cycle classes if she spend the money on the thing. Women want this bike. All the company had to do was to insert a three-second flashback scene of the wife telling her husband it’s what she wants, it would save her commuting time, etc. This is stupid.

This product is nothing but marketing for basic bitch women with no impulse control. It’s a status symbol and the machines will all be at Goodwill donation drop offs in 5 years.

Trump will win.

Am I the only one who would suck and fuck the husband whilst the wife does her exercising?!

When you watch the ad, you might assume that it's what she wanted and asked her husband to get her. I know it's a commercial, but there's a backstory people don't get, so they make it up. By assuming she asked for one, I'm giving the commercial a backstory. Backlash like this is nuts, already. It's just a commercial, ffs.

R25 Subtext is dead. We’re in the era of dictated realities.

So replace the bike with a diamond ring. Are these fat SJWs going to cry 'life of servitude'? No, they're going to screech and say the actor in the commercial should be the next Bachelor. Fuck 'em all.

The ad isn't any worse than the sexist coffee ads that would never be made today. It just had less dialogue.

I think the ad is confusing because she doesn’t start out fat. They couldn’t do that because BODY SHAMING. So they took the idea of fat mom getting fit, but then left out the main idea.

I’m guessing that this is supposed to appeal to mothers of preschool kids who never lost the baby weight and legitimately can’t go for a run or go to the gym because they have very young kids who can’t be left alone in the house for a minute. Yeah, they could watch exercise videos, but I guess this is more interactive.

It’s supposed to be Brittany Runs a Marathon (where a sad sack gains self-esteem via consistent efforts that result in her becoming physically competent), but fails because even though that story is simple, you can’t fit it into a short commercial without the fat to thin transformation.

[quote]Plus the woman comes off as timid and insecure instead of strong.

And that's perfectly fine.

A lot of us are timid and insecure at times in our lives.

You sound like quite the snob. As if people must come up to your superior standards.

“Honey, your coffee just doesn’t taste any good.”

“Honey, my coffee is the shit I buy with your lousy paycheck and boiled water. There’s nothing wrong with the way I make it. Give me a decent fucking food budget, and you can stop drinking mud, you piece of shit loser who didn’t have the brains go to college.”

“You...you...!”

“Me...me, what, Pussy Boy? Do some research before you try to quote a commercial and make me feel like shit about myself. Do you even know what a commercial is? It’s an advertisement. It’s selling something. Do you know what that commercial you’re quoting is selling? COFFEE I CANNOT AFFORD ON YOUR FUCKING SHIT PAYCHECK. Get a weekend job, you lazy fuck, and then you’ll get some good coffee. Maybe you’ll even get some good head.”

“Susan! You said you’d nev—“

“I wouldn’t! Ever! Well, not for you! Not with that shriveled little rubberband hanging off the—ugh, I can feel the bile crawling up my throat. No, Fred. Go to the Plaza and get a weekend job as a bellhop. Some chamber maid can blow you. I don’t even give a shit. Just get the fuck out of this house. Get out. GET OUT.”

—Actual 1950s kitchen conversations.

Lol r32

It's just a really bad ad, and people are having fun poking fun at it. Sadly, all it took was one line like, "Oh my god! I've been wanting one of these!" and the ad would have been fine. It also would have helped if they hadn't cast an actress with eyebrows that make her look terrified. Company stock has actually gone down following the ad. Somebody's head is rolling around on a sidewalk about now.

The problem is that the actress has eyebrows that make her look worried and, combined with her maniacal smile, she has a countenance of fear and desperation to please.

That’s my take.

A different pair of eyebrows would change the whole perception. Then she’d just be a spoiled vain wife. This one looks like a hostage.

Not just “down”, R34, the company lost $750 million in value.

Isn’t part of the problem that all this fuss is over 8 pounds? I can vary that much in a week without even trying.

What is alarming is that the actor actually cares and thinks his livelihood is threatened. What does everybody always have to come out and make a statement? Ignore the bs. Like Justin Timberlake? I think he's a doofus but why make a statement? Stop giving a shit what everybody thinks and says on social media. Know your truth and filter the rest.

