ACTING UP Football’s most cringey adverts revealed from Southgate at Pizza Hut to Messi flogging face cream & Beckham’s Sharpies
THEY are often accused of hamming it up on the football pitch.
Posted Sunday, September 29, 2024 by Thesun.co.uk
But the game’s top stars can be just as bad off it – you only need to look at former Man United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, who dressed up as a butcher and played an accordion to advertise Danish bacon.
And he is not the only ace with a side hustle in cringey commercials.
Nadia Cohen looks back at the footie stars who have flogged everything, from tomato juice to pens . . . 
GARETH SOUTHGATE – Pizza Hut
Gareth Southgate did a commercial for Pizza Hut following his famous Euro '96 penalty miss
DAVID BECKHAM – Sharpies
David Beckham promoted Sharpies
RONALDO – Japanese ‘facial fitness’ gizmo
Christiano Ronaldo in an ad for a Japanese ‘facial fitness’ gizmo
HARRY KANE – 3Bears porridge
Harry Kane has become the face of 3Bears porridge
LIONEL MESSI – Japanese face cream
Football genius Lionel Messi once did an ad for Japanese face creamFootball genius Lionel Messi once did an ad for
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