We want young people to continue to love their celebrities and love their superstars but guess what? We don’t love everything they’re doing and we don’t want them to love the fact that they’re promoting gambling.”
These superstars and celebrities, they are leaders and you know what, leaders influence others and leaders have followers. “And the other thing is they’re using celebrities and superstars and these are the people young people love.
“I never had to say ‘Geez I don’t want my kids to watch this.’ So when I’m sitting there with my grandsons or granddaughters, I’m saying ‘I don’t want them to be exposed to gambling ads.’ was younger, we never had to worry about the commercials,” Subban said.