The bear‘S Ayo Edebiri kept it professional when she was repeatedly asked about costar Jeremy Allen White‘s steamy Calvin Klein campaign.
Edebiri, 28, was pressed about her response to the ads while attending the 2024 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, January 7, and initially played along when the topic came up on the red carpet.
“I’m bulking,” she said Entertainment tonight, teasing that she was inspired to hit the gym after seeing White’s photoshoot. “So I eat, I use the protein, I use the creatine.”
Edebiri joked that she would focus on her abs especially in the “second quarter” of the year. “Foursomes [are] Q3. And then, actually, back to the poor,” she said. “We’ll leave the rest of the leg, we’ll leave it alone.”
The questions did not slow down as the evening progressed. She joined Abbott Elementary‘S Quinta Brunson for a red carpet interview with Access to Hollywood and had to look away when he was shown a more NSFW photo of White, 32.
“Jeremy, put that away,” Brunson, 34, joked in a video shared via TikTok.
Edebiri insisted she was “happy” for her costar. “That’s my boy, you know what I mean?” she said. “I feel like I want people to understand that he is my colleague.”
The bear won the Golden Globes by a wide margin, with both Edebiri and White taking home individual trophies for their performances. The Hulu hit also earned the award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. As they gathered backstage after their win, the cast was asked again about White’s campaign.
“I have a very serious question for all of you,” says An Additional reporter started.
Edebiri could be heard saying softly, “I feel like I know what it is,” as the interviewer turned to pick up an enlarged photo from the Calvin Klein shoot. She stepped forward to take the prop away as White laughed awkwardly.
“I’m putting it away for my boy!” That’s my boy,” she teased, emphasizing, “This is a work position!”
Abby Elliott and more cast members joined in to defend their “family.” Ebon Moss-Bachrach Joking: ‘We’re not there [the] underwear prices, you know what I mean? We’re here to talk about our show.”
White admitted he felt a little uncomfortable with all the attention the campaign, which debuted earlier this month, has received. “I feel very far away from it,” he said Additionalnoting that it was “really nice” to see a billboard of himself in New York City.
After his win, White said in the press room: “It’s been a strange few days. It’s bizarre to make an ad for Calvin Klein, and now it’s even more bizarre when it comes out. But for now everything feels good, thank you.”