Thursday, August 18, 2011

'Jersey Shore' stars call out Abercrombie over offer: 'Hmmm if They Don’t Want Us To Wear Those Clothes Why Make GTL Shirts,' Pauly D tweets


Image: The Situation and Pauly D
Elisabetta Villa / Getty Images: Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino, left, and Paul "Pauly D" DelVecchio tweeted their frustration at Abercrombie and Fitch.
 
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Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino has something to say about retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s offer to pay him to wear another brand’s clothing on “Jersey Shore.”

“Looks like Abercrombie got themself into a Situation!” the MTV reality star tweeted on Wednesday, followed by a link to a CNN finance article noting that the brand’s stock had dipped by nine percent.

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The retailer, whose outlets are known for their dark stores filled with loud music, said on Tuesday it would offer a “substantial payment” to The Sitch, or any of his castmates, as long as they stopped wearing the label’s gear on “Jersey Shore”...
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...Abercrombie said the series is “contrary to the aspirational nature of the brand.”

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Paul “DJ Pauly D” Delvecchio had his own comment, calling the brand out on Twitter for reportedly previously selling shirts with the “Jersey Shore” gang’s famous catch phrase – GTL – gym, tan, and laundry.
 
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“Hmmm if They Don’t Want Us To Wear Those Clothes Why Make GTL Shirts #yourPRsux,” he wrote, tweeting to a picture of an Abercrombie & Fitch T-shirt with “GTL” stamped on it above the word “Fitch.”

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