Dunkin’ Donuts tries its own ‘gene’ ad and the meltdowns begin all over again!

On the heels of American Eagle’s Sydney Sweeney jeans ad campaign, Dunkin’ jumped in with its take on “genes” and triggered another leftist meltdown.

Launching new drinks on its menu, Dunkin’ employed 25-year-old model and actor Gavin Casalegno in a new ad to promote the Golden Hour Refresher, setting off a new wave of hysteria about eugenics. After the left’s griping over the blonde, blue-eyed, and white Sweeney advertising her jeans/genes, the Dunkin’ ad ignited a fresh wave of woke whining.

Oh boy, libs are about to lose their minds again—Dunkin’ Donuts just dropped a new ad with Gavin Casalegno!

Whatever you do, do not share it—because you will trigger a full-blown liberal meltdown. pic.twitter.com/tW5IiOU6PK

— I Meme Therefore I Am (@ImMeme0) July 30, 2025

“Look, I didn’t ask to be the king of summer, it just kinda happened,” Casalegno said in the new poolside video ad.

“This tan? Genetics,” the “The Summer I Turned Pretty” star continued.

“I just got my color analysis back. Guess what? Golden summer. Literally,” he said as he relaxed in a lounge chair holding his Dunkin’ Refresher.

“I can’t help it. Every time I drink a Dunkin’ Golden Hour Refresher, the sun just finds me. So if sipping these Refreshers makes me the king of summer, guilty as charged,” he concluded with a sip.

The fireworks erupted on social media, where the Sydney Sweeney meltdown continues. In fact, the actress triggered more leftists with her latest sizzling ad for Hey Dude.

Sydney Sweeney in her latest Hey Dude commercial looking insane ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mS2qNxU2Fe

— Travis (@Travman6746) June 18, 2025

Casalegno set off his own wave of hysteria with the Dunkin’ ad.

“Why are ads so obsessed with genetics all of a sudden?” asked one TikTok user while another posted, “What in the Sydney Sweeney did I just watch?”

OMG, now the liberal snowflakes on TikTok are being triggered by a Dunkin Donuts commercial

Enjoy this one pic.twitter.com/SebdCzXgZf

— Vince Langman (@LangmanVince) July 30, 2025

But X users celebrated the end of “woke” ads and the return of “hotness.”

The Woke Era is Over.

These are the new ad campaigns for Dunkin’ Donuts and American Eagle. pic.twitter.com/At3Wvg5VYI

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 30, 2025

I love how ads have attractive people in them again.

I was tired of only seeing ugly, fat, unattractive, people and the MSM telling us this was in fact beauty….not aesthetically pleasing people.

— best decade ever (@ZachFOCO) July 30, 2025

Corporate advertising is always downstream from culture. American Eagle and now Dunkin’ Donuts putting out non-woke ads tells us exactly where Wall Street thinks American culture is headed.

Wokeness is dying.

And it’s largely because of President Trump .

He has declared war on…

— Pro America Politics (@Pro__Trading) July 30, 2025

Wow, these companies really don’t care at all about what the woke mob thinks anymore.

Amazing.

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 30, 2025

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— TransOdius (@TransOdius) July 30, 2025

I hope this is a whole new trend with ads using genetics now! It’s like a well needed slap in the woke’s face. I love it!

— charmane harbert ✝️ (@callme_Chari) July 31, 2025

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Originally from New York, Powers graduated from New York University and eventually made her way to sunny South Florida where she has been writing for the BizPacReview team since 2015.

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