It’s pretty absurd at this point that having been in LA for all of two days that C-actor Wang Yibo manages to generate not one but two controversies already. I don’t think this is an actual controversy in that the brand itself is mad but more like yet another sign that Wang Yibo needs better handlers or at least pause before posting anything. The actor has been in LA for the Chanel trunk show and the day after he posted a picture on his SNS showing him in front of the Hollywood sign. He’s crouched down seemingly taking a picture on his phone himself and the controversy is that he’s using an iPhone but he’s the official spokesperson for the Chinese phone brand Redmi. It’s pretty given that spokespersons use the product in real life they get paid to shill for as the bare minimum, and in the past there have been stars getting grief for being a spokesperson for one brand and using the direct competitor in real life so this is nothing new. After getting called out, Wang Yibo immediately deleted the picture.
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Instantly reminded of kpop stars that have to be careful because they are samsung's brand ambassador. Last time viral video of one of bts members searching for galaxy user in his concert lol.
Now it feels like people will find reasons to nitpick him. The man can't even breathe without people commenting that he's doing it wrong.
the concern is legit tho so he really need to do better in pr department
Maybe...he's tired of being a celebrity and this is his way of telling the world he don't care, so everyone leave him alone? there can't be this much bad press for no reason. Just a thought. :D
lol what a stupid excuse. If he didn’t give an F at all, maybe he shouldn’t take that ambassador offer in the first place
Who the hell said this was an excuse? This was called a thought. Just like everyone here, thinking their thoughts and typing away.
What nonsense. So the money he gets from them doesn't make him tired but he is too tired to fulfil his part of the contract?
Are you all equally desperately illiterate so this binds you to him?
I think he's just not the brightest up there. Not good for his sponsor.
Hmm, I’m surprised why he did that though, it must not be in his contract that he had to use Redmi only or get a penalty. But prehaps that brand is not convenient in the states & you can’t get service, I don’t even know that brand at all or see it as an option to purchase. So it would make sense for him to rent out an Apple phone.
Recent BTS member is on tour and he made it crystal clear regarding Samsung cell.
rent out or not, at least he shouldn’t post picture of him holding another brand instead of the one he’s promoting for.
how long has he been in the industry for his pr team to mess up the most simple thing???
He's now an example of PR mess from illiteracy to whatever discredits his image. Perhaps it's karma because there're rumors that his team/agency has been running very negative campaigns against his former costar of the Untamed, Xiao Zhan, since 2020 by taking advantage of 227 and was even a mastermind behind 227. He's still very popular in China though.
This happened to Gal Gadot too. She was a Huawei ambassador and 1 time she was promoting their brand via 1 tweet, but she was caught that she posted that tweet using her iphone.
In a very much watchful eye of the internet, celebs need to be very careful. Anything and everything can be seen, interpreted and made into an issue.
LOL!! Just like during lenovo launching when he said he is using iPad or something along the line....lenovo didn't extend the contract after. Let's see about Redmi.
I wonder why stars does bare minimum now, with how the competitive the industries is, wouldn’t it be better to satisfy the brand by really using it in real life? There are cases like this too in the past