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The Summer I Turned Pretty star under fire for Dunkin ad
Aug 1, 2025
Another celebrity and brand have come under fire following the release of an advertisement mentioning 'genetics.'
Actor Gavin Casalegno of The Summer I Turned Pretty stars in Dunkin Donuts' latest commercial for their Summer Refreshers, where he credits his tanned skin to his 'genetics.'
'Look, I didn't ask to be the king of summer. It just kind of happened,' Gavin, 25, says as he lounges by a pool with the Dunkins drink in hand.
'This tan? Genetics!' he says. 'I just got my color analysis back and guess what? Golden summer! Literally.
'I can't help it. Every time I drink a Dunkin Golden Hour Refresher, it's like the sun just finds me. So if sipping these refreshers makes me the king of summer, guilty as charged.'
The ad has drawn comparisons to Sydney Sweeney's polarizing American Eagle denim campaign, which features the blue-eyed actress in an ad containing the tagline 'Sydney Sweeney has great jeans' (a deliberate play on the phrase 'great genes').
DailyMail.com has reached out to representatives for both Casalegno and Dunkin Donuts but did not immediately hear back.
Fans did not take to the mention of genetics kindly as they weighed in on the ad on TikTok.
'Another white blonde, hair blue eye,' one TikToker vital_media_marketing commented in a video critiquing the alleged messaging behind the ad.
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