Actor Chris Waters is finding himself in the middle of a couple controversial projects lately.

In an ironically accurate commercial, Waters stars in a spot for Beats 由 Dre opposite the polarizing NFL player Richard Sherman. The ad positions the Seattle Seahawks 星, 星级 as himself getting grilled 由 reporters, including Waters, in the locker room. Of course, no one knew the commercial, which premiered the same 日 as Sherman’s real-life outburst, would be so timely.

Waters explains, “This all happened so quickly. The spot came out and I was obviously excited about it. Then Sherman makes the...