R35-exactly-any other actress, and we wouldn't be having this conversation. It also would have helped had they cast someone who wasn't a size 0. She clearly didn't "need" the bike for the reason most would get it. If they cast someone with zero body fat, they should have included a line like "this will make my triathlon training a breeze!" Or "now I can get my daily workout in without going to the gym!" It was just weird seeing someone so insanely fit acting like exercise was a new concept to her. Just bad and lazy decisions all around. And it's stupid the actor is speaking out. He's not frightened or concerned. He's just looking to capitalize on the kerfuffle. Good for him, I guess.

because everything has become insulting to someone. I'm a 70 year old female and think it is ridiculous. If you don't like what the commercial says to you don't buy the damn thing and just move on. We seem to need to be in a constant uproar about something.

She's back. Ryan Reynolds hired the actress

I wouldn't say this has been an uproar, R39. If you read the Tweets, people were just taking the piss put of a pompous product. I don't think a single person was genuinely outraged. Now we're outraged over misperceived outrage.

[post redacted because linking to dailymail.co.uk clearly indicates that the poster is either a troll or an idiot (probably both, honestly.) Our advice is that you just ignore this poster but whatever you do, don't click on any link to this putrid rag.]

R42 Those smiles are sociopathic. Was that taken immediately after Jared found out his friend MBS had Jamal Khashoggi dismembered?

And that lady seems creepy, subservient and weak in the commercial

I want to see the husband naked!

The commercial husband calls his Instagram account “Pelotonhusband.”

PS...does he get points for the “jack it off...have you finally sprung?” caption at R46, or is that creepy since he works as an elementary school teacher?

The haircut doesn't suit the Peloton husband. Why does everyone need that teenage haircut? That being said he has an interesting nose.

Did he just A-S-S-U-M-E she would feel better if she excercised???

R49 Yes, because if her thighs get thinner, he won’t have to beat her as often. That makes any wife feel better.

Fraus getting their fat asses on a bike? Outrageous!

Meh.

It’s sad that the Peloton husband beats and humiliates his wife because he is ashamed of his inadequate dick size, but it is what it is.

Why does the husband hate her so? She seems nice enough. Poor thing.

Who the hell wants a fat partner? Good for him.

Why is no one talking about the daughter who is seen in the first second of the commercial? She is clearly projecting a desperate plea for help, Ivanka-type body language suggesting her father does unimaginably sickening things to her.

Don’t fuck this up, SNL.

Right on time, I just got an alert from The Guardian about this new op-ed condemning the Peloton husband!!! “This week in patriarchy.”

This commercial is the same as rape.

Because in the minds of the OUTRAGED:

- the woman is already thin and doesn't need to lose weight (never mind health and exercise. It's about WEIGHT).

-by giving the Peloton to his wife, the MAN is exerting control over the WOMYN, fat shaming her, telling her she's not worthy unless she's thin

- the WOMYN comes across and weak and not EMPOWERED. She's a VICTIM of the patriarchy.

- WOMYN need to take back their power from MEN who tell them how they should be.

- by buying an expensive item for his wife, he's asserting financial dominance. If she wanted the bike, she should buy it for herself.

Thanks for mansplaining, R60.

Your post is the same as rape.

This has to be manufactured drama.

Nobody who has better things to do, such as breathe or get out of bed, is going to get that charged up.

Maybe she asked for a Peloton bike for Christmas so she doesn’t have to trudge to a gym to be among inconsiderate imbeciles who hog treadmills, don’t wipe their sweat off machines when they’re done with them, have loud, inane conversations on their cell phones while “working out,” and (the topper!) are coughing, wheezing, and sneezing without so much as covering their mouths because they need to “sweating out the flu germs” (in other words, so obsessed with exercise they can’t take a day off).

At least that’s how I read it.

^^sweat^^

I thought because she wasn’t in complete zombie like 🧟‍♀️ CONTROL for exactly 100% of the commercial, that she was a meth addicted prostitute who had lost custody of her kids.

