The Feeding Tube

The Feeding Tube: Ten Celebrities Who Got Their Start in Food Ads

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Pitt and Pringles: Forever linked.

Old commercials are the great celebrity equalizer. Before that big break, chances are your idols were looking kind of gawky, trying to sell you something. And in many cases, that thing was some sort of mass-produced food product. Leonardo DiCaprio pimped pink Bubble Yum gum long before drawing Rose on Titanic; Brad Pitt popped for Pringles (he has, in fact, since “stopped”); Demi Moore got catty for Diet Coke; and a far-more-innocent LiLo loved Jell-O. Watch all of these, and plenty more, straight ahead.

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The Feeding Tube: Ten Celebrities Who Got Their Start in Food Ads