Google has been mocked and ridiculed for a Christmas ad video starring a nonbinary beauty influencer. The ad shows TikToker Cyrus Veyssi promoting skin care products for Google Shopping. 'Can't they give it up during one of the most holy of holidays? But I guess that's the point.' “This winter dryness is not it. Especially when I have so many holiday looks to pull off. Thankfully, I know just the thing,” Veyssi says. “Hydrated skin is a gift to everyone. No wrapping needed. Happy holidays to me." The video was posted to social media where many users said they found the ad off-putting and offensive. "Google is using mental health patients in their ads once again," replied former MLB player John Rocker. "The one time of year when men shop, usually to buy gifts for the women in their lives, and Google creates an ad that only induces their gag reflex," responded activist Scarlett Johnson. "Repulsive. Can't they give it up during one of the most holy of holidays? But I guess that's the point. To stick it to regular/normal Americans," said one user. "Why do they always act (and the emphasis is on act) like some ridiculous caricature of a woman? Beyond insulting," read another response. Others called for Google to be boycotted while comparing it to the infamous Bud Light transgender ad campaign. A spokesperson for Google told Fox News Digital that the ad campaign would feature dozens of other social media influencers. "To put it in perspective, this was a single sponsored Instagram post, representing a fraction of a percent of a much wider Google Shopping campaign,” said the spokesperson in part. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The most-searched athletes in the world on Google in 2024 coincided with some of the biggest events in the year, including the most-viewed boxing comeback of all time.Although World Series competitors the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers topped Google's list of most-searched sports teams for the year, neither of the teams’ uber-popular stars, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani, made the list for individual athletes.Instead, those spots were reserved for boxers, Olympians, soccer players, and cricket stars.Topping the list at No.1 worldwide was Olympic gold medal boxer Imane Khelif. Khelif was accused of being a man who pummeled women en route to gold in the women's 66kg weight class.Khelif peaked in searches between July 28 and August 3, beginning right around the time it was revealed two boxers who failed gender tests would be competing in the Olympics. Multiple sources have claimed Khelif is a man, including the International Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organization. Two researchers also cited medical studies that claimed Khelif has male genitalia and XY chromosomes.Despite this bounty of evidence, Khelif has denied all accusations and claimed they are simply the product of a hate campaign.A different boxer who got all the love and almost as many searches was Mike Tyson at No. 2. Tyson made a landmark comeback at 58 years old in a live Netflix boxing special.Tyson dominated Google between November 10-16, losing a decision to Jake Paul on November 15. Afterward, rumors swirled about the authenticity of the fight, leading to a Saudi Arabian entertainment executive offering Tyson a cool $700 million to take a rematch.Paul himself was ranked fifth on the worldwide list, peaking in popularity in the same time frame. However, the young boxer was out-ranked by No. 3 worldwide search Lamine Yamal.Yamal was searched throughout the year, having started for top-tier soccer club Barcelona at just 16 years old. Yamal further entered into living rooms across the globe after appearing in the Euro 2024 international tournament.Olympic gold medalist gymnast Simone Biles appeared at No. 4 after another successful stint representing the red, white, and blue.Biles took home three gold and one silver at the 2024 Paris Olympics and has consistently stayed in headlines due to openly discussing mental issues. She is also married to NFL player Jonathan Owens, which surely provides crossover appeal with football fans. Simone Biles poses with her four medals at the Paris Olympics; she was the fourth-most Googled athlete of 2024.Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty ImagesOther soccer players like Nico Williams and Rodrigo Hernández Cascante cracked the top 10 along with multiple popular cricket players. Coming in at No. 8, however, was American golfer Scottie Scheffler.Scheffler had one of the most wild years of any athlete, first getting arrested in May while on his way to compete in a tournament; the charges were later dropped. He again made headlines in August after winning gold at the Summer Olympics. A month later, Scheffler went viral for mocking a reporter's clueless questions at a press conference.All's well that ends well for Scheffler, though; he ended the 2024 PGA Tour season with nearly $30 million in earnings.Additionally, Scheffler ranked fourth on the U.S.-only Google list of most-searched athletes of the year. That list had Tyson at No. 1, Khelif at No. 2, and Biles at No 3.It also included WNBA star Caitlin Clark at seventh place and popular, anti-woke NFL kicker Harrison Butker at eighth.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