What's a womyn?

R66 - an out of date term for womxn.

The most popular of the parodies popping up

Yes it's rape-- but not rape - rape

The word "womyn" has been criticized by trans activists[13][15] due to its usage in radical feminist circles which exclude trans women from identifying into the category of "woman" and consequently prevent them from accessing spaces and resources for women.[13][16]......

Too funny. Even the trannys hate womyn lol

One does not need to be fat to workout.

She is the type that would want that bike, not a fatty.

I don't think it's accurate that the commercial has been pulled from the airwaves. I see it on MeTV constantly, including as recently as yesterday.

The wife is starving herself and exercising herself half to death in order to keep her rich husband. Too bad, he'll dump her in less than 10 years for a younger woman

If the roles were reversed, and the wife bought the husband a Peloton as a gift, would there be any uproar?

R74 Only if she got him the one with the vibrating dildo seat that connects to a live sex coach!

That was a joke, but I bet there’s a market for something like that.

I hope the actor playing the husband is punished and has to do gay porn to make a living!!!

The male actor is a teacher.

I don’t get it either. The lady wanted an expensive item, he got it for her, she loved it and was grateful. What’s the big deal?

LOL, R60

The parody video at R68 is awful.

Is this what passes as “funny” these days? If so, we are deeply offended at this blatant appropriation of actual humor!

R79 It’s Mrs. Maisel humor.

One day a Millennial will drop her guard and experience real belly laughter after hearing an actually funny, politically insensitive joke and it will start a revolution.

Agree that that “parody video” is extremely “on the nose” and unfunny...

Oh, look honey, you got me an, uh...Peleton. [Makes Debbie Downer face.] I love it. [Rolls eyes; slide whistle sound effect]

HAHAHHAHAA

[quote]I wouldn't say this has been an uproar, [R39]. If you read the Tweets, people were just taking the piss put of a pompous product. I don't think a single person was genuinely outraged.

Didn't Peloton lose something like $942 million in a single day just because of this ad? If so, I'd say that's proof that people are genuinely outraged about it.

R80 “Mrs Maisel humor” - heh, can guess what that means, but don’t watch the show. Can you articulate? I’m intrigued.

R83 It could be more the bursting of a collective bubble than outrage. I imagine that the woman I know who was so proud to have bought one of these bikes this year probably will feel a sinking feeling in her gut after learning about the criticism of the company and lose interest in her new toy imminently, even if she won’t admit it. The hype died a sudden death.

R80 The show is about a spirited young woman in the 50s/60s who starts off as “practically perfect in every way,” and then when her husband leaves her she softens and hardens and becomes a sassy-broad standup comic who is still practically perfect in every way despite being a big ol’ mess who essentially abandons her kids and screws up her family. She is structured, prepared, organized. Her standup comedy is like that parody video; Mrs. Maisel overtly plays into the sexism of the day by presenting herself prettily, but with a foul mouth she tells feminist jokes that pretend to be sexist and brashly Jewish cultural jokes that pretend to be self-deprecating. She’s passive aggressively proud of who she is and insults her prejudiced male audiences while making them laugh. It’s a great concept. The only flaw to me is that the standup comedy is not funny most of the time. Some of the jokes are a little satisfying in their shadiness, but I don’t think in three seasons of standup she has ever made me laugh.

This is why he won.

[quote]The male actor is a teacher.

Well, I hope he learned his lesson. Don't be a douche to your-make believe wife!

He should have given her a Hoover instead.

Women love to vacuum(it's good exercise for her, too) and he gets to benefit from a clean house.

So the Peloton is the 2019 version of the 1974 vacuum cleaner.

I would totally buy the coffee brand R32 is selling...no matter how much it costs

R83-a bad ad subject to widespread mockery is just as likely to make stock prices plunge as something that's truly offensive. Again, I don't think people were genuinely outraged. I think they were just enjoying jeering at an overpriced status item. If anyone was truly outraged, they need to seek help.

