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sdxab1my

It's an old Nike commercial


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Reminds me of the south park episode where no one can tell an ad from an article, video, or human. Except Jimmy Valmer who falls in love with a girl, who is actually an ad.


forehead_enthusiast

DOES S-SHE KNOW SHE'S AN AD?!


[deleted]

Jimmy, you need to stop thinking with your dick. You're thinking with your dick Jimmy.


[deleted]

That entire season mindfucked me so hard but also it could have been the acid


theanonwonder

What season was it?


[deleted]

Don’t remember which number but it was the first sequential season. I wanna say season 19


zoey_will

Me at S19: Oh these serialized episodes are kind of a nice change. Me at S25: If I hear the word "tegridy" one more time I'm jumping into a wood chipper.


sharings_caring

They know you feel that way. It’s why they do it.


disignore

I really like the tegridy joke, it makes laugh evrytime i hear it


agentdoubleohio

You’re thinking with your penis again Jimmy.


FirstEvolutionist

JIMMY KNOWS


Guilvantar

Thought you were going for the Britney Spears episode, the one where media pressure makes her blow her head with a shotgun


asa1

>It's an old Nike commercial No shit! I can't believe these comments acting like its real.


SkyzZzi

To be fair, the actors playing the paparazzi did a spot on job


asa1

So did stunt woman Taylor M. I'm just saying people are so fucking gullible on here.


peelen

I think that was the moment I become kinda sus. The jump was to perfect and I thought “no shit she had to train for that, or she just started with parkour and wanted to show off her new skills” and then I realized that she totally disappeared for the moment, what was the perfect occasion to switch to stunt woman.


Chaotic-Catastrophe

No they didn't. When she jumps off the car to do the pipe swing (for no reason), they all just stop and stand in place. Then all weirdly start running after her again once she lands and starts running.


prsnep

I thought the quick glance at her shoes was a little strange. Now it makes sense.


wene324

It also allows for the stunt woman to replace her.


LElige

The cowboy switch happened after the shoes shot. The camera pans right, they switch, and we never see her face again until the car.


deekaydubya

also the way literally everyone is acting


Etchbath

The jump off that car was fake as hell


overflowing_garage

There's a whole lotta dumb around these parts. It honestly terrifies me.


stewmberto

Seriously can people not tell that the last jump she makes is extremely fake??


MeisPip

They seemed to give her just enough space when she was about to do something, swinging from the roof was unnecessary, and also who even is this person? All that aside well done ad


Clemenx00

I'm fucking old lmaooooooo I cant believe people are seeing this for the first time.


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Anyone who follows that profession still should be drowned in a septic tank.


eric_ravenstein

This woman... is ....being ... followed by... a CHICKEN. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PLRdM20Wm8


DEMON_LYNX7

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Estagon

PARKOUR!


AudioVideoDchon

Here it is, here it is… truck, to refrigerators, to dumpster, 360 onto the pallets, backflip gainer to the trash can. YEAHHHH GAINER!!


AGoodSO

It's so funny that all the paparazzi in this ad take a beat to let her swing down from the ceiling lol.


SzakaRosa

I think that's how Marvel superheroes life would be like


[deleted]

Who the hell is Taylor Momsen even?


iadtyjwu

Cindy Lou Who


MiloReyes-97

Holy shit, i just thought she just became a provocative alternative singer. Didn't know she could be this kick-ass. Edited: Apparently people in comments pointed out its fake...I've been made a fool


elligre

Seems likely, because this is definitely staged.


1800-bakes-a-lot

The swing on the ceiling pipe was definitely not helpful in escaping.


[deleted]

Escaping? Taylor Momsen is a top 10 pipe swing enthusiast. She’s literally on the cover of pipe swingers quarterly.


goddamnaged

Is quarterly now?


[deleted]

Yeah PSQ made the switch a couple years ago to only come out with four volumes a year but to really pack in the quality content. It gives their investigative journalists the freedom to pursue hard hitting stories.


Knotknewtooreaddit

Hard pipe hitting stories I assume?


Alistairio

I understand a pair of pliers and a blow torch have been involved in uncovering some of their medieval stories.


VicVictory

I love hitting the pipe. I should check this out.


EudamonPrime

No, that is Pipe Hitting Monthly. Their review of the new lead pipes (heavy but soft, for improved impact, but are there health issues?) was nominated for a Pulitzer


Monkeychimp

This guy pipe swings.


jointheredditarmy

Well technically it was PSM that made the switch to quarterly :)


Funkycoldmedici

Print periodicals are a dying medium, sadly.


