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Is this Calvin Klein's 'Bud light moment?' Ad featuring trans man who's not had top surgery modelling a bra sparks backlash - as shoppers say it's a 'far cry' from their usual snaps of chiseled models
Daily Mail UK ^ | May 24, 2023 | Siofra Brennan

Posted on 05/24/2023 10:30:10 AM PDT by Morgana

A Calvin Klein advert featuring a trans man posing in a sports bra has sparked furious backlash after going viral online.

In a promotional snap shared by the brand, who have long been known for their sultry and sexy ads featuring toned topless models, Bappie Kortram can be seen wearing a pair of jeans and a sports bra.

Bappie, who is from the Netherlands, is represented by a number of modelling agencies around the world including British Zebedee Talent, who describe him as 'a trans man who has not had top surgery yet.'

The advert, which was initially shared as part of the Calvin Klein Pride 2022 Campaign, went viral this week after it was reposted on Twitter by Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis, who posted: 'Calvin Klein wants to go broke.'

Images from the same shoot are still being used on Calvin Klein's British website.

Other users were stunned by the advert, with one writing: 'Disgusting and I love Calvin Klein jeans. This is not a great ad for his clothes at all. Stop bowing down to all these demands, as this will only hurt your brand in the long run.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: calvinklein; transgender
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MAJOR BARF ALERT!

someone post that pic of Brooke Shields doing a Calvin Klein ad, that was way better.

1 posted on 05/24/2023 10:30:10 AM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

JMO, but CK has always been a bit gay....


2 posted on 05/24/2023 10:31:50 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Morgana

OINK


3 posted on 05/24/2023 10:31:52 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (Biden whispered "Don't Jump")
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To: Morgana

He’s fat enough they could just be moobs.


4 posted on 05/24/2023 10:31:56 AM PDT by dangus ( )
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To: Morgana

Calvin klinweiser? NOT on my buy list in any case.


5 posted on 05/24/2023 10:32:26 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Morgana

LOL. I don’t think Calvin Klein has ever been anything but LGBTQ. Them showing a “trans-man” is not going to hurt their sales one bit.


6 posted on 05/24/2023 10:34:07 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Morgana

Well, I can’t boycott what I don’t buy.

Well, they have the very, very obese male/female/other market sewn up !

I guess they figure the notoriety is worth the free publicity !


7 posted on 05/24/2023 10:34:35 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Morgana

Three precious little nine year olds and three of their teachers/school staff had to die in Nashville before the country got sick of this mentally ill $#*+!


8 posted on 05/24/2023 10:34:59 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Morgana

9 posted on 05/24/2023 10:36:08 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Morgana

”You’ve done it, again, CK!”

10 posted on 05/24/2023 10:37:48 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Morgana

When we vote with our dollars there is no voter fraud.


11 posted on 05/24/2023 10:38:20 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: Morgana

It seems a variant of mass hysteria psychosis left over from the plandemic has boiled over into every freaking corporate boardroom.


12 posted on 05/24/2023 10:38:26 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: Morgana

Totally different customer base than Bud Light.

Bud Light... Redneck men, or women in general, that like cheap, crappy beer...but want to be left alone to live life the way they want.

Calvin Klein - Effeminate men, women, etc. that go in for this kind of stuff and probably are mostly woke.


13 posted on 05/24/2023 10:39:05 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: Morgana

Rush many years ago was the first to say, “ when they first come for your french fries and succeed next they’ll be coming after more than just fries….. better be ready for other companies to fellow, that’s where the danger lays!” Opening pandora’s box has led us in this horrific mess!!


14 posted on 05/24/2023 10:39:31 AM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

We knew this back in the 1980’s when his jeans were the Tommy Hilfiger of that day.

He just killed his brand doing this.


15 posted on 05/24/2023 10:40:20 AM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: Morgana
> someone post that pic of Brooke Shields doing a Calvin Klein ad, that was way better.

Somebody else can find that. THIS (below) is the ad that's generating the regurgitation:

I'm assuming the ad is for MEN'S SPORTS BRAS for guys with big MOOBS.

So the darker person on the right is most likely an actual biological male, with big MOOBS.

Whereas the lighter person on the left is apparently the tranny "trans-man", i.e. a woman.

With WOMAN-BOOBS. Not MOOBS.

16 posted on 05/24/2023 10:45:06 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: Morgana

How is this character, and the one in the picture with him, modeling anything?


17 posted on 05/24/2023 10:53:40 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Morgana
Has anyone asked Michael J McFly Eastwood how he thinks his product placement of Calvin Klein compares to the new ad?


18 posted on 05/24/2023 11:09:39 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: dayglored

Bappie Kortram is a fat black woman, attempting to become a man. She hasn’t had her breasts mutilated yet. She is obviously taking cross sex hormones.

https://twitter.com/translashmedia/status/1640686005756764160


19 posted on 05/24/2023 11:51:15 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TP)
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To: dayglored

That’s called a Bro. Didn’t George Castanza’s father invent one?


20 posted on 05/24/2023 11:56:57 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (The Democrat Party - Dumbing Down America Since 1965.)
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