Pharrell Williams: “I’m A PC… Except Not Really”

Lucas Jensen | September 25, 2008 9:00 am

Last week we discussed Jerry Seinfeld getting dumped by Microsoft in favor of the high-powered trio of Pharell Williams, Eva Longoria, and Deepak Chopra. It’s looking like the folks over Microsoft vetted these candidates less than Sarah Palin. Longoria owns a MacBook and Chopra has blogged approvingly of iPods, but the kicker, I think, is this:

Yep, that’s a gold-plated iPhone Pharrell is holding. And his Billionaire Boys Club blog has a nod to iPod designer Jonathan Ive. And he owned an iPod.

Man, I miss the days when celebrities really used the products they were endorsing.

Drunken Orson Welles [YouTube] ‘I’m A PC’ Made On A Mac [Sydney Morning Herald] I’m a PC … and I Love My iPhone! [AdAge] Microsoft Gets Pharrell Williams To Lie For Them [Agency Spy]

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