Owen Thiele fronts Tinder Group Hangouts ad and discusses Adults season 3 and 13 Going on 30 sequel

Left · 1Owen Thiele stars in a new ad campaign for Tinder's Group Hangouts, a feature that lets groups of friends meet other groups, according to Variety. 1 Left · 1The spot was directed by twin sisters Fa and Fon Watkins, and in it Thiele channels Sir David Attenborough, observing and narrating Gen Z dating "in the wild". 1 Left · 1Thiele said he has been together with his boyfriend, celebrity stylist Jared Ellner, for 10 years, and recalled that a Tinder representative asked the couple to do a campaign about three months into their relationship, though in the resulting photo shoot only their interlocked hands were used. 1

Left · 1He said he already does Tinder ads on his podcast and called the company a collaborative partner. 1 Left · 2Asked about a possible third season of the series Adults, Thiele told Variety's Marc Malkin that the writers have told the cast nothing, and that they do so on purpose. 1 2 Left · 1The A.V. Club noted that Adults has not yet been renewed for a third season, and recapped that Anton and Paul Baker (played by Jack Innanen) married at the end of season one so Paul Baker could stay in the country, and kissed in the season two finale. 2

Left · 2Thiele said the pair communicate honestly, but wondered how they would fare as a couple once the will-they-or-won't-they tension is gone, adding that Anton "yells a lot". 1 2 Left · 1On the 13 Going on 30 sequel, Thiele said it is a new thing that does not try to be the iconic original film, and that he feels lucky to be part of the lineage. 1 Left · 1Thiele also praised co-star Connor Storrie, with whom he appears in Molly Gordon's A24 comedy Peaked, saying he is humble and collaborative, and joked that he brings Storrie up in every interview. 1