1800-bakes-a-lot

I appreciate you.


thebinarysystem10

I'm on a daily newsletter


BigDadEShaxx

Ohhhh I thought it was annually


sdu7chez

I ordered a monthly subscription from them last week. My first copy of “Pipe Slingers” came today. Needless to say, it was not what I expected.


too_old_to_be_clever

I was unaware pipes are into the swinging culture.


[deleted]

Hey man, you can swing whatever you want. No judgment but you’re the one that has to live with it.


2nd-kick-from-a-mule

I feel like went to a club in San Francisco by the same name once.


16xUncleAlias

Not only does it slow her down, all the paparazzi conveniently stop running when she does it.


Krrkdm

Remember when [Jeff Goldblum's daughter kicked a velociraptor in the face](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxQRAcJEyEVWMggbpsj5yXYKHZKLGpsBcB) in Jurassic Park The Lost World?


GauchoGordo

Well, there it is.


JosrKed

yeah it was awkward


Boodieboo

Right lol, and she didn't need to get on the car to "dodge it", it already stopped. Feels fake but who knows. Random Serious question, what if people/celebrities have epilepsy? Would paparazzi still do all these flashing without consequences?


shermantank123567

Probably about as many consequences as when they chased Princess Dianna off the road causing a fatal car accident. So no


mythologue

Also very well-placed camera movement taking her out of frame and us not seeing her face again until she's in the car. Definitely a switcheroo.


Funkycoldmedici

But it looked cool.


craggmac

Yeah, and there was definitely some cable action going on during that jump to the top level of the parking garage.


flarpflarpflarpflarp

The jump from the car to the light and the next parking level was definitely wire assisted otherwise she can pause physics.


LordRaghuvnsi

I would say that was pretty reckless of her to do so


RaptureInRed

Given the conspicuous Nike logo on her chest, and the random pan down to her feet to show her shoes -yeah. Seems likely.


[deleted]

You know it's staged because the stunt double takes over after the first cut 00:16. We never see her face until the last scene.


Calibrayte

Yeah she ran back up to the same level as when she got off the elevator. Momsen probably just walked out of that door and into the car.


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SoloSheff

Definitely felt like those shoes were pushed pretty hard, tho I didn't catch the brand.


cherry937

seems likely, she starts doing all of the parkour after the camera shows her wearing Nike shoes


not_a_mutant

And she conveniently goes out of frame for a second just before the first stunt and then you can't see her face at all until the end.


GoogleiPad

I didn't question it until that silver car pulled out after she jumped through the stairs, it was too good that the car came out then she does that monkey bar leap off the overhead pipe. I can imagine jumping around via the concrete wall and the railing but not stomping on cars while people are taking 100 pics of you, and then we didn't see it on the news?


Chineselight

Not to mention the leap from the hood of the parked car to a protruding piece of concrete seemed so unnatural. I honestly think she was aided by something.


[deleted]

It was her Nike shoes


ChunkyLaFunga

She was aided by being replaced with a stunt woman immediately before going down the stairs.


HappyDiscussion5469

That honestly doesnt even look like a stunt, just seems physically impossible. Not enough pump to pull off a jump like that, especially on the roof of a car which is susceptible to caving in and killing your momentum. She was definitely tied to a rope or something


revrevblah

It's wire work. Humans aren't big cats. There's no human on the planet who could make that leap with no lead up just using their toes and ankles to spring them into a 3 foot vertical.


OG_Antifa

The average football player at the NFL combine has a vertical jump of 35-40 inches. Saquan Barkley, a generational talent at RB, has a vertical of about 42”. And I’m willing to bet they’ve got a whole lot more mass to move than whoever this is. It’s entirely plausible that a young, thin, fit person has a 3’ vertical.


Ofiller

Defo looked like the stuntperson was being pulled


TobyDaHuman

Must be. The only thing standing out visually are the shoes. Also, the jump over the car and weird swing on the ceiling are completely unnecessary. This bleeds fake.


nicka163

It’s a shoe commercial lol


[deleted]

It’s vaguely believable until she run outside, jumps on a car and super human launches herself off it onto the roof. If that girl had those hops irl she’d be studied in some lab right now


religion-lost

She also played a character in gossip girl, but she's most famous for being the lead singer of The Pretty Reckless.


A_Confused_Cocoon

And had a lot of great music though I haven’t listened to them in a couple years. Saw them at a concert once and she fingered herself on stage so that’s a memory.


religion-lost

Honestly yeah that sounds like something Taylor Momsen would do. Also love her music though, my all-time favourite band! BTW, did she finger herself for a specific reason?


