The much-maligned Peloton Husband featured in the company’s polarizing holiday commercial pedaled back into the spotlight on Christmas Day by gifting his real-life girlfriend one of the exercise bikes. This after he was skewered for inflicting the machine on his reluctant-seeming “wife"in the viral ad, which spun up criticism for being sexist and culturally insensitive. ... Merry Christmas to my actual girlfriend (pls don’t leave me),” actor Sean Hunter, a.k.a. @pelotonhusband, wrote Wednesday on Instagram, sharing a picture of himself and his girlfriend posing with the pricey bike. AdvertisementIt’s a bold move from a guy whose reaction was poorly received in the wake of the bike brouhaha earlier this month.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 26, 2019 18:11 UTC