R92 then why would they chose this particular “overpriced status item” to snark on when there are so many more to choose from? Why not drag down Apple stock, for example, when Tim Cook announces a new $1,000 IPhone, built off the backs of poor Chinese laborers?

Just asking.

[quote]So the Peloton is the 2019 version of the 1974 vacuum cleaner.

That ad at R89 is from 1953.

1974 was in the thick of "women's liberation".

I just meant, R94, that a husband was a lot more likely to get in trouble in the 1970s than in the 1950s for a clunker gift like that. I had friends with fathers like that. They'd be so pleased with themselves - and the wives would want to murder them.

Hello DataLounge. I'm R10. An addendum: I was a tennis fanatic until my back failed like Tracy Austin's. I lived in an area that has 4 seasons; winter included snow and ice. While snow was on ground, my regular partners and I (in full sweats) were on court as soon as snow was cleared! Some onlookers gawked. Did I care? No!

Only impaired persons with unique conditions need a machine to walk indoors. Of course I support free choice. That's in the U.S. Constitution, But the choice for a Peloton demonstrates negative characteristics obvious to others. Please have a wonderful weekend!

R10

[quote] And that's perfectly fine. A lot of us are timid and insecure at times in our lives. You sound like quite the snob. As if people must come up to your superior standards.

Jesus, r31, do you always take things so personally? Yes, some people are timid and insecure, and yes, that's okay. In the context of this crappy commercial, however, it makes the wife seem like instead of getting all fit and confident on that bike, she was riding it for fear her husband would smack her if she didn't—obviously not the message that the advertiser meant to convey, and part of the reason it's a laughably bad commercial.

[quote] But the choice for a Peloton demonstrates negative characteristics obvious to others.

So does the choice to tell boring anecdotes about your personal life that nobody asked to hear.

R98 if you don't want to read those, then you must exercise free choice to divert your eyes and mind. That you don't proves many things over which nobody else has control.

[quote]While snow was on ground, my regular partners and I (in full sweats) were on court as soon as snow was cleared! Some onlookers gawked. Did I care? No!

Well, it's just all about you isn't it?

If the Peloton isn't right for you, then why should it be right for anyone else?

[quote]But the choice for a Peloton demonstrates negative characteristics obvious to others.

Are you always so judgmental of others?

Why, yes, r99, I know how to avoid reading your anecdotes, but that doesn't make you any less tedious and self-obsessed for posting them.

[quote]In the context of this crappy commercial, however, it makes the wife seem like instead of getting all fit and confident on that bike, she was riding it for fear her husband would smack her if she didn't—

So you made up a backstory that says more about you than anything.

The Atlantic had a good take on it.

TL;DR: Anything that reeks of wealth and privilege that does not have a Goop-like spiritual component to it will trigger the Twitter mob.

(And agree the parody video at R68 is both lame and extremely obvious. Sort of the first thing that would pop into most people's heads.)

R100, R101, I'm not self-obsessed, I'm not judgmental and it's never been about me. I've stated so often. None of your empty accusations apply to me. They're called projection, hate and anger; they make people sick, physically and mentally. All that has been certified by higher authorities fully qualified to make those calls. Hollow opinions like yours will probably come back to bite you and others hard. You should know that the path you're pursuing is off-topic and against DataLounge/Mediapolis TOS. Have a nice weekend.

[quote] So you made up a backstory that says more about you than anything.

It's not a "backstory," it's just my (and apparently many other people's) interpretation of how the woman in the commercial looks. Do I think this is some big outrage? Not at all. It's just bad casting/acting, not an attempt to promote bullying your wife or something. But it is a big part of why the commercial is hilariously bad, considering we're supposed to think the bike changed the woman's life in some hugely positive way.

How do we know that she didn't want the bike? Plus, she nervous because she's documenting her fitness journey, people act that way when they try new things. Her husband didn't say a thing about keeping her fit, but she kept at the bike so some part of her wanted to use it for fitness. People are reading way too much into a simple commercial about rich people.

I assumed he bought her the bike to power his electrified nipple clamps. I dunno, seems like a common-sense assumption.

