Sometimes life can be so sad. You try to put a good spin on it, but once in a while, you see something so depressing you just can’t get over it. Today’s overdramatic example: Kid from Kid ‘N Play is now hawking suits for what looks to be the cheapest, tackiest piece of crap store I’ve seen in a long time. And I live in Brooklyn. I’ve seen cheap ass stores. And what’s worse (though certainly not surprising), the commercial has landed on YouTube and is super awkward. You can’t even laugh or chuckle because you just feel so mortified for the guy. I had to look away at several points.

Christopher “Kid” Reid of Kid ‘n Play and awesome hi-top fade fame has a new improved hustle: hawking 2-for-1 suits on television. Yes, this is real. Also, yes, this is simultaneously the funniest and most pathetic thing in a minute.

“I’m here to tell you something,” explains the self-proclaimed actor and stand-up comedian. “It’s not always about that hip-hop house party stuff. Sometimes you gotta get clean. You’re trying to take your lady out, take your mother out, one of your homeboys got shot…You got things to do, and you can’t wear shorts and flip-flops.”

Besides that homeboy line falling somewhere between a collar-tugging joke and just plain atrocious, the bit is simply so bad it’s sort of amazing. Also, who is wearing shorts and flip-flops on a date? Come on, Kid, keep it reasonable at least.

“Come in looking like a bum, and leave looking like me,” he offers and then points off camera. “Oh yeah, excuse me, I got women over there. Don’t hate!”

Sorry, Mr. Reid. In one minute, you’ve given us at least a day’s worth of material to hate on. Good work, though.

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Ack, the discomfort! There is seriously not one single second that isn’t awkward and embarrassing. On the one hand, you feel really badly for the guy. I mean his life cannot be going even a little bit okay if he’s doing this. On the other hand, it’s hard not to disrespect Kid for being involved in the project, whatever the reason. At every possible turn they went for the dumbest lines, the cheesiest acting… the whole thing is a mess. I feel badly for the guy but come on, anything’s better than this.

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