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Shadowhunters's Isaiah Mustafa Plays Old Spice or New Spice?

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We're hanging out with the incredible Isaiah Mustafa in the Young Hollywood Studio, and in honor of his now-legendary stint as "The Old Spice Guy", we decide to get his take on some pop culture items and whether he prefers the Old Spice or the New Spice! Hear his thoughts on Justin Timberlake vs Justin Bieber, MySpace vs Facebook, Destiny's Child vs Fifth Harmony, and more!

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Young Hollywood

What's up, guys? We're hanging out in the Young Hollywood studio with Isaiah Mustafa, and we're about to play a game called Old Spice versus New Spice. Get it? Get it? Cause you're the old spice guy. Right. Okay, so it's like old or new, what's your favorite? I'm gonna ask you serious questions.

Isaiah Mustafa

Okay. So you're saying that the old version or the new version?

Young Hollywood

Yeah. Okay. And what you like better?

Isaiah Mustafa

And what I like better? Yeah. All right, let's do this. Okay. I'm ready.

Young Hollywood

Justin Timberlake or Justin Bieber?

Isaiah Mustafa

Justin Timberlake or Justin Bieber? Well, this would be Beebs, and uh this would be JT. Old JT. Um you know, I'm I'm I gotta go with JT. Yeah.

Young Hollywood

Okay, MySpace. Remember that? Whoa. Or Facebook?

Isaiah Mustafa

Whoa. Man, MySpace. That's the best.

Young Hollywood

Okay, Destiny's Child or Fifth Harmony?

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh, man. Destiny's Child. I'll I'll take him when they had all like five members, and then then they broke it down, like every version of Destiny's Child, I was into. I substituted uh uh junior high one time and this this little this is back when I was 24 and this this little girl, she was like, "I want some Destiny's Child." I was like, "What?" Like, why what do you know about that?

Young Hollywood

Okay. Mix tape or playlist?

Isaiah Mustafa

All right, let's go mixtape, because come on, come on. If somebody had a love tape with like the tape across the front of it that said love tape on it. Or a permanent marker with like the songs.

Young Hollywood

Yes, or crayon. Oh, that's so cute. I love it. Okay, next question. Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones? And I know you're a nerd, so I know you're gonna like this question, right?

Isaiah Mustafa

Yeah, I feel like they're both old. I gotta go with this one or else the fiancée will kill me.

Young Hollywood

So what is that? That's That's Lord of the Rings.

Isaiah Mustafa

Yeah. Yeah, she's serious about Middle Earth. Don't Don't mess with her.

Young Hollywood

Really? Oh, okay. So can she speak the Lord of the Rings language and everything?

Isaiah Mustafa

She writes it all, she does the whole thing. You know what I mean? And there's on top of the Christmas tree, there's a Gandalf hat, all kinds of stuff going on in my house.

Young Hollywood

You picked a good one there, see, that's amazing. Yeah. Okay. Mario Kart or Fortnite?

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh, man, Mario Kart. Are you what? Have you seen it on on uh Nintendo Switch? It's crazy.

Young Hollywood

So, have you done Rainbow Road? Is that Is that the Fortnite deal? It's a road in Mario Kart.

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh, you're sorry. It's like the hardest one.

Young Hollywood

See, I don't even know about Fortnite because I

Isaiah Mustafa

No, Rainbow Road. Rainbow Road. I'm on it today. So hard.

Young Hollywood

Okay. Old Taylor or new Taylor?

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh. You talking about Swifty here. Oh, no. Yeah, you know, she says the old Taylor's dead now. Did we pour a little liquor out for the old Taylor? The old Taylor's dead. What are we doing with it? I don't even know what the new one's about, so I kinda wanna figure that out. Let's go with the new Taylor.

Young Hollywood

He wants to figure it out. Okay. Okay, waterproof disposable camera or a GoPro?

Isaiah Mustafa

I I have had a GoPro for about four, five years, and I still don't know what that's all about. I'd go with the disposable camera because I at least I know what to do with well actually wait. What do you do with it?

Young Hollywood

You go to Walgreens, and they'll still develop it for you.

Isaiah Mustafa

What does Walgreens still They have a photo department?

Young Hollywood

I think so. Awesome. Okay. Blockbuster or Netflix?

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh, man. Remember Blockbuster? You could walk around, you could peruse all the movies. Yeah, that's where you go in junior high, and you like meet people, and there'd be some girls down there in the in the YA section, you'd be like, "Yo, what's up?" I was always like, "I'm going to the rated R aisle." In action comedy. Um anyway, I'm gonna pick uh I have to go to Netflix though, cause I'm a junkie. I mean honestly.

Young Hollywood

Okay, last one. The Cabbage Patch or the Whip and Nae Nae?

Isaiah Mustafa

Well, they're both kinda old now, right? My daughter does the Whip and Nae Nae. She was stuck on that for a whole whole thing. But uh I'm gonna say Cabbage Patch because I got busted in eighth grade doing that in the uh PE in PE. They make you stand on the numbers, and I couldn't stand still so I started Cabbage Patch and then they got they're mad at me, and I got in trouble.

Young Hollywood

Okay, well to end this segment, we've gotta see it.

Isaiah Mustafa

Oh, you wanna see my patch?

Young Hollywood

I wanna see your patch.

Isaiah Mustafa

You wanna see my patch? Oh, Oh. It's still good. You've got it. Now it's not easy to do when you're sitting down, but I mean I made it work. I think that was pretty good. Thank you so much for coming. It was so nice to meet you, so fun hanging out.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Isaiah Mustafa

    Featured guest playing 'Old Spice or New Spice'

  • Justin Timberlake

    Compared to Justin Bieber

  • Justin Bieber

    Compared to Justin Timberlake

  • Destiny's Child

    Compared to Fifth Harmony

  • Fifth Harmony

    Compared to Destiny's Child

  • Taylor Swift

    Discussed as 'Old Taylor' or 'New Taylor'

  • Gandalf

    Mentioned as a Christmas tree topper

FAQ

Who is the Old Spice Guy?+
The Old Spice Guy is Isaiah Mustafa, an actor known for his role in Old Spice commercials.
What game did Isaiah Mustafa play on Young Hollywood?+
Isaiah Mustafa played a game called 'Old Spice or New Spice,' where he chose between older and newer pop culture items.
Does Isaiah Mustafa prefer Justin Timberlake or Justin Bieber?+
Isaiah Mustafa prefers Justin Timberlake over Justin Bieber.
Which social media platform does Isaiah Mustafa prefer: MySpace or Facebook?+
Isaiah Mustafa prefers MySpace over Facebook.
What is Isaiah Mustafa's preference between Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones?+
Isaiah Mustafa chose Lord of the Rings, stating his fiancée would 'kill him' if he didn't, as she is very serious about Middle Earth.
Does Isaiah Mustafa prefer Blockbuster or Netflix?+
While he has nostalgic feelings for Blockbuster, Isaiah Mustafa ultimately chooses Netflix because he is a 'junkie'.
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