You can almost hear the harpies One Million Moms shrieking already — all dozen of them — when they catch sight of this heartwarming ad for Campbell’s soup featuring real-life gay dads. Ahead of the December release of The Force Awakens, the company that’s served chicken noodle soup to generations of families just released a half-minute long commercial for their Star Wars-themed soup which features a gay couple and their son. In the ad, actors David Monahan and Larry Sullivan, who are married fathers in real-life, offer Darth Vader and Chewbacca impressions to entertain their young son Cooper. It’s a lovely reflection on the life of a modern family and perfectly fitting the “Made for Real, Real Life” campaign.
On Campbell’s Facebook page many of the comments have been positive so far and have complemented the soup company for being so progressive, and Campbell’s social media rep even offered a Star Wars-friendly response to the first commenter.
Then things take an ugly turn when the homophobes, conveniently forgetting that Facebook is also a queer-friendly company, feel the need to vomit their venom in a public venue.
So far there hasn’t been a response from the Moms. Their official website indicates they’re still un-bunching their panties from the rainbow Doritos campaign (“This company joins the Christian bashers,” they proclaim), but stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy the ad that will warm your heart faster than a bowl of delicious chicken noodle soup.
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Ron Jackson
Nice commercial but isn’t that kid old enough to feed himself?
BlueDude
HAHAHA! “Christian bashers”??? I haven’t heard that one before! LMAO! Love the commercial; thanks, Campbell for your support.
Billy Budd
Loved the commercial.
Bisexual-Transwoman
@Ron Jackson: Yes he is, and Campbell’s soup is disgusting.
Wooly
Great; anything Star Wars is a hit with me. MMMMM good.
hyhybt
I’m reasonably certain that nowhere in the Bible is there a prohibition on gay people buying soup.
billeetee
David Monahan and Larry Sullivan AND Cooper, of course,I just saw the commercial the other evening. I told my husband “you just know that at Campbell’s Corporate, the telephone lines are lighting up.”
Guys, the commercial is beautiful. And if the haters can’t see and feel the love at that table, then there’s really NO HOPE for any of them.
Thank You for ‘sharing your family’ for all of us! God Bless!
Joe
My husband and I saw this and we had to rewind just to be sure what we saw was what we saw. Nice commercial and to people in this homophobic country that families come in various ways. Bravo to Campbell’s.