Photo: Rodin Eckenroth/WireImageWondering whyB.J. Novak’s face might end up on the packaging of your next purchase?TheOfficeactor, 42, revealed on hisInstagram StoryMonday that a photo of him was mistakenly deemed public domain years ago, meaning his face has appeared on various household products all over the world.The items Novak featured on his Story included a rain poncho in Los Angeles, cologne in Sweden, and face paint in Uruguay, as well as an electric razor and hair clippers.Though he could likely get the photo taken down, he said the whole thing is too funny to “do anything about it.““Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world,” he wrote on another slide. “But I am too amused to do anything about it.“BJ Novak/InstagramBJ Novak/InstagramNovak isn’t the first star to appear in unlikely places —Kim’s ConvenienceactorSimu Liuhas repeatedly poked fun at hispast as a model for stock images.When his hit movie,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, premiered last month, fans beganunearthing the old picsof him on social media.BJ Novak/InstagramBJ Novak/Instagram"thinking about when simu liu was a stock photo model,” onewroteon Twitter alongside a series of photos showing Liu running board meetings and working on a laptop.“You’re cool, but not Simu Liu stock photos kinda cool,” anotheradded.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Liu, 32, has previously addressed his stock photo past on his own Twitter page,writingin February 2020, “Legitimately wondering if I am the greatest stock photo model of all time. Totally unrelated note, please stop buying these photos.“Several years prior, theformer accountant-turned actorcommented on a photo of himself that aptly appeared on the front of an accounting textbook.“Call@AlanisMorissette because I just died from irony. I did a stock photo shoot in 2014 and it ended up here. I used to be an accountant,” hetweetedin 2017.
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Wondering whyB.J. Novak’s face might end up on the packaging of your next purchase?TheOfficeactor, 42, revealed on hisInstagram StoryMonday that a photo of him was mistakenly deemed public domain years ago, meaning his face has appeared on various household products all over the world.The items Novak featured on his Story included a rain poncho in Los Angeles, cologne in Sweden, and face paint in Uruguay, as well as an electric razor and hair clippers.Though he could likely get the photo taken down, he said the whole thing is too funny to “do anything about it.““Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world,” he wrote on another slide. “But I am too amused to do anything about it.“BJ Novak/InstagramBJ Novak/InstagramNovak isn’t the first star to appear in unlikely places —Kim’s ConvenienceactorSimu Liuhas repeatedly poked fun at hispast as a model for stock images.When his hit movie,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, premiered last month, fans beganunearthing the old picsof him on social media.BJ Novak/InstagramBJ Novak/Instagram"thinking about when simu liu was a stock photo model,” onewroteon Twitter alongside a series of photos showing Liu running board meetings and working on a laptop.“You’re cool, but not Simu Liu stock photos kinda cool,” anotheradded.Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Liu, 32, has previously addressed his stock photo past on his own Twitter page,writingin February 2020, “Legitimately wondering if I am the greatest stock photo model of all time. Totally unrelated note, please stop buying these photos.“Several years prior, theformer accountant-turned actorcommented on a photo of himself that aptly appeared on the front of an accounting textbook.“Call@AlanisMorissette because I just died from irony. I did a stock photo shoot in 2014 and it ended up here. I used to be an accountant,” hetweetedin 2017.
Wondering whyB.J. Novak’s face might end up on the packaging of your next purchase?
TheOfficeactor, 42, revealed on hisInstagram StoryMonday that a photo of him was mistakenly deemed public domain years ago, meaning his face has appeared on various household products all over the world.
The items Novak featured on his Story included a rain poncho in Los Angeles, cologne in Sweden, and face paint in Uruguay, as well as an electric razor and hair clippers.
Though he could likely get the photo taken down, he said the whole thing is too funny to “do anything about it.”
“Years ago, someone mistakenly put an image of me on a public domain site, and now apparently I am on products all around the world,” he wrote on another slide. “But I am too amused to do anything about it.”
BJ Novak/Instagram
Novak isn’t the first star to appear in unlikely places —Kim’s ConvenienceactorSimu Liuhas repeatedly poked fun at hispast as a model for stock images.
When his hit movie,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, premiered last month, fans beganunearthing the old picsof him on social media.
“thinking about when simu liu was a stock photo model,” onewroteon Twitter alongside a series of photos showing Liu running board meetings and working on a laptop.
“You’re cool, but not Simu Liu stock photos kinda cool,” anotheradded.
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
Liu, 32, has previously addressed his stock photo past on his own Twitter page,writingin February 2020, “Legitimately wondering if I am the greatest stock photo model of all time. Totally unrelated note, please stop buying these photos.”
Several years prior, theformer accountant-turned actorcommented on a photo of himself that aptly appeared on the front of an accounting textbook.
“Call@AlanisMorissette because I just died from irony. I did a stock photo shoot in 2014 and it ended up here. I used to be an accountant,” hetweetedin 2017.
source: people.com
