Since late 2024, social media users have spread a supposedly real vintage advertisement for scotch- and bourbon-flavored toothpaste. The image of the ad spread on Reddit, Facebook and X.

Known for playing the enigmatic Natalie in the critically acclaimed series Severance on Apple TV+, Sydney arrived at the production through an unusual route: a toothpaste commercial for Crest.

Its current Chinese name still translates to “black person toothpaste”. “For more than 35 years, we have been working together to evolve the brand, including substantial changes to the name ...