{"id":400203,"date":"2026-09-15T06:24:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400203\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T06:24:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T06:24:14","slug":"florida-social-media-stars-fans-petition-for-him-to-star-in-publix-holiday-commercial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/400203\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida social media star&#8217;s fans petition for him to star in Publix holiday commercial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans are petitioning for Florida social media personality Josh Robinson, known as OMGItsWicks, to appear in a Publix holiday commercial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robinson is known for Florida-themed comedy skits and educational videos \u2014 and says he has a soft spot for Publix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A petition has surpassed 2,300 signatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SEFFNER, Fla. &#8211; <a data-ylk=\"slk:Florida;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a>&#8216;s beloved Publix holiday commercials are known for tugging at the heartstrings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But one group of fans wants to see a different kind of star in one this holiday season, with a little more comedy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vikki Brook of Seffner started a petition asking Publix to cast Florida social media personality Josh Robinson, better known onlineas OMGItsWicks in a holiday commercial.<\/p>\n<p>Why OMGItsWicks?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The backstory<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robinson, who is based in Lee County, built a following with Florida-themed comedy skits and educational videos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also happens to be a big Publix fan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robinson says employees at his local store knew him by name before he became an internet personality because he would visit nearly every day.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Courtesy: OMGItsWicks&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/wtvt_fox_local_articles_521\/5640eb24fc9fa03a3ce0d40e00cc66ce.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His Publix collection now includes shirts, hoodies, swim shorts, and even a chicken wing necklace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He also already owns a Publix Christmas sweater, another reason Brook says he would be a perfect fit for a holiday ad.<\/p>\n<p>What could the commercial look like?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robinson says he&#8217;s already talked with Publix representatives and made it clear he&#8217;s ready for his television debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He even has some ideas about what a commercial could look like.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I know they have a couple of holiday subs that I get a craving for all the time,&#8221; he said, &#8220;so it&#8217;s just mainly my real life just turned into a skit. I got a couple of ideas for some commercials. Um, and I think there&#8217;ll be a lot of fun.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">His idea is essentially to turn his real-life Publix obsession into a comedy sketch.<\/p>\n<p>Petition takes off<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What you can do<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brook launched the Change.org <a data-ylk=\"slk:petition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/feature-omgitswicks-in-a-publix-holiday-commercial?recruiter=2851461&amp;recruited_by_id=6ca6ac80-bf1b-012f-fb45-4040aa777426&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=psf_promote_or_share&amp;utm_term=petition_dashboard&amp;utm_medium=facebook&amp;share_id=9Ph96TLgRv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">petition<\/a> hoping to get Publix&#8217;s attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It has now surpassed 2,300 signatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whether Robinson makes it into a Publix commercial remains to be seen, but he says he&#8217;s ready if the opportunity comes his way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FOX 13 reached out to Publix for a comment but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>See OMGItsWicks in Tampa<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What&#8217;s next<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fans who want to see Robinson in person can catch him on his comedy tour in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He&#8217;s scheduled for two shows at the Funny Bone on Friday, February 5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">FOX 13 spoke with petition starter Vikki Brook and Josh Robinson, also known as OMGITSWICKS, about the petition, Robinson&#8217;s connection to Publix and his ideas for a potential commercial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief Fans are petitioning for Florida social media personality Josh Robinson, known as OMGItsWicks, to appear in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[159246,22874,28,30,29,159245,159244,2231,159247],"class_list":["post-400203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-comedy-skits","tag-commercial","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-holiday-commercial","tag-josh-robinson","tag-publix","tag-vikki-brook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}