Comments on: ‘Jowly’ Luke Wilson Fronts AT&T’s Specious Ads

By: Carrye

Carrye — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:31:39 +0000

Give it a rest. He’s a super cool dude, just like his lil bro Owen. His commercials are fun and pick me up. Never noticed his dirty hair, “fatness” or “slept in clothes” look. Maybe we can all look beyond appearances to his being a great entertainer and leave it at that. Besides, he’s lost the weight now.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 04:09:33 +0000

Oh come on! Cut him some slack! I thought you only attacked WOMEN for weight gain. He’s still a gifted actor. And I love him and his brother, Owen.

By: Ya

Ya — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:56:08 +0000

Too much booze and in-n-out

By: Muchacha

Muchacha — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 06:25:30 +0000

I really like Luke Wilson as an actor but his ads are distracting – I don’t pay any attention to what he is talking about because I’m just wondering what the hell happened. Part of it because is body doesn’t really look too fat but his face looks like he’s been on a 5 year bender of nothing but booze and Taco Bell. It’s fascinating and depressing all at the same time. The fact that he also looks like he slept in the clothes he’s wearing doesn’t help either.

The Verizon ad was pretty clever because it is true. We laughed when we saw it because my hub wanted to get an Iphone but the area of the US where he is working in right now has basically no AT&T coverage so he had to go with Verizon instead. AT&T’s geographic area of coverage in some parts of the US (especially outside of bigger cities) is very spotty and much smaller than Verizon. His phone is pretty mediocre but at least he can use it when he’s there to make calls and check internet at least with it.

By: amy

amy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:46:25 +0000

I don’t care about his weight. I just don’t get the greasy hair? Why would I want to listen to a person who doesn’t bother to wash his hair. At least the UPS whiteboard guy’s hair looks clean and shiny.

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:10:33 +0000

Looks chubbs to me.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:41:03 +0000

I was surprised to see so many people commenting on his appearance, he has put on some weight, but still seems to be in ok shape. Maybe it just seems like he’s put on a lot since he doesn’t have that movie star jawline anymore, but other than that, he looks about the same.

By: Jackson

Jackson — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:58:52 +0000

Jason, I was just making a joke that in your recent defense of news editors reporting directly to ad sales bosses, you’re already starting to see things from the perspective of the advertiser instead of the reporter. It was a stab at levity. (OK, I’ll work on my material!)

By: Billy

Billy — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:16:02 +0000

30 pounds? Maybe his shirt is just puffy. Lots of people get that thick neck look as they age. Look at Mark Cuban.

I think “jowly” is a step too far. Same for “overweight”, Tim. Perhaps he had a big lunch before filming?

By: Tim Rogers

Tim Rogers — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:52:29 +0000

A celebrity pitchman’s appearance is fair game, clearly. To my eye, dude has a belly. Also, I applaud him for being an overweight celebrity pitchman. Wilson has something that AT&T wanted to capitalize on: hipness, cred, good looks, whatever. So if he can pull that off while being 30 pounds above his fighting weight, then that gives the rest of us guys hope.

Jason, I’m looking at you.