25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Quick! What do Dustin Hoffman and an Australian telecommunications company have in common?
25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads
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We get that when someone hits celebrity status, their name and likeness become a brand of their own. That’s all fine and dandy, and it’s not like we’re going to lose sleep over this, but when it comes to hocking products, they should really be a little more selective.

If not, they’re sure to get some random pop-culture tidbit-obsessed site like ours harshly judging their decision-making skills, which could honestly prove detrimental to their entire careers. Here, check out these brutal ads before you never hear from these celebs again…

Luke Wilson

Comedy performers in cringeworthy ads AT&T LUKE WILSON Meant to be a jab at Verizon, AT&T missed the mark by casting the very chill, monotone Wilson. In a baggy, ill-fitting suit, he looks like he barely even learned his lines. Nation's fastest 3G network. Talk and surf at the same time. x Most popular smartphones CRACKED

20th Century Studios,
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Time

Malcolm McDowell for Lunchables

Celebrity overseas gigs M MALCOLM McDOWELL's Lunchables ads Known for edgy roles in A Clockwork Orange and if..., we're not sure why the normally serious British actor came to America to film very silly commercials for Lunchables microwavable tacos. CRACKED

Kraft Heinz

iSpot.TV

Kim Kardashian for Diet Lollipops

Kim Kardashian spammed social media with useless diet lollipops. Marketing sugar-filled lollipops with unproven secret ingredients as a weight loss t

All Kinds of Famous Dudes for All Kinds of Different Colognes

ADS FOR MEN'S COLOGNE DAVIR UNSCRIPTED BECKH.. PATRICK DEMPSEY LISSC foone YOu possion IL *161 POLO L ALPW ES i 1 ENRLONE LALESLAS RICH CELEBRITIESWHO

Madonna for Pepsi

In 1989, Pepsi wanted to appeal to American families. So they hired Madonna. Pepsi used Madge's song Like A Prayer in their commercials, which debut

George Clooney for Martini

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Harrison Ford for Uncharted

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Madonna for Takara Liquor

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Stephen Hawking for Jaguar

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Nicolas Cage for Pachinko

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Is Nicolas Cage unironically the best celeb? He's always down to take on the weirdest and most random roles. 

Jerry Seinfeld for Windows Vista OS

25 Celebrities Who Starred in the Most Cringeworthy Ads

Jodie Foster for Kinda Everything

JODIE FOSTER HAS been verY SeLEGtive In HER movie CAREER. Ciid FeeRI Coffe Lotfe SHE HASN'T Been AS PICKY in HER endorsements, ADVERTISING VIRTUALLY E

Sonny & Cher for The Bible

In A 1970 AD In TVGUIDE CRAGKEDCOM sonnY And cHEiR endorsed THE BIBLE. Look who reads the Bible. The me mle Ble Bee sen that vadoller. Hard thiNES YOU

Dee Snider for Stanley Steemer

TWISTED SISTER FRONT MAN DEE SNIDER APPEARED IN AN AD FOR MENU SHAULEY ShBMee 144 >>1 CARPET CLEANING CRACKEDCONT

Dustin Hoffman for An Australian Telecommunications Company

It's never good to see an acting legend do a mundane commercial but for Dustin Hoffman to appear in an ad for an Australian telecommunications company

Angelina Jolie for Louis Vuitton

Angelina Jolie advertised a 7,000 Louis Vuitton bag while sitting in a swamp. In Cambodia.

Ashton Kutcher for PopChips

CRACKED In 2012 popchips released a commercial starring Ashton Kutcher in brownface. He played a Bollywood producer named Raj, complete with a mock In

Antonio Banderas for Mulino Bianco

Antonio Banderas starred in a series of Italian commercials for Mulino Bianco, a brand of baked products. One of these is a bread commercial in which

I mean he is, in fact, known best for his role as a talking cat. 

Jamie Oliver for Sadia

S Cer Oestov Jamie Oliver, a well-known advocate for fresh and healthy food, did a commercial for Sadia, a company that sells frozen meat products.

Elvis Costello for Lexus

CRACKED.COM Elvis Costello Did A Lexus Ad The new wave rebel sat in a Lexus and ruminated on the majesty of Beethoven's 9th Symphony in 2007. Elvis Co

Ice Cube for Coors Light

N OUsIGHT lce Cube did a series of ill-advised commercials for Coors Light. The campaign Was based around the chilarious premise that containers of Co

Donald Trump for ACN Video Phones

From 2006 to 2015, Donald Trump promoted video phones made by ACN, a multi-level marketing company. AON Trump distanced himself from ACN when he began

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