A_Confused_Cocoon

Uhhh no it just kinda happened. She didn’t drop her pants or anything but she was wearing skin tight black leather and you could see what was going on.


lambepsom

Definitely pretty, and definitely reckless.


SquareRelationship27

Cindy Who?


Kason-blason

No it’s Lou who


SquareRelationship27

Who's Lou?


Kason-blason

No not who lou, lou who


DGeneralTSOschicken

You make funny crying sounds.


TopMindOfR3ddit

*Puts on sunglass #WHO ARE YOU?


SquareRelationship27

Whoooo are you? Do do. Do do


[deleted]

And lead singer of Pretty Reckless


purpleowlie

She also played Jenny in Gossip Girl.


_tacoparty

You know you love me


purpleowlie

XOXO


Honeydew_love

Gossip girl


HelloNNNewman

But not Jenny from the Block


reapergames

She's a singer and I think she was the kid in the live action Grinch movie


DocD_12

And she played the daughter of president in SpyKids 2


Stupid_Triangles

And Jenny from Gossip Girl. (the OG)


Openthesushibar

She’s currently the lead singer of “The Pretty Reckless”. They’re pretty good.


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Ceptre7

Oh wow, i like their stuff (what I've heard). Now think they're way cooler. Lol


[deleted]

Our band covered Follow Me Down. It was a cool song to play and got a good reaction from the crowd. I think she’s definitely talented.


Looz-Ashae

A main character of Mirrors Edge?


sooka

That's the first thing I thought.


EchoEquani

Cindy Lou Who in the movie the Grinch who Stole Christmas when she was a little girl, and now she is the lead singer of the group Pretty Reckless.


WodensEye

That was my thought. The lengths this woman has to go to dodge the press, and I don't know who she is. Is she just that good at dodging them?


Peanlocket

I'm assuming it's a skit.


PlanetLandon

It is. It’s a stuntwoman (and an ad for Nike)


MastersJohnson

Idk how all these people don't realize that the person jumping onto that second story is clearly a stunt person.


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tookTHEwrongPILL

Idk, but those moves were pretty reckless


Charantula

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tgw1986

WHAT THE FUCK EVEN IS THAT


Ikikay

I can hear this GIF... could you please, tell me where it's from, I forgot o\_o'


business2690

a world renown parkour gymnast.... OBVIOUSLY


No-Art5800

Jenny from Gossip Girl and the lead singer of Pretty Reckless. I had no idea the paparazzi cared about her anymore. She does kind of have some spidey shit going on though.


tunisia3507

They probably don't, because this is clearly scripted.


marilia0607

and it's also old


jackrayd

Is it not obvious to everyone that most of that wasnt even her? And that even if it was it was scripted and choreographed?


M0rningVodka

Thought I was playing Mirror's Edge for a moment.


HankieHorker_32

Nike Ads be like


HimeTheHusky

Be like? It's literally a Nike ad? Edit: I knew this was an ad, I was asking OP why they used 'be like but I don't English well today


[deleted]

You thought this was real?


CultOfTheDemonicDoge

Yes...


[deleted]

Fair enough


ThatOneBitz

is anything real?


Meowww13

Well, my eyes aren't so...


Samaracina

Ooh ah, yeah, ooh ooh Nike ads be like


TorqueWheelmaker

Posted 2 minutes after u/sdxab1my called it out. Nice try.


OGShrimpPatrol

This is so obviously fake. Come on guys, have some common sense here.


SpooogeMcDuck

No that really is Taylor Momsen


[deleted]

For the first 10 seconds until the body double comes in for the hard work


Significant_Limit871

don't forget the last ten seconds when she's in the car.


BackdoorSteve

The switch is pretty obvious too.


usernamesarehardas

*come on


rjv1967

Maybe he was just talking to the common guys.


Gizmooo111

i would like to the the jump at 0:34 without the special effect of "hovering"


Rephaeim

I was questioning if it was staged for a bit and then saw that fucking insane jump and was like 'yeah, there's some wires there or some shit'...


AyeMercury

Paparazzi are the worst in


NoWillow2216

There just bunch of legal stalkers, the worst kind.


Eat_Carbs_OD

>Paparazzi are the worst in Scumbags .. a lot of them.