WNBA star Caitlin Clark said she is simply sharing her "truth" in regard to having "privilege" as a white person.Clark spoke to Time magazine after being named "Athlete of the Year" and attributed at least some of her success to racism that has worked in her favor."I want to say I've earned every single thing, but as a white person, there is privilege," Clark shockingly said. "The more we can elevate black women, that’s going to be a beautiful thing," she explained.Obviously, this spawned significant backlash after Clark received support for remaining neutral throughout the 2024 WNBA season when it came to woke and racial ideology.Some of the blowback came from political commentator and host Megyn Kelly, who mocked Clark for her remarks."Look at this. She's on the knee all but apologizing for being white and getting attention," Kelly wrote on X. "The self-flagellation. The 'oh pls pay attention to the black players who are REALY [sic] the ones you want to celebrate.' Condescending. Fake. Transparent. Sad," she added.'I try to just be real and authentic and share my truth.'During an event titled "A Year in TIME" on Wednesday night, Clark was asked to directly address Kelly's comments."I just want to know how you feel or how you respond to some of those criticisms," NBC Sports' Maria Taylor asked."I feel like I always have had good perspective on everything that's kind of happened in my life, whether that's been good, whether that's been bad, and then obviously coming to the WNBA," Clark began.Then, Clark contradicted her previous comments, saying, "I feel like I've earned every single thing that's happened to me over the course of my career."The 22-year-old expressed that she grew up a WNBA fan and said she knows "what this league is about." To Clark, that means the league is about "so many amazing black women that have been in this league."Clark continued, "Continuing to uplift them is very important, and that's something I'm very aware of."The basketball star and rookie of the year also stated that her claim of white privilege and uplifting women of a particular race was actually her way of being honest."I try to just be real and authentic and share my truth, and I think that’s very easy for me. I'm very comfortable in my own skin, and that's kind of how it's been my entire life."Clark received raucous applause for the new remarks and said she felt the Time magazine article turned out "amazing." Clark concluded by clarifying she only cares about the opinions of those she loves, including her teammates.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Toyota’s Urban Cruiser is a compact electric SUV coming to Europe. | Image: Toyota Toyota revealed its latest all-electric vehicle today as the Urban Cruiser compact SUV. The EV, which will be fully revealed at the Brussels Motor Show next month, is intended for the European market, first coming to the UK in the third quarter of 2025. Toyota says the wheelbase is only about 5 inches longer than the European-only Yaris Cross, making it another fun-sized electric EV slated for the continent like the recently revealed Ford Puma Gen-E or Hyundai Inster. The Urban Cruiser has clear design inspiration from last year's Urban SUV concept. It also shares its new EV platform built in conjunction with Suzuki, which announced its made-in-India E Vitara SUV last month. Toyota’s other EV, the bZ4X, also shares its EV platform with another automaker, Subaru, which has the Solterra EV. Image: Toyota Toyota Urban Cruiser features a side-by-side 10.25-inch cluster screen and a 10.1-inch infotainment system. Toyota’s Urban Cruiser has nearly match-for-match specs as the E Vitara, including a relatively small 49 kWh battery with an FWD drivetrain and a 61 kWh battery with an option for AWD. Toyota says power output can get as high as 135kW in the AWD version (with 40kW on the rear axel for “stable and secure performance on loose and slippery surfaces”) and up to 300 Nm of torque. While the official range is not announced, it’ll likely match the E Vitara’s expected 248 miles on a single charge. Additionally, the Urban Cruiser has downhill assist and trail modes for added control, and the FWD model includes a snow mode. All models come with a heat pump and include the ability to manually start preconditioning the battery to prepare for a DC fast charging session. Toyota has been slower in building and adopting EVs than other legacy manufacturers. The automaker has been focused on its outstanding hybrid technology as well as hydrogen vehicles. But the automaker isn’t done with EVs — it’s planning to have 15 EVs, including six models on a next-gen shared platform by 2026, and it just invested nearly another $1 billion in Kentucky for a paint facility to prepare for a three-row electric SUV for the US.