{"id":1235526,"date":"2022-01-24T13:39:31","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1235526"},"modified":"2022-01-24T13:39:38","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T18:39:38","slug":"another-tv-show-features-peloton-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-tv-show-features-peloton-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Another TV Show Features Peloton Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-tv-show-features-peloton-heart-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1235526&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>Note: Spoilers ahead for \u201cBillions\u201d and the Sex and the City reboot \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peloton cannot seem to catch a break.<\/p>\n<p>The high-end, high-tech fitness equipment company has become a bit of a punchline, most recently in television.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks after the \u201cSex and the City\u201d reboot \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d shocked viewers last month by having main character Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s (Sarah Jessica Parker) longtime love interest Mr. Big (Chris Noth) die from a heart attack on a Peloton stationary bike, another TV show wrote in a similar accident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBillions\u201d character Mike \u201cWags\u201d Wagner (David Costabile) suffers a minor heart attack while riding his Peloton bike in the first episode of the drama\u2019s sixth season which premiered Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike Chris Noth\u2019s Mr. Big however, Wags survives his Peloton heart attack and even makes a sly reference to the \u201cSex and the City\u201d reboot\u2019s tragic storyline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going out like Mr. Big,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>As one might imagine, Peloton is not happy with the \u201cBillions\u201d scene. The company released a statement saying it never gave permission for a Peloton appearance in the show\u2019s new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get why these fictional TV shows would want to include a brand that people love to talk about, but Showtime\u2019s use of Peloton\u2019s Bike+ and reference to a Peloton Instructor was not a brand, product, or instructor placement, and we did not agree for our brand and IP to be used on this show or provide any equipment. As referenced by the show itself, there are strong benefits of cardio-vascular exercise to help people lead long, happy lives,\u201d Peloton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2022\/01\/23\/billions-season-six-bobby-axelrod-mike-prince-peleton-heart-attack\/6596370001\/\">said<\/a> in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>Peloton\u2019s stock dropped shortly before Christmas after the \u201cSex and the City\u201d reboot premiered, featuring the fatal heart attack in the very first episode.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBillions\u201d producers said the similarity between the two storylines was purely a coincidence and that the \u201cBillion\u201d scene was written and shot last spring, long before the \u201cSex and the City\u201d reboot appeared on screens. The line about Mr. Big was dubbed in post production, they said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe added the line because it was what Wags would say,\u201d the show\u2019s producers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/01\/21\/arts\/television\/billions-peloton-premiere.html\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would be completely out of our character&nbsp;<em>not<\/em> to take a swing,\u201d executive producer Beth Schacter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2022\/01\/23\/billions-season-six-bobby-axelrod-mike-prince-peleton-heart-attack\/6596370001\/\">told<\/a> USA Today about the decision to add the snarky line. \u201cIt\u2019s too good. We\u2019re going to make the joke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peloton scrambled to course correct after Mr. Big met his fate, even snagging Noth to film an online ad featuring Mr. Big and Allegra, played by real-life Peloton instructor Jess King, who led the character\u2019s fatal class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShall we take another ride?\u201d Mr. Big asks in the ad. \u201cLife\u2019s too short not to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even the cheeky ad ended up being a potential problem for Peloton, however, when Noth faced multiple sexual assault allegations, and Peloton pulled the spot a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>Peloton\u2019s TV show troubles are only the latest for the company, which first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oprahdaily.com\/entertainment\/a30172338\/peloton-girl-commercial-meme-explanation\/\">faced<\/a> widespread criticism over a 2019 ad that was criticized as \u201cprivileged\u201d and \u201csexist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peloton also apparently censored hashtags that include the phrase \u201cLetsGoBrandon,\u201d an anti-Biden slogan, from its platform, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/peloton-censors-letsgobrandon-cites-guidelines\">according<\/a> to a Daily Wire review of the company\u2019s web platform.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Peloton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/peloton-recalls-treadmills\">recalled<\/a> its treadmills after a 6-year-old child died after being pulled under the rear of the treadmill.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Spoilers ahead for \u201cBillions\u201d and the Sex and the City reboot \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d Peloton cannot seem to catch a break. The high-end, high-tech fitness equipment company has become a bit of a punchline, most recently in television. Just weeks after the \u201cSex and the City\u201d reboot \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d shocked viewers &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1235526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}