R107 LOL

[quote] They're called projection, hate and anger; they make people sick, physically and mentally. All that has been certified by higher authorities fully qualified to make those calls.

Oh, yes, I'm sure I'm going to be struck down by physical and mental illness because I told some tedious guy on DL that he was a boring navel-gazer. LOL.

It was pretty obvious to me that Peloton was exactly what the bitch wanted for Christmas. If she was a man, she would have had a hard on the moment she laid eyes on her sexy beast machine.

I prefer the Polaton.

R104, who are these “higher authorities” you speak of?

And yeah, exercise does change lives in “hugely positive ways.” And some people who don’t want to break their back “like Tracy Austin” will choose intense but minimal impact activities (such as indoor cycling) to achieve their fitness goals.

If people want to hate on a Christmas commercial, here’s a much better choice: creepy douchebag presents his date with a cheap necklace because “even though they just started dating, he finds her so fascinating!” (according to the R&B singers narrating this shitshow). And she is OVERWHELMED with JOY!! After all, everyone knows a gal just SWOONS over jewelry! Even when it’s his way of saying “it’s too early to commit to you, but this shitty trinket will give you enough hope to allow me to bang you in the meantime.”

I'd love it if someone gifted me with a Peloton.

#LeanMeanOrphanMachine

The guy in the r112 commercial is probably the guy who watches you while you use the self-checkout @Walmart.

R109, thanks, now I know your identity. You have multiple responsibilities to which you're not attending. This is an open forum where I tell the truth while recovering and also attempting to resolve matters of the most serious consequence on my own.

R28, thanks for an excellent post. Maher is great. On Maher's topic, as a boy I remember the Iranian hostage crisis. All networks' news began every night with that story, which wasn't news. Today is far worse. Multiple "news outlets" must fill 24 hours a day with stuff that's not news.

R60, thanks, you hit the nail on the head, but I don't get outraged; that's unhealthy.

R89, you also hit the nail on the head. Do you know about a relative's personal woes that she and family conceal and refuse to resolve?

R98/R100/R101/R109, people can see and sense hate and negativity. On The DataLounge, there's an indicator in the lower RH corner so people can like users posts. Not bragging, but mine in this thread have their share. That makes a positive statement since I haven't asked for "likes". Since you're projecting, you have time to note those green circles and their numbers. You might be hateful and immature as to ask others to like your posts.

OP, I regret you "don't get why the Peloton commercial is so controversial". Intelligent, aware individuals do. Those who desires and can afford a Peloton, help yourselves. I'm not a classic Liberal, but I'd wear that label proudly. By definition, Liberals have open minds open to new solutions to solve problems. I believe in and support the U.S. Constitution. It's definition is open to interpretation and debate by those qualified. My late attorney gave me a copy of the draft of the original Bill of Rights, which contained more Amendments than were passed. Hope everyone enjoys the remainder of the weekend!

R10/R13/R96/R99/R104

[quote]there are other far more productive ways to become healthy. So sorry you don't understand that basic fact.

We live in a free society where we don't have to consult YOU as to what mode of exercise we are allowed to enjoy. So sorry you don't understand that basic fact.

R114, the Jared guy also strikes me as the kind of person who gets a lot of restraining orders...

It's not a good ad. Before it was "controversial," we were mocking it because it wasn't at all clear why the wife needed the bike (no backstory, plus she's a size 2), and the actress seemed to be simpering in fear throughout the ad. It's badly directed, badly scripted, and badly edited.

The Peloton itself is probably ridiculous, but no more so than anything else consumerist people do today.

But I am more exhausted from people being outraged about something so insignificant than I am about the ad, which is just bad, and deserves our mockery, not our rage.

White people have NO END of time to bitch about STUPID WHITE PEOPLE things!

The thing about this chick's look of fear is just basic Millennial Communication Insecurity -- her facial expressions are 3D manifestations of uptalking and making every utterance sound like a question because they ain't sure what they fuck they feel or want to say.

I am a size 2,and I plan to stay that way.

🖕 MYOFB

You can't buy this kind of publicity!

