Posted on: October 21, 2024, 07:53h.
Last updated on: October 19, 2024, 11:16h.
A wild Las Vegas celebrity home listing went viral last week, after the Raiders traded wide receiver Davante Adams to the New York Jets.
The Opendoor listing advertised a 7,421 square foot house with eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms and its own Taco Bell.
“Imagine waking up to the smell of crunchwraps, every single morning,” the ad read, mentioning “fire sauce packets … in every drawer” before concluding with “Come home, come hungry.”
The listing was a genius marketing tactic playing off three humorous TV commercials for the fast-food chain shot by the NFL star earlier this year. In one, Adams had a Taco Bell built into his home as part of his payment for becoming a company spokesperson.
In another commercial, Adams asked for a second Taco Bell, and the company obliged, throwing in Todd, a manager from corporate, to oversee both.
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As difficult as it is to believe, however, not every social media user can differentiate a good joke from reality. After Taco Bell tweeted a screen shot of the fake listing on Oct. 15, hundreds of commentors, among the 3 million who viewed the tweet, appeared to take it seriously.
“Love this,” commented X user @ThePoloGroundz. “Nobody believed me when I told them he has a Taco Bell in his home.”
“Do you have to staff it yourself or does it come with a taco bell staff already in place?” wondered X user @amandavi613.
“Requesting price info, thanks,” commented @UndisputedBelts.
X user @TheM4inMan wasn’t having any of it, though. He added: “Nah man, he’s keeping that thing.”
ESPN’s Pat McAfee kept the joke alive during an Oct. 15 interview, asking Adams whether he planned to install a Taco Bell in the home of his best friend Aaron Rodgers, with whom he was reunited via the Jets trade.
“No, we’re going to travel,” Adams said. “I got two in my Vegas crib, so we’ll just keep those over there.”
The real mansion Adams is reported to have purchased in Las Vegas when he joined the Raiders in 2022 is no joke, by the way. Located in The Ridges subdivision of Spring Valley, it cost $11.4 million and features four bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and no Todds.
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