Clare Henney: Seriously?

11:05 PM | | Posted by Clare Henney

The latest commercials that have been coming out featuring popular celebrities have me chuckling and wondering how much they were paid to make ads like that.  I mean, they do have images to protect and they’re just made to look really funny in the commercials…the only valid reason I could think of for them to allow this to happen would be a very sizable amount money for the endorsement. Take Sharon Cuneta for example.  Most (if not all) of the people who have seen the ad were surprised that she agreed to do an ad like this:
Next up, Congresswoman Lucy Torres-Gomez.  The latest detergent commercial reminds me of the movie Ember, just with a funny looking appearance by the beautiful legislator/celebrity in ridiculous sunglasses.  The one shown here is a different version but with a similar concept.  I think the intent and the idea was good but for her stature, I don’t think she should have done this. Quite the step down from the commercial that brought her and her husband together if you ask me. Lately, after watching the latest matches of the Azkals, I discovered this new commercial featuring the Younghusband brothers and the rest of the Azkals from Silver Swan. “Eating with your hands, ew, so primitive!”  That and the part where the Azkals pretend to be surprised with the way Phil was eating were hilarious when I first watched it.  Can’t blame the guys for striking the iron while it’s hot as the saying goes but I think the Cortal commercial was the more decent one compared to this. Let’s not forget the commercial featuring James Younghusband.  All I could think of when I was watching this was how they got him to agree to doing this considering how reserved this guy seems to be.
I really hope these celebrities were paid well for these ads. I think they’re hilarious and have recall but I am not quite sure if this actually HELPS them in terms of public image, you know what I mean?