Chris Meloni Gets Fully Nude for Hilarious, Revealing Peloton Ad
variety.comSasha Urban editorIs it illegal to work out naked? Chris Meloni, of “Law and Order” fame, would say no. At least, that’s according to his recent Peloton ad, which features the 61-year-old actor baring it all in a series of fitness positions.“Apparently, some people think the way I work out is strange,” Meloni says at the beginning of the commercial, released Thursday.
The first shot shows Meloni doing bicep curls, shirtless and ripped as ever, before the camera zooms out and reveals a cluster of pixels below the belt, and nothing else on his body except sneakers and socks. “Honestly, I don’t get it.”Meloni then goes on to demonstrate all the ways the Peloton app inspires him to work out, from doing naked cardio in his bedroom to naked yoga by his pool, next to a naked statue of Michelangelo’s David.
While running naked in a park, Meloni passes a dog that barks at him, with the subtitled line “Wow! He really does have a great app!” “In the Peloton community, users are represented by two separate, yet equally motivated groups,” a narrator says at the end of the commercial, referencing “Law and Order.” “Those who wear pants … and Christopher Meloni.”The ad follows a controversial spot last December that featured “Sex and the City” actor Chris Noth, whose character Mr.
Big died after a Peloton workout on the “And Just Like That” spin-off series. The commercial was pulled after Noth was accused of sexual assault by two separate women.
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