The United States military is still the most-funded military on Earth, but in the 2020s, it’s in need of two things: more recruits and better PR. So, who better to help than Guy Fieri, a group of daytime TV stars, and YouTube influencers, right?
Okay, joking aside (which is pretty hard when the joke is “Guy Fieri is a psyop”), the Pentagon truly has a long history of collaborating with the entertainment industry, and according to a new report from Rolling Stone, a number of well-known faces have received support in exchange for this collaboration in recent years.
Among them are Fieri (with his Food Network show, Guy’s All-American Road Trip), as well as programs like The Kelly Clarkson Show, Downey’s Dream Cars, The Price Is Right, America’s Got Talent, and The Jennifer Hudson Show.
Though the exact details of these operations aren’t public, Rolling Stoneexplains that the Pentagon offers their collaborators deals called …