# Trivago guy: Now even creepier! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222 "2016-08-18T22:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/1 "2016-08-18T22:09:44Z")
They cleaned Trivago guy up for a few of their commercials (grown-up man dress shirt with jeans, he was shaven), but he’s back to t-shirt 'n whisker-stubbled “creepy uncle who lives in a van by the river” mode. I can’t put my finger on it, but he also seems even creepier than before . . . Just thought I’d post this vital alert. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/2 "2016-08-18T22:17:47Z")
Here in NZ the Trivago spokesperson is a [very hot woman.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9UbMFWxnM) ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/3 "2016-08-18T23:35:14Z")
You might enjoy this [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/L73AhvAadHM) in which the actor who plays the “Trivago guy” explains his stubble (at the time, he had a job playing a scruffy, unshaven rock star on a German TV show). He also reads some tweets complaining about his appearance, and notes that a couple of other countries have their own Trivago guys who are similarly groomed. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/4 "2016-08-18T23:44:27Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > Here in NZ the Trivago spokesperson is a [very hot woman.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9UbMFWxnM) I dunno, she’s kinda creepy, untucked-in shirt and all. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/5 "2016-08-19T01:16:22Z")
Eh. If I ran into him at a bar I’d let him buy me a drink or few. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/6 "2016-08-19T01:34:46Z")
He’s supposed to be sexy. If you pay attention, _every single_ leading man or just guy who’s supposed to be sexy has the magical perma-stubble/shadow. Not just some of the time, in scenes where it makes sense that the character hasnt shaved in a while, but _always_. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/7 "2016-08-19T01:44:50Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > You might enjoy this [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/L73AhvAadHM) in which the actor who plays the “Trivago guy” explains his stubble (at the time, he had a job playing a scruffy, unshaven rock star on a German TV show). He also reads some tweets complaining about his appearance, and notes that a couple of other countries have their own Trivago guys who are similarly groomed. AIUI, Trivago actually _is_ a German company, and hired him at first to do the German ads. (He knew no German before taking the rock star role; he obviously had the gumption, and the magnetism, to put himself over.) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/8 "2016-08-19T06:32:34Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Eh. If I ran into him at a bar I’d let him buy me a drink or few. I’d let him do more than that (if I weren’t married or attached). That doesn’t mean he’s not creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/9 "2016-08-19T07:16:40Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > AIUI, Trivago actually _is_ a German company, and hired him at first to do the German ads. (He knew no German before taking the rock star role; he obviously had the gumption, and the magnetism, to put himself over.) Kinda like this guy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/cZ19KnbMKp4/hqdefault.jpg "Thank God You're Here: Bryan Cranston") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ19KnbMKp4) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/10 "2019-04-12T12:16:05Z")
Update: [even creepier](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/trivago-pitchman-charged-dwi-police-say). ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/11 "2019-04-12T19:34:22Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I dunno, she’s kinda creepy, untucked-in shirt and all. Wouldn’t be funny if she had stubble too? Now that would be creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivago-guy-now-even-creepier/763222/12 "2019-04-12T20:23:14Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Update: [even creepier](https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/trivago-pitchman-charged-dwi-police-say). Really, is anyone surprised? Look how he showed up to film commercials!