Nadine Lustre Just Went Viral For Doing the Most Ordinary Thing: Buying Mang Tomas
Aug 27, 2021 • Jon Christoffer Obice
When you’re on Siargao island, you can be as free as you’d like. On the island, there’s no room for pretense or stereotypes. You could walk around half-naked