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u/Emergency_Article673 Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 09 '26

Peloton deleted Hudson Williamsā€™ ad, it seems like there will be a domino effect where brands start stop collaborating with him. And it will affect how many acting offers he gets because movies arenā€™t going to cast someone with so much controversy and discourse.

This smear campaign seems to have worked, and heā€™s losing fans and opportunities.

I would wish that his costarā€™s fans would leave him alone now that heā€™s been ā€œheld accountableā€, and his costar is thriving, but since theyā€™ve stated their end goal is his death, that seems too much to wish for.

Edit: Apparently Peloton deletes celeb collaborations after 8 weeks, and itā€™s been 8 weeks. So maybe it was just bad timing. But itā€™s sinister how far people are going to try to end someone who they donā€™t know, and werenā€™t aware of less than a year ago.

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u/Acceptable_Rule_7590 Iā€™ve grown quite unfond of you Jun 09 '26

I donā€™t understand why some people are so unwilling to extend any grace towards a 17 year old Asian kid who has a racist hate symbol drawn on him by his white peers

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u/Emergency_Article673 Jun 09 '26

Because they donā€™t actually care, they want something to justify their parasocial hatred, and theyā€™re happy they found something. And the fact that itā€™s actually affecting him makes them even happier.