Originally Posted by
DUKIECB
Update...Cam loses his contract with Dannon Yogurt.
Cam's remarks were unfortunate and the way he has handled since is even more unfortunate. In many ways he is still immature. However, in other ways Cam does some really positive things that many do not know about. He does a lot of charity activities for kids in the Charlotte area and I have also read about him doing a lot of positive things behind the scenes that do not get a lot of publicity. He should receive criticism for his conduct yesterday for sure but if you are going to point out everything he does wrong, I think you should also point out some of the things he does right.
Sweet, Cam and I have something in common! Not being sexists, but not being employed by Dannon. When I was a kid in Duke Pre-school (it was on East campus and I can always honestly say I went to Duke.) a Dannon rep had a bunch of us in a room with a microphone and wanted recordings of each of us saying "my Dannon yogurt sandwich is yummy" for some commercial.
My acting and advertising career died a quick and sudden death as I blurted out "Ewww, that sounds gross."
As for Cam, he'll be under the microscope in a way he's not used to now, and I like that. It won't change the way he thinks, that will take something on a more personal level to make happen, but at least he gets to deal with some uncomfortable consequences.
A yogurt sandwich? Really? 40 years later, and that thought is so nasty I've never forgotten it. Ewwwww.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."