[quote] But I am more exhausted from people being outraged about something so insignificant than I am about the ad, which is just bad, and deserves our mockery, not our rage.

Agreed. It's a freaking commercial that was poorly done and failed to convey the message it intended. It's just funny, not offensive. I'm sure Peloton didn't mean to proclaim that rich husbands should scare their mousy little wives into exercising; it just came across that way, which is what's amusing about it.

R123, everyone needs exercise unless he or she has an specific impairment. A Peloton isn't the way to do it, but it'll satisfy the requirement. No doctor or qualified expert would ever prescribe one.

[quote] [R109], thanks, now I know your identity. You have multiple responsibilities to which you're not attending.

Ooh, spooky. Please identify a few of those responsibilities so I can assess your accuracy.

[quote] This is an open forum where I tell the truth while recovering and also attempting to resolve matters of the most serious consequence on my own.

LOL, but you're not self-obsessed and you don't take yourself too seriously or anything.

I think the commercial really should have been like this:

Opens up on wife waking up and running out into the living room. Husband stands between 2 Peloton bikes, smiling broadly. He hands her a card. Camera pans down as she reads it: "Here's two bikes because you need to lose twice the weight, you fat cow. Don't want to be single next year! Happy holidays." Cut to wife looking perturbed (Can use footage from real Peloton commercial).

Screen fades to black and white text appears: "Because isn't maybe getting your husband to fuck you again worth $2500? Peloton."

I'd buy that!

The Frau Mafia wouldn't be happy unless he had showed up with a big box of bonbons, doughnuts and shopping cart full of plus size lingerie.

R126, LOL, but 2 Pelotons cost a whole lot more than $2500! If either individual in married couple (straight/bi/gay) makes sex conditional on body weight, of course they don't love each other unconditionally. That's what's going on in a relative's marriage.

She looked like a scared idiot. Her reactions were ridiculous and over the top for a fucking overpriced exercise bike. She's a bad actress.

That was my only issue with it.

[bold]The "Peloton Wife" Is Speaking Out, Saying Her Face Was The Problem In The Infamous Ad[/bold]

The actor who played the wife in the widely mocked Peloton holiday commercial jokingly took the blame for the criticism, saying it was likely her "worried" facial expressions that caused the problem.

Monica Ruiz spoke out Thursday in her first television interview since the ad went infamously viral and caused Peloton's stock to plummet.

"Honestly, I think it was just my face," Ruiz told the Today show's Hoda Kotb.

"It was my fault. My eyebrows looked worried, I guess. People were like, 'She looked scared,'" the actor said, laughing.

Ruiz's unintentionally frightened reaction to being gifted an exercise bike for Christmas by her husband — without asking for one — and then making a home video of her fitness journey prompted comparisons to a "hostage video" and a "horror movie."

Peloton stood by the ad saying it was "disappointed in how some have misinterpreted" it.

Responding to the widespread criticism of the ad, Ruiz joked, "I'm telling you it was my face. That was the problem and it just exploded from there."

She said she looked "worried" in the ad: "I'm like, Oh no, my eyebrows...they move!"

Ruiz said that even as she saw her face everywhere, she didn't want to address the controversy publicly, hoping it would blow over soon.

But she decided to come forward after "people started answering for me" and when she saw some of her old interviews being used in articles.

"I was like, Ok, I'll just let everyone know I'm fine," she said. "I'm OK, I'm not in a rehab for mental health anywhere."

Ruiz, who is a mom of two, told Today that she hopes people can see her as an actor who does movies and commercials.

"I hope people can remember that I'm not actually the 'Peloton lady' and let me work other jobs," she said.

Ruiz did get another job soon after the commercial when she starred in an ad for Aviation Gin, partly owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, that poked fun at the Peloton ad.

In the ad, a stunned-looking Ruiz gulps down the gin while her friends comfort her at a bar.

Reynolds tweeted out the ad, saying, "Exercise bike not included."

Ruiz said that she was initially worried about doing the Aviation Gin ad because she didn't want Peloton to think she "was making fun of them."

But she said the idea was to just "take the air out of the situation."

