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Skechers Superbowl Ad to Feature Dog, Not Kim Kardashian
US Magazine ^ | January 10, 2012 | Justin Ravitz

Posted on 01/10/2012 8:26:11 PM PST by Altariel

Although the single reality star, 31, appeared in a sexed-up Super Bowl ad for Skechers sneakers in February 2011, she's been replaced in the 2012 campaign by an adorable little pooch.

The 2011 spot featured Kardashian wrestling with a half-naked man and showing off a sneaker; the 2012 spot features a French bulldog, wearing GOrun sneakers, racing a pack of greyhounds.

But executives for Skechers told USA Today that Kardashian's messy personal life -- her Oct. 31 divorce filing from Kris Humphries -- has nothing to do with the snub.

(Excerpt) Read more at usmagazine.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bulldog; dog; frenchbulldog; kardashian; kimkardashian

1 posted on 01/10/2012 8:26:24 PM PST by Altariel
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To: Altariel

What’s the difference?


2 posted on 01/10/2012 8:46:53 PM PST by reg45 (I'm not angry that Lincoln freed the slaves. I'm angry that Franklin Roosevelt bought them back.)
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To: reg45
The bulldog works cheap and is easier to direct.

CC

3 posted on 01/10/2012 8:50:15 PM PST by Celtic Conservative (Wisdom comes from experience. Experience comes from a lack of wisdom.)
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To: Altariel

Too easy.


4 posted on 01/10/2012 9:07:26 PM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: Altariel

Well...no photo of the dog, er, I mean the canine?


5 posted on 01/10/2012 9:10:33 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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To: Altariel

Replacing one bitch with another?


6 posted on 01/10/2012 9:23:42 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Altariel

If they wanted a dog, they could have just picked Khloe.


7 posted on 01/10/2012 9:24:52 PM PST by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; Shannon; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; ...
WOOOF!

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8 posted on 01/10/2012 9:28:14 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem. meum)
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To: reg45
They get two for the price of one!

The real dog wears two pair of shoes!

9 posted on 01/10/2012 9:43:18 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: reg45

The dog is less hairy.


10 posted on 01/10/2012 11:08:47 PM PST by wbill
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