{"id":1240674,"date":"2022-01-25T20:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1240674"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:53:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T01:53:16","slug":"flailing-peloton-issues-statement-after-billions-character-suffers-a-heart-attack-following-a-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flailing-peloton-issues-statement-after-billions-character-suffers-a-heart-attack-following-a-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Flailing Peloton Issues Statement After \u2018Billions\u2019 Character Suffers A Heart Attack Following a Ride"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fflailing-peloton-issues-statement-after-billions-character-suffers-a-heart-attack-following-a-ride%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=1240674&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>Television fans have barely recovered from the death-by-Peloton that befell Mr. Big on the \u201cSex and the City\u201d spinoff, \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d Now without warning, there\u2019s been another heart incident involving a Peloton, but this time it comes courtesy of the Showtime series \u201cBillions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The latest cardiac trouble involves Mike \u201cWags\u201d Wagner (David Costabile) having a heart attack while riding his Peloton spin bike, just like Big did in \u201cAJLT.\u201d However, Wags doesn\u2019t die from it like Big, and even used the moment to reference the other show by saying he\u2019s \u201cnot going out\u201d like the other character, Yahoo <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/billions-peloton-scene-171753484.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Executive producers claim the \u201cBillions\u201d scene was filmed in spring 2021, which is long before Big caused Peloton to trend with his shocking scene. Then after the \u201cAJLT\u201d episode aired, the production team edited the scene to include \u201cwhat Wags would say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Peloton spokesperson addressed any possible negative connotations viewers might have about the workout equipment in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/entertainment\/peloton-billions-character-heart-attack\">statement<\/a> to Fox Business. They stressed that cardiovascular exercise is good for someone at risk of a heart attack.&nbsp;<\/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,\u201d the statement reads.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs referenced by the show itself, there are strong benefits of cardio-vascular exercise to help people lead long, happy lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first Peloton controversy in Hollywood. After the death of Mr. Big, the fitness company worked with Ryan Reynolds\u2019 company Maximum Impact to create an ad featuring Chris Noth extolling the virtues of cardiovascular fitness while claiming to be \u201calive.\u201d Shortly after the ad debuted in December, Noth was accused of sexual assault, and the company had to distance themselves from him and cancel the whole campaign.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear whether the TV spots have anything to do with Peloton\u2019s growing financial issues. Peloton shares fell 24% on January 20 following a report from CNBC that the company was pulling back on production, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/peloton-bucks-market-trend-after-activist-letter-billions-appearance-11643039068\">reported<\/a>. This came after they had ramped up production to meet demand and stock shortages from 2020, only to find the demand for their products was no longer there.<\/p>\n<p>Peloton CEO John Foley said in a letter to employees that layoffs were a possibility, plus said the company is \u201cresetting our production levels for sustainable growth.\u201d This has led to employees and shareholders demanding that Foley be fired or voluntarily resign.<\/p>\n<p>Peloton stock has fallen more than 80% over the past 12 months after emerging as a leading investment at the beginning of the pandemic. PR issues like seeing characters suffer heart attacks after using their workout equipment probably hasn\u2019t affected the brand image too much, but it hasn\u2019t helped matters either. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to Billions I can afford to buy more Peloton stocks,\u201d one Twitter user quipped after the episode.&nbsp;<\/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>Television fans have barely recovered from the death-by-Peloton that befell Mr. Big on the \u201cSex and the City\u201d spinoff, \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d Now without warning, there\u2019s been another heart incident involving a Peloton, but this time it comes courtesy of the Showtime series \u201cBillions.\u201d The latest cardiac trouble involves Mike \u201cWags\u201d Wagner (David Costabile) &#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-1240674","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\/1240674","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=1240674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1240674\/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=1240674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1240674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1240674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}