jack in the nhl definitely was offered a brand deal for something like “applesauce for men” or “man shampoo” or “manly dish soap” and his immediate, instinctive reaction was “why.”
OMG but what if a big ass company tried to sign him up and it was practically a done deal, but it didn’t happen in the end.
A lot of rumours start going around about why, like people are hoping for drama, wondering if Jack was being a ‘diva’ and the company is maybe trying to use this for their advantage and it totally gets blown out of proportions.
So George forces Jack to address it in a press conference and Jack can’t help himself from being a little shit, because he has better stuff to do than deal with this and so instead of just replying with the prepared statement, he pulls out a +50 power point slide.
Some highlights of the topics Jack’s talks about to the press and members of the Falconers: toxic masculinity, heteronormativity, the perpetuation of gender roles and the ‘pink tax’.
Everything is properly referenced and there are print outs distributed for people to fact check if they feel like it. Tater takes notes.
“We should stop him!” Says one of the PR people in horror, George grabs him by the elbow in a death grip and gives him a stare that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
She says nothing, preferring to listen to Jack passionately talk about the ludicrous difference between pay for female and male athletes.
The video of the lecture goes viral. Memes and GIFs are born, Shitty cries, he has never been prouder in his life.
The company issued an apology and rebrands their product, Jack does sign with them this time and companies learn not to screw with him.
This was his face during the whole presentation. The media was mystified, they’d never seen such an emotive Jack Zimmermann.
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