Few people know what it's like to be thrust into controversy in quite the same way as the actor who plays the "tone-deaf" husband in a recent Peloton ad. (You probably know the one but here it is).

Source: Sean Hunter, used with permission.

Sean Hunter is an actor and elementary school teacher in Vancouver, Canada—he also happens to be one of my best friends. In real life, he's a decidedly good guy, so after reading a tweet joking that the people involved in making the commercial should be jailed and another tweet stating that there was a "100% chance that the husband in the Peloton ad is abusive," I decided to reach out.

I asked him about his perspective as someone who has suddenly found himself in the middle of a worldwide conversation about family dynamics, roles, and .

Here's what he had to say: