B.J. Novak's public domain headshot is being used to sell ponchos, cologne, face paint, and more
The actor, writer, and director also has an accidental career as a model
B.J. Novak is a multitalented guy, responsible for acting, writing, producing, and directing on shows like the American version of The Office, The Mindy Project, and The Premise. He is also an accidental model for electric razors, rain ponchos, Uruguayan face paint, Swedish cologne, and hair clippers.
Novak revealed his new career in an Instagram story that opens with a lovely photo of his face Photoshopped onto the body of a man wearing a green poncho. “Stay dry today, Los Angeles,” he wrote, letting us wonder how he became a spokes model for the renowned “WET protect” apparel line.
In the second slide, Novak explains that “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.” Rather than try to get the situation sorted out, he says he’s “too amused to do anything about it.”