Terry Crews sullies his good name as spokesman for Amazon warehouse jobs
Just when you thought Amazon couldn't get any worse, they go and taint America's sweetheart
It’s hard to think of someone more universally enjoyed than Terry Crews. Not only is he our longtime walking, talking, emphatically gesticulating embodiment of joy, but his candor and compassion on difficult subjects like toxic masculinity and sexual assault have helped chip away at longstanding, archaic cultural taboos regarding men, emotion, and empathy. Sure, he’s been known to take a gig or two for the check alone, but if anyone has earned it, it’s him.
And yet, we can’t help but shake our heads and sigh at Crews’ latest commercial appearance as—sigh… there’s really no easy way to say this—spokesperson for Amazon’s annual warehouse worker holiday hiring spree. What’s more, it’s via an in-app TikTok commercial.
And just like that, in the span of 30 seconds, our faith in some semblance of remaining human goodness erodes even further.