Michael Cera Sparks Skin-Deep Mystery About Being Mastermind Behind CeraVe

"Superbad" and super moisturized.

Did actor Michael Cera have something to do with starting the skincare brand CeraVe? He may have alluded to that juicy tidbit of information on more than one occasion, and podcast host Bobbi Althoff wants to get to the bottom of it.

During the most recent episode of "The Really Good Podcast," Cera set the record straight about being the mastermind behind the wildly popular skincare brand. Or did he?

While Cera has been seen here and there with CeraVe products in hand, people are buzzing with speculations that he is in fact the mastermind behind the popular skincare brand. He's been spotted in a drug store tagging CeraVe bottles as well as passing them out on the streets of New York City.

So what's the deal? That's where Althoff comes in to clear up any confusion and speculation, or at least attempt to.

"You claim you started that," Althoff said to Cera about the CeraVe brand, to which he responded, "I don't claim that but if you look at my name, my name is Michael Cera. I just say look at the name."

Cera said that other people say he started the brand and continued to somewhat deny that he's had anything to do with his recent CeraVe conspiracy.

"I like to just say I have some skin in the game and kind of leave it at that," he continued. "I do use CeraVe. I think it's a fine product and I think it's very hydrating. There are three essential ceramides in it and a series of nourishing lipids, and I think it's a fine product but that's as far as it goes, as far as I'm willing to say."

Althoff asked Cera how he knows all of that information and he claims he doesn't know why, but he's "come to know that." He then said he would like to "talk about a wide range of other things, not just my product, I mean, not just CeraVe." That's when Althoff decided it was time to be blunt and ask again if he did in fact have something to do with starting the product.

"I appreciate your interview style, but I think I want to stay with kind of personal stuff," Cera replied. "Yeah, there are rumors. I can't be held responsible for every rumor, every nasty rumor about me. You know how the media spins things. You'll experience it when you start a product one day."

As Cera dances around the topic Althoff is trying to get some clarification about, the conversation doesn't quit just yet. Althoff sternly askes one more time, "Did you or did you not create CeraVe?"

Cera then excuses himself from the conversation without giving any concrete answers. The world is left in limbo.

TikTok creator @haleyybaylee recently shared a video showing Cera signing some CeraVe bottles in a drugstore.

"You guys have been asking for a skincare routine, so come with me to do a restock," she began her video. "Okay, I think it was, is that Michael Cera? Wait, I think that's Michael Cera."

When Cera spotted Haley he simply said, "Hi, some lovely cream here. Bye, thank you."  She then gets closer to the shelves of CeraVe products and notices that Cera signed them, putting "Michael" just above the words "CeraVe" on the front of the bottle and a sticker of his face on each.

One follower wrote, "its ✨️Michael CeraVe✨️" in the comment section. Another shared, "hey dolls!! I just went & it's still there!!"

Althoff shared some clips from her podcast episode featuring Cera on TikTok and many of her followers are loving all that Cera's unpacking, or not unpacking, in this confusing but entertaining interview.

One clip captioned, "This week on The Really Good Podcast I interviewed the actor and maybe developer of CeraVe, Michael Cera," has more than 2.6 million views so far. Many fans took to the comments to leave their thoughts.

"I love Michael CeraVe," one fan hilariously wrote. Another added, "I did not know that he created that brand!"

Many others talked about how Cera and Althoff matched vibes and energy.

"I would love to meet Michael he’s iconic. You two are so vibing haha," one person wrote. Another said, "Hahahaahahahahaha omg Michael cera rules for matching your energy."

A second clip shared on TikTok is captioned, "He’s an open book when it comes to developing products."

One fan shared, "His acting and role-play sarcasm are always so real and on point that most people will fall ignorant ?." Another added, "He's going to get so many people confused ?."

And that's literally the theme of this interview - confusion - and that's just what the fans seem to love. Will the world ever know the truth about Cera's involvement with CeraVe? Something tells us we won't have to wait too much longer to get the truth.