Former "American Idol" contestant Sanjaya Malakar is pitching Nationwide Insurance. He's in a new ad that's section of the company's "Life Comes at You Fast" campaign.
He says he thinks the ad is "genuinely funny" and he knows from personal experience life comes at you dissipated. He says he went from being an unknown singer to appearing before of millions of people as an "American Idol" contestant, and now he's doing a commercial for Nationwide.
In the ad, Sanjaya visits India to seek advice from a wise man wHO tells him he necessarily a retirement plan - and a haircut.
Sanjaya sports a coif similar to the ones he made famous while on "American Idol."
Other celebrities who accept poked play at themselves in the campaign include Kevin Federline, Fabio and MC Hammer.
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