Christopher Lao informs you about car insurance
Christopher Lao was the butt of jokes when his car got caught in deep floodwaters. He was called names, mocked, and humiliated online which to me went on overdrive. I was not very happy with the reactions of some of my twitter followers. I thought what if that happened to them. Sure, Lao made a mistake but did they have to repeatedly humiliate him online?
“According to Lao, he had gone through a depression after a version of the news report, shortened by a viewer to include just him, was uploaded on YouTube and shared widely, triggering ridicule on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The original news story featured other victims of Typhoon Kabayan. Lao had driven his car into a flooded street in Quezon City where it began to drift as a GMA News camera crew was shooting in the vicinity. ”
Through it all, Lao never lashed back at them.
Guess who has the last laugh?
BPI Auto Loans tapped him for a commercial to promote the bank’s car insurance policy that “Nature does not keep you informed”. This video may just be released to make it viral before the actual TV commercial comes out.
VIctims of online bullying and harassment need not fret over their fate.
Carlos Conde adds “Don’t look now but the controversial Chris Lao has just presented victims of online bullying, at least in the Philippines, a way to not just make money out of the experience but to get back at their tormentors. Instead of cowering, silenced, they can tap their own fame or notoriety to, as @carlosceldran put it, own it. In the context of social media, it somehow makes sense, both for the bullied and the advertiser . Online and elsewhere, he who has the last laugh triumphs.”
@juanxi says “good examples of crisis management — Maricar Reyes and Christopher Lao. Kumita pa! Make it or break it on youtube!”
Chris Lao now adds that “”Some good finally came out of this crisis. It became an opportunity. I can now pay for the tuition of my daughter.”
Watch the Car insurance ad:
Watch the reactions on Twitter:
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About The Author
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado
Noemi Lardizabal-Dado is a Content Strategist with over 16 years experience in blogging, content management, citizen advocacy and media literacy and over 26 years in web development. Otherwise known as @MomBlogger on social media, she believes in making a difference in the lives of her children by advocating social change for social good. She is a co-founder and a member of the editorial board of Blog Watch . She is a resource speaker on media literacy, social media , blogging, digital citizenship, good governance, transparency, parenting, women’s rights and wellness, and cyber safety. Her personal blogs such as aboutmyrecovery.com (parenting) , pinoyfoodblog.com (recipes), techiegadgets.com (gadgets) and benguetarabica.coffee keep her busy outside of Blog Watch. Disclosure: I am an advocate. I am NOT neutral. I will NOT give social media mileage to members of political clans, epal, a previous candidate for the same position and those I believe are a waste of taxpayers' money. I do not support or belong to any political party. I was part of accredited media covering the Office of the Vice President and Leni Robredo as she ran as a presidential aspirant in the 2022 National and local elections. On August 5, 2021, YouTube announced that I was selected as one of 50 Program participants of its Creator Program for Independent Journalists She was a Senior Consultant for ALL media engagements for the PCOO-led Committee on Media Affairs & Strategic Communications (CMASC) under the ASEAN 2017 National Organizing Council from January 4 -July 5, 2017. Having been an ASEAN advocate since 2011, she has written extensively about the benefits of the ASEAN community and as a region of opportunities on Blog Watch and aboutmyrecovery.com. Organization affiliation includes Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation Updated June 6, 2022