Michael Sam, the first openly gay
player to be drafted by the NFL, is among the celebrities starring in
Coca-Cola's #MakeItHappy Super Bowl Campaign.
While its 60-second spot won't air
until Sunday, Coke this week teased what we can expect with several
videos released online.
Also released were several longer
videos starring celebrities and teens talking about making the
Internet a better place.
The videos star race car driver Danica
Patrick, Michael
Sam and YouTube celebrity Kid
President.
“I see negativity daily,” Sam says
in his 2-minute video. “I've gotten nasty tweets, Instagram
messages. People have sent me YouTube videos and say how they hate
me, how they wish that, you know, I was dead.”
“One nasty email, she pretty much
told me that we don't belong, we're evil. She's really the only hate
message I've ever replied to. And what I said was, I am sorry that
you feel that way. Even though you hate me so much, I still love
you, and I wish you have a great day. She never replied back.”
“I will be that person to stand
against bullying, to stand against hate. The web can certainly
spread happiness and love,” he adds. (The video is embedded on
this page. Visit
our video library for more videos.)