Sam Bankman-Fried pushed for his dad to get cast in an FTX industrial featuring Larry Davif that aired in the course of the Super Bowl — because his father was an enormous fan of the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star, according to a report.
Joseph Bankman appeared alongside the “Curb” curmudgeon in the ad, which aired in the course of the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals on Feb. 13, 2022.
At across the time the industrial was made, Bankman was officially hired as an worker by his son’s crypto company, which at its height reached a valuation of $32 billion before it imploded last November.
Bankman-Fried’s younger brother, Gabe, broached the concept of his father appearing in the industrial, which cost FTX $20 million to produce and to air, according to Bloomberg News.
The family loved David and Gabe Bankman-Fried raised the subject because his dad, a Stanford University law professor, was too humble to demand a cameo himself, the outlet reported.
![Larry David appeared in a Super Bowl commercial for FTX, the doomed cryptocurrency exchange founded by Sam Bankman-Fried, in 2022.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000039566279.jpg?w=1024)
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![According to a report, Sam Bankman-Fried's younger brother, Gabe Bankman-Fried, insisted on his father being in the commercial.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000039566278.jpg?w=1024)
![The scene depicted the founding fathers arguing over the Declaration of Independence.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000039566280.jpg?w=1024)
A number of months later, Bankman-Fried reportedly wrote to his family that his dad got a bit part in the two-and-a-half minute industrial, which featured David playing an uber-skeptic who rejects world-altering inventions that advance humanity resembling the wheel, the bathroom, the fork, coffee, and the Declaration of Independence.
“No king?” David, who’s dressed in a revolution-era wig and garb, screamed on the country’s founding fathers as they prepared to sign the historic document giving birth to the nation.
“Gentlemen, have you ever taken leave of your senses?” David asked.
“The people shall have the precise to vote,” one in every of the signatories responded.
“Even the silly ones?” David retorted.
The camera then panned to Bankman, who’s seen similarly costumed.
![The Super Bowl commercial featuring Larry David cost $20 million to produce and air.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000039566275.jpg?w=1024)
“Yes!” Bankman yells.
At the tip of the industrial, David is obtainable a probability to embrace one other latest invention — cryptocurrency.
Still in character, he declined. Fans of David noted in hindsight that he was correct in his prediction of cryptocurrency’s decline.
![Joseph Bankman is seen leaving Manhattan federal court last month after a judge revoked his son's bail.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000021756829.jpg?w=1024)
Bankman-Fried and his parents declined comment.
The Post has reached out to FTX.
Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire imploded a number of months after the industrial aired and he was indicted last December on several fraud and money laundering charges.
His parents’ role before Bankman-Fried’s downfall has drawn increased scrutiny because the Oct. 2 trial date approaches.
Risa Heller, the spokeswoman for Bankman-Fried’s parents, told Bloomberg News that Bankman and his wife, fellow Stanford law professor Barbara Fried, were merely being supportive of their son — which was the extent of their involvement with FTX.
Within the weeks following the arrest of their son in the Bahamas last November, it was learned that Bankman and Fried were listed because the owners of a $16.4 million mansion in a gated community on the island.
![Bankman's wife, Barbara Fried, is also a Stanford law professor.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000021756835.jpg?w=1024)
Sam Bankman-Fried, who for weeks has been housed in the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn after violating the terms of his bail, is alleged to have broken the law when he used FTX customer deposits to cover dangerous bets made by his hedge fund, Alameda Research.
Sam Bankman-Fried and his cronies are alleged to have spent large amounts of funds from FTX on personal loans in addition to real estate properties, political donations, and marketing and promoting.
He has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, Bankman-Fried faces a long time behind bars.
![Sam Bankman-Fried faces federal trial on several charges, including fraud and money laundering. He has pleaded not guilty.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/09/NYPICHPDPICT000027398221-1.jpg?w=1024)
David and other celebrity endorsers of FTX including Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, and Shaquille O’Neal have been sued in class-action litigation by those that say they were victimized by their touting of the doomed cryptocurrency exchange.
The Post has sought comment from David.