Reynolds also dropped by the Today show to meet Ruiz for the first time.

He said that when he saw the Peloton commercial, he thought about sending a year's supply of gin to Ruiz.

"She doesn't have to film herself," he said.

I’m allergic to aerobic exercise. Really. The last time I used an elliptical machine, my left arm swelled up to twice its size and I had difficulty breathing—anaphylaxis.

A mastocytosis organization should make a parody of the commercial and show the guilt-ridden wife pedal herself to death and flip it into a PSA for the disease.

Gurl looks fantastic for having had 2 kids. Shes very pretty ,Im sure she'll be just fine when this ridiculous "controversy" blows over.

How the Fiji Water lady doing these days?

The actors missed out on possibly huge royalty payments because of this. Awful.

America is crazy.

I guess Peloton didn't get the woke memo

It isn't crazy. The commercial was over-the-top. It's a fucking exercise bike. The commercial was ridiculous with all of the "hostage wife on a journey" crap. She came off as weak, not the picture of strength.

So someone didn’t like the commercial. Others liked it. Still others are indifferent. Why have we become a society that seeks to destroy people and things we disagree with? Get a life already and if you hate exercising then don’t buy a Peloton. People who stay fit probably are interested in the product. Men and women. Helloooo...

I don't get what these things are. Most people I know are into fitness and living a healthier lifestyle, but I know of no one who owns one or has an interest in one. Who s the market for this?

Well off people who want to be healthy, R138. The Peloton bikes are actually pretty great, and the trainers are really good at what they do.

But no one is explaining why it's better than buying a good exercise bike and just going on YT or getting DVDs, R139. What justifies the ridiculous price tag?

R139, but that's the thing, I actually exist in a wealthy (very wealthy actually) area of my city/state, and I still don't know of anyone who has or wants one. Admittedly it's the midwest, so maybe it's a coast thing. But that's why I am confused, because no one I know in such circles has ever even mentioned this brand. Not to mention the fact that $2500 for a piece of technologically-advanced exercise equipment isn't actually all that expensive. $2500 is a lot of money, but most people I know have televisions, laptops, furniture, etc.. that clock in around there or beyond. Most of the wealthier people I know just have gym memberships to high-end clubs and gyms. I don't really see it as being something that all rich ladies are after.

[quote] The actors missed out on possibly huge royalty payments because of this. Awful.

We can’t make fun of a crappy commercial because the actor who by her own admission turned in a lousy performance won’t get royalties?

I am so upset...that the blue eyed cutie is stuck married to that fat sow.

Maybe she's just a terrible actress?

I actually feel sorry for the guy. He's had crazy fraus harass him on social media and cause him of being abusive and sexist, as if he is the same person as his character in the ad. Ryan Reynolds should have put him in his commercial since he's the one actually being harassed over it all.

I want a Peloton. I put it on my wishlist. Thanks in advance.

[quote] He's had crazy fraus harass him on social media and cause him of being abusive and sexist, as if he is the same person as his character in the ad.

Reminds me of the complete morons who were sending death threats to the young actor who played Joffrey in "Game of Thrones." How low IQ must you be not to know they're A C T I N G?

Exactly r143. Is no one going to help the person who needs help here??

Hopefully a porn studio will reach out to him with a part so he can continue paying his bills, somehow.

The market is stay at home moms. Women with kids too young to leave home alone for even an hour. It’s a legit issue for women with young children.

I work with a woman, 35ish, who makes good money as does her husband. They own a house in DC, and she bargained with him for his blessing to get a Peloton. She told me all about it months ago, how he thought it was a waste of money for an exercise equipment fad, and he relented when she said she would stop paying for spin classes. (She *basically* sought his permission to buy it.) As she explained it to me, I was like, “oh, it’s an exercise bike with a TV monitor? OK.” And she insisted, “NOOOOO, it’s a PELOTON! It has LIVE instructors who take you through virtual courses! AND you can have up to FOUR users!”

And I was like, “if it’s an exercise bike in your house, why can only four people use it? Do you need a fingerprint to unlock the pedals or something? That sounds crazy to me. Why not just get an exercise bike?”

