Wang Yibo’s Awkward Endorsement Blunders

It is common for popular Chinese celebrities such as Wang Yibo (王一博) to endorse more than a dozen brands simultaneously. Keeping track of his active endorsements can be difficult, as Wang Yibo is known have made several faux pas by wearing competitor brands.

Flying to Chanel’s recent Paris Fashion Week show, Wang Yibo appeared at the Beijing airport dressed casually with a black beanie with a few strands of blond hair poking out. A netizen, who claimed to be on the same flight as Wang Yibo, said the actor sat in economy class. Netizens were shocked that Wang Yibo was so frugal despite his popularity. However, others took the opportunity to sneer at him for his “illiteracy” and pointed out all the mistakes he made over the years as a brand ambassador.

The last time Chanel invited Wang Yibo to their Los Angeles show, he had shared a selfie on Instagram. However, the selfie showed that he was holding an iPhone which was a big faux pas as he is the brand ambassador of China’s Redmi phone. After netizens reminded him, he immediately photoshopped the phone away.

Last year at Lenovo’s press conference, the host asked Wang Yibo if he had used Lenovo’s products before and he responded that he had used the tablet and iPad. As the press conference was being streamed live, there was no chance to salvage the situation. When the clip immediately started trending on Weibo, netizens mocked Wang Yibo for being uneducated about the brand and that iPad is not the English name for “tablet.”

Another time, Wang Yibo was endorsing Chinese sporting brand Anta Sports but netizens noticed he was wearing Nike sneakers while filming their commercial stills. They had only photoshopped the logo off the sneakers. Many netizens laughed he is probably the brand ambassador that uses the most competitor products!

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