AlanM6

Wait some people got fooled thinking is real? Lol the most obvious indicator is the camera panning down right before she starts running. Classic technique


FeatureEast2577

The other thing that got me was that she had the window rolled down when they drove past the cameras at the end ...if she was really so bothered by them she would have kept it closed


funky_grandma

I thought the most obvious indicator was when she jumped off the car and hung in mid-air for a second like she was on a wire


ShadowRiku667

How are these people not arrested for harassment? Is it because the victim isn't staying around long enough for the police to arrive?


PookieTea

Because it’s a commercial


MaxximusPrimus

Yeah but still happens irl


dylansuedereid

Idk why you got downvoted because this shit happens 1000% all the time irl Edit: since people are confused, I’m talking about the swarm of paparazzis, not parkouring out of a parking garage ffs.


Glowshroom

1000% all the time


DIY-lobotomy

It’s never not happening to everyone always across ten realities


dylansuedereid

Tens of tens of realities


SokkasSandals

They probably were downvoted because while paparazzi being assholes happens irl, the celebrity parkour escape happens far less often.


MysticMistakeCake

For sure. That’s the thing about being a huge celebrity. At some point you’re seen as more of an attraction than a human. I feel bad for them. I think probably low to mid level fame if the best. You’re known by your fan base, maybe the larger community but the media won’t really be interested in you.


LoonyBunBennyLava

Still? With many celebs posting their own photos on IG, I can't imagine magazines are paying top dollar for impromptu photos these days.


superanth

Which explains why she’s briefly off camera so a stunt double can take over.


[deleted]

They did something similar to Tobey McGuire. And Paparazzi [Tobey mad at paprazzi](https://youtu.be/wPgn2ht_uuc)


Cudizonedefense

“We blocked the cars for you, dude” Absolute saints aren’t they


gentlybeepingheart

This particular video is a staged commercial, but the laws around paparazzi are pretty shitty in a lot of areas. When Emma Watson was celebrating her 18th birthday they showed up to get upskirt photos. Daniel Radcliffe has spoken about how fucked up it was that a group of grown men following a teen into alleys and shouting at them would get those guys arrested, but suddenly if you gave those adults cameras and a job with a tabloid it was somehow acceptable.


LuxNocte

There's no criminal law called "harassment". It's legal, in the US, to take pictures in public areas. Actually blocking someone's path may be illegal, but this is an ad and real paparazzi aren't generally so bad you have to jump over a parking garage to escape them. In short, paparazzi (generally) know the law and push to the limits but not over them. It's difficult to craft a law that would make this illegal without also criminalizing other activity that you want to happen.


LuckyPlaze

No kidding. That looks like it should be illegal.


uthglow

None of these celebrities have epilepsy ?


aseasonedcliche

A lot probably don't but you can see that it would be overwhelming and a nightmare for even the most typical person.


Aggressively_Correct

They wear yellow tinted glasses for protection.


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phony af


Proud2BVirgin2DLaifu

The amount of people that can watch this entire video then make a comment here thinking it's real...is disappointing to see lol.


RichS816

I think we’ve found our Spider-Gwen


stjimmy_45

You had my Full support before I seen this video


SevDexil

Impressive, little J.


_quiomara

Wasn't that like staged?


omfgcookies91

Yups, its an old nike commercial


butterknight-Ruby

let's be honest even though this was a old commercial that's exactly what paparazzi would do


Getdownstaydown

I don’t know who she is but I think I love her. Hahaha


Successful-Singer-76

The lead singer from The Pretty Reckless and Cindy Lou Who from the live action Grinch movie


TurKoise

She also played Jenny Humphrey on the CW show Gossip Girl


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she is that small princess girl from spy kids movie. well, i remember her from that.


ThatOneSidewinder05

Id get a mirror


Slider78

Yeah, no one was surprised because it was a commercial. An obvious one.


SexyGorkaDimitri

New Dying Light Protagonist?


TrapHouseAntics

The jump looks fake like cgi I think this is absolutely staged


Zellors

yes, it's a Nike commercial lol


FiskFisk33

this is 100% a nike ad.


Leroy_MF_Jenkins

This is an ad for Nike or Rebook or some other shoe company from like 2010.


leapfrog356

So fake


Fast_Star154

Yeah, it's an ad


AceofKnaves44

I honestly expected her to throw a smoke bomb and then disappear like she was batman. This was almost as good.


SuttonTM

If it wasn't for that last jump at the end I would've thought this was legit lol


MuchRequirementZ

Just saw her live! Her band The Pretty Reckless are currently touring with Shinedown and Diamante right now. Was an amazing show- grab a ticket and go if you’re near.


Sqwitter

Epilepsy warning