And she sighed dramatically and laughed at me, the fool, and said “never mind!”

R150, Has she told you anything about it since?

R151 Nope.

But R151 if she is using it then it probably was a smart buy for her. She told me her spin classes were close to $40 per class...!!!

I think that’s completely insane. She went several days a week. People really can find some goofy ways to waste money these days. Why not just get a goddamned bicycle and ride outside?

Spin classes, bike workouts, never got the appeal.

I went to a spin class as the guest of a friend once R154, and I thought I was going to fucking die. I could legit hardly walk when I got out of there. Plus the woman who took me and numerous others that go there have had knee surgery or serious ankle problems in the last few years. I'm sure it's not a coincidence.

That commercial would have been a lot better if Mrs Olsen gave them some rat poison to put in their husband's coffee R29. Miserable bunch of cunts.

The man who played the husband has had death threats and he is a teacher in Canada and people have contacted his employment to get him fired.

I'd feel a little bit worse for him if he didn't make his goddamn Instagram user @peletonhusband. You would think after receiving death threats and psycho women calling in to your work to get you fired you would try to distance your name from the commercial the best you could. But he's decided to slap the Peleton name on most of his social medias. I don't have sympathy for people who willingly put targets on their backs, even if they're being shot at by psychotic women (aren't they all, though?)

If you kill someone in a movie, can you now go to jail?

Because people don't have enough to worry about

R159, like kill kill?

All that cycling has got to hurt the pussy or bussy.

I am confused why people are shocked a size 2 woman would wanna work out? I guess people on here think skinny = healthy

Only fat people are offended by this.

[quote] I am confused why people are shocked a size 2 woman would wanna work out?

Who has expressed shock about that?

It is all over the thread.

Could people stop pretending this is about her being thin? There are a shitload of commercials for exercise equipment where the person is always thin. Always.

This is about the "help me" expression on her face. Period.

SMH @ R141

The stores are jammed and a little googling will reveal that the appeal is not so much to very wealthy people but to the more middle class-- Peleton is actually cheaper an easier for many than a gym or something like Soul Cycle. That's why they've introduced financing.

Plus unlike something like The Mirror, it's not asking you to do anything where form is critical.

At least the frauen aren't blaming ME for the fall of society anymore!

[quote] The stores are jammed

Not disputing that Peloton is/was a popular product, but I walk by a Peloton storefront on the UES once or twice a week and have never seen anyone in there. I do know one person who owns one; don't think she uses it very often.

It's a status symbol like the newest iPhone. It doesn't have staying power. It's an exercise bike at the end of the day and pretending it's something more or will have you achieving anything you wouldn't get from cheaper options, is ridiculous.

This ad has been on a lot, featuring NFL stud Patrick Mahomes in a fantasy delivery of jewelry to somebody's wife. I'm surprised these same women complaining about this bike haven't said this ad is akin to cuckolding! I wonder why the silence....

^Is he special needs?

Yet more evidence that America is fucked.

Because women hate being told hard truths. They'd rather live in a delusion than accept the fact that in order to look hot it requires time, effort — and yes, exercise. Women want to have their cake and eat it too, and being confronted with the reality that it's impossible scares them. So in response they get psychotically angry, hence the outrage.

If the agency had just cast a woman with curved brows we wouldn’t be discussing this.

R176 Yes, we would. The People of Twitter are always on the lookout for abuses and societal wrongs to freak out about. The fictional lady’s fictional husband gave her an overpriced exercise bike, and that is violence against all women and it must be shut down.

No, we wouldn't, R177. Peloton has been advertising for quite some time and every person in the commercials is physically fit. People use to mock the placement of teh bike, but that's it. There are other ads for exercise equipment featuring perfect models. No one complains.

This one was ridiculous for the very reason R176 said.

Had her eyebrows not looked like morse code for "help," this wouldn't be a story.

When Lifetime makes a movie about this important moment in herstory, Danica McKellar is a shoe in for the wife, with her worried eyebrow look.