Scroll To Top
Media

Gawker Wants to Know: Is This Ad For Real?

Gawker Wants to Know: Is This Ad For Real?

Tacobelllead

No one seems to know where this Taco Bell ad came from.

True
lucasgrindley

Gawker, the Daily Mail and a number of LGBT blogs are wondering whether a leaked Taco Bell commercial featuring a gay couple is real or an "Internet fake."

The ad seems to have first appeared more than a week ago on Reddit after being uploaded to YouTube on December 17. It had fewer than 1,000 plays as of Friday morning.

"Any clue what's going on?" Gawker asked, noting the ad looks professional but "a look through the TVEyes tracking service suggests it hasn't yet aired in the United States."

UPDATE: In a statement late Friday, Gawkerreports that Taco Bell confirmed it hadn't created the commerical, and the fast food chain would also like to who did. "We are impressed with their work and would be open to meeting with them."

See photos from the couple's Taco Bell-inspired day trip and then watch the video below.

Taco2_0

Taco3_0

Taco5_0

Taco1_0

Tac04_0

MediaBusiness
lucasgrindley
Be sure to follow Advocate on your favorite social platform
30 Years of Out100Out / Advocate Magazine - Jonathan Groff & Wayne Brady

From our Sponsors

Most Popular

photo gallery queer women 2024 WNBA womens professional basketball league
Sports

Meet all 37 of the queer women in this season's WNBA

Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre racist republican Lauren Boebert
Politics

Lauren Boebert mercilessly mocked for calling White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre a 'DEI hire'

news anchor come out gay live broadcast KARE 11 Sunrise Jason Hackett
News

A local NBC anchor came out as gay on live TV. Now, he shares how the moment has changed his life

JD Vance RNC 2024 speech
Election

How JD Vance went from thinking he was gay and changing his name twice to being an anti-LGBTQ+ extremist

Mark Robinson Crazy Quotes speaking at a podium
Politics

17 of the most batsh*t things N.C. Republican governor candidate Mark Robinson has said

True
Alexander Williamson Starr Brown Murder
Crime

Black transgender woman Starr Brown shot to death in Memphis. Her coworker has confessed to the killing

Moms Melissa Etheridge Cardi B Brittany Griner Brandi Carlile
Arts & Entertainment
Badge
gallery

More Than 50 of Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Moms

Trump ally Laura Loomer demands Lindsey Graham come out of the closet as gay
Politics

Trump ally Laura Loomer goes after Lindsey Graham: ‘We all know you’re gay’

Conjoined twins Lori Schappell trans man George Schappell
Obituaries

Conjoined twins Lori Schappell and trans man George Schappell dead at 62

Latest Stories

Lucas Grindley

Lucas Grindley is VP and Editorial Director for Here Media, which is parent company to The Advocate. His Twitter account is filled with politics, Philip Glass appreciation, and adorable photos of his twin toddler daughters.
Lucas Grindley is VP and Editorial Director for Here Media, which is parent company to The Advocate. His Twitter account is filled with politics, Philip Glass appreciation, and adorable photos of his twin toddler daughters.
Read Full Bio