In a 30-second ad for Nationwide Insurance, Federline is shown dreaming he is a rap star but then snaps out of it to face reality -- he's working at a burger restaurant.
But the National Restaurant Association's Chief Executive Steven Anderson has written to Nationwide saying the ad leaves the impression that working in a restaurant is demeaning and unpleasant and asking the commercial to be dumped.
"An ad such as this would be a strong and a direct insult to the 12.8 million Americans who work in the restaurant industry," wrote Anderson, head of the association that represents 935,000 U.S. restaurants. "Developing creative concepts that accomplish the marketing strategies for a product should not require denigrating another industry."
A Mets fan who impersonated a reporter last season was fined $1,000 on Tuesday and ordered to stay away from Mets home games for the next three years.
Ryan Leli, 18, was also ordered to stay away from Brooklyn Cyclones games, a Mets' minor-league franchise, and the Mets' spring training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Leli forged a press pass to get into the visiting clubhouse last season in order to interview Mike Piazza, the former Mets catcher who played for the Padres in 2006. Leli's questions and request for a picture with Piazza got him ejected from the clubhouse.
Uncle Milty wrote:Marion wrote:How is it possible that this guy wasn't convicted??
Irvine cop ejaculates on a motorist but escapes criminal liability
Maybe she had it coming?[sic]
WilliamC wrote:If I ever come across a talking urinal cake, I am taking it home with me.