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Her sharing
is caring Twitter outcry over model giving soda to cop during protest
Pop star Demi Lovato was all BY FRANK LOVECE Model and reality TV star of the late Civil Rights leader Pepsis woke Kendall Jenner
smiles for her appearance on Ellen Special to Newsday Jenner, 21, had not com- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in ad are hilarious.
De Generes talk show yesterday mented as of last night. one of countless social-media Cond Nasts online
as she spoke about being sober for PepsiCo has apologized The commercial, Jump responses to the nearly music magazine Pitchfork
five years now. for a controversial commer- In, from the upstate Pur- 2 1/2-minute spot. Many noted noted that the Pepsi spot mir-
It means so cial starring Kendall Jenner, chase-based PepsiCos in- that the commercial ap- rored the Chemical Broth-
much to me be- following a social-media house Creators League Stu- peared to be appropriating ers 1999 video for Out of
cause I feel like backlash that accused the dio, featured a multicultural photos of Ieshia Evans, who Control, in which Rosario
the day that I soft-drink maker of trivializ- march with cheery demon- stood before a line of officers Dawson stands her ground
got sober was ing such protest movements strators, music and dancing. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against police in riot gear
the day that I as Black Lives Matter and Against a soundtrack of during a protest in July, fol- and drinks a bottle of soda
started living, the Womens March on Skip Marleys Lions, a lowing the police killing of in what moments later is
she said. I like Washington. moody, Asian cello player Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old revealed as a satirical com-
to call myself 5 Pepsi was trying to project joins the procession. As he African-American man. mercial for a fictional cola.
years old. a global message of unity, passes Jenner, bedecked in a Evans has not tweeted in re- Pepsi on Tuesday said that
Lovato, peace and understanding, blond wig at a photo shoot, sponse to the ad. the short film . . . captures
whose chrono- the company posted yester- he nods at her. Caught up in Comedian Patton Oswalt the spirit and actions of those
Demi Lovato logical age is day on its Twitter page for the the spirit, she throws off the mocked the commercial, people that jump in to every
24, said that soda brand, after first defend- wig and joins the march. As tweeting, J. Edgar Hoover moment. It features multiple
she decided to be open about her ing the commercial when it a Muslim woman photogra- takes aim from the grassy lives, stories and emotional
struggles and sobriety so she was released Tuesday. pher captures the moment, knoll. The motorcade ap- connections that show pas-
could help others. Ive had sev- Clearly we missed the mark, Jenner hands a can of Pepsi proaches. He fires. JFK raises sion, joy, unbound and unin-
eral people come up to me and and we apologize. We did not to one of a line of police offi- a #Pepsi to his lips, blocks the hibited moments. No matter
say, Hey, you know, my dad got intend to make light of any se- cers. He takes a sip, and the bullet. Journalist Ronan Far- the occasion, big or small,
sober because you did, or I got rious issue. We are removing crowd cheers. row tweeted, The inoffen- these are the moments that
sober because you did, and its the content and halting any If only Daddy would have sive generic protest signs in make us feel alive.
just like so meaningful and impact- further rollout. We also apolo- known about the power of
ful to me that I wouldnt change it gize for putting Kendall Jen- #Pepsi, tweeted minister Ber- Kendall Jenner hands over a can of Pepsi to a man dressed as
for the world. ner in this position. nice King, youngest daughter a police officer in a Pepsi commercial released on Tuesday.

Virgin territory
Teen Wolf star Tyler Posey is
coming back in a new television
role. The actor is joining the cast
of The CWs Jane the Virgin, TV-
Line reports.
Few details have been given
about his role, except that hell be
playing someone from Janes past.
His first appearance is scheduled
for the Season 3 finale on May 22.
Posey, 25, is expected to return for
Season 4 of Jane the Virgin.

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