Elton John Pepsi Commercial Debuts Online; His Partner Won't Watch Madonna's Halftime Show
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Facebook.com/EltonJohnYou won't have to wait 'til Sunday to see Elton John's Super Bowl commercial for Pepsi -- it's just debuted online. The clip casts Elton as a king, presiding over a throne room full of colorfully costumed courtiers. After a jester performs an extremely lame version of rapper Nelly's song "Hot in Herre," King Elton pronounces, "Enough! No Pepsi for you!" He pulls a lever, causing the jester to drop through the floor.
Then, a hooded figure approaches the throne. "And what do you do?" bored King Elton asks. "I sing," replies the figure, dropping her cloak to reveal that she is actually X Factor winner Melanie Amaro. King Elton laughs derisively, and Melanie busts out a club version of Aretha Franklin's classic "Respect," with her last note shattering the stained glass window above the throne.
"All right," says King Elton. "Pepsi for you." "No," replies Melanie, grabbing the golden goblet out of his hand. "Pepsi for all." She tosses the goblet, and hits the lever, dropping King Elton through the floor, as everyone rushes to grab cans of the soft drink. "Where there's Pepsi, there's music," reads the tagline. We then see King Elton in the dungeon, being greeted with a "Yeahhh, boyee!" by former Public Enemy rapper and reality-show star Flava Flav, complete with Viking helmet and gold clock around his neck.
In a related story, TMZ asked Elton's partner, David Furnish, if he planned to check out Madonna's halftime show during the Super Bowl. You may recall that Furnish went off on a profanity-filled rant against Madonna on Facebook after she won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song over Elton. "I don't watch football," Furnish tells TMZ. Since Elton is a massive football fan who's rooting for the Patriots, and he's also starring in the Pepsi commercial, we assume there's one word to describe the atmosphere at the John/Furnish household on Sunday: awk-ward!
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