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Actor Gavin Casalegno is caught up in a controversy surrounding an advertisement which the actor did with Dunkin Donuts.
The dessert giant released a brand new video advertisement on July 29 featuring Gavin Casalegno sitting beside a pool and letting his viewers know that he can't help but be hailed as the 'King of Summer'.
“This tan? Genetics. I just got my color analysis back. Guess what? Golden summer, literally!” Gavin says in the clip.
He confesses, "I can't help it," after a quick walk and landing on a pool chaise lounge. "The sun seems to find me every time I sip on a Dunkin' Golden Hour Refresher. So if sipping these refreshers makes me the king of summer? Guilty as charged,” Gavin concludes
Gavin Casalegno is an American actor who gained popularity with the series The Summer I Turned Pretty. Casalegno is married to Cheyanne Casalegno. The two kept their relationship under wraps until they got married.
Some netizens are accusing the advertisement of promoting eugenics. This comes in row after the Sydney Sweeney and American Eagle advertisement controversy, where the brand and Sweeney played with the word 'genes' and stirred up mixed reviews.
Actor Gavin Casalegno of The Summer I Turned Pretty quips in the commercial that he didn't anticipate being the "King of Summer," attributing his immaculate tan to "genetics."
As per a report published by Distractify on July 30, 2025, a TikTok user commented on the Dunkin Donut advertisement that 'it hasn't been seven business days since the last eugenics advertisement' (the American Eagle advertisement featuring Sydney Sweeney).
Another TitkTok user said, "Why are genetics such a common theme in commercials right now? Why do they think this makes me want to buy Dunkin’??"
Another inquired why donut and apparel companies are even including genetics in their ad campaigns.
About Gavin Casalegno's wife, Cheyanne Casalegno
While Gavin Casalegno likes to keep his love life private, he posted pictures of his wedding ceremony on November 12, 2024.
Cheyanne Casalegno has studied nursing and has graduated with a Bachelor's degree in the same from Baylor University in May 2023. Cheyanne also took the opportunity to celebrate her milestone on Instagram.
"What an honor it has been to endure this journey with the Lord and be the first in my family to graduate college! I can’t wait to do ministry and love on people in the medical field and bring the light of Jesus into dark places! Thank you, Jesus, for such an opportunity as this," Cheyanne wrote on Instagram
Gavin and Cheyanne started posting cryptic pictures of each other in the spring of 2023. In July 2025, Gavin and Cheyanne announced that they are temporarily moving to Thailand. Cheyanne shared on Instagram that they would be pausing their new house video content for sometime as they are moving to Thailand for two months.
Her video announcement featured a narrator who claimed that she and her spouse frequently make erratic decisions. Even they are occasionally taken aback by the things they say "yes" to.
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