He and his boyfriend, celebrity stylist Jared Ellner, have been together for 10 years. But that doesn’t mean he can’t help friends find love. Thiele stars in a new ad campaign for Tinder’s Group Hangouts, which lets groups of friends meet other groups.
In the spot, from twin sister directors Fa and Fon Watkins, Thiele channels Sir David Attenborough as he observes and narrates Gen Z dating “in the wild” and what happens when they start meeting people via Group Hangouts. It’s a full circle moment for Thiele and Ellner. It was literally like three months into dating.” They sat for a photo shoot.
However, Thiele recalls, “Our faces were cut out and it was just our hands interlocked. So our hands are somewhere on a Tinder ad.” I caught up with Thiele recently for an exclusive chat about Tinder, Anton and Paul Baker’s future on “Adults,” the “13 Going on 30” sequel and working with Connor Storrie in Molly Gordon’s A24 comedy “Peaked.” I haven’t been in the dating room for a second, but all of my friends, most of my friends, are single. I’m constantly trying to help them.
I’m constantly matchmaking. I shouldn’t be in charge of that. That shouldn’t be something that I’m in charge of.
Luckily, there’s an app now where they can do it for you. A friend of mine is dating another friend of mine that I set up. They’ve been dating for eight years.
I’ve been doing ads for Tinder on my podcast, and they’ve just been such a collaborative, great partner. And then they approached me with this ad, and these two beautiful twins, Fa and Fon, directed it. These gorgeous girls directed this and came up with this fun idea where I was bird-watching, but it was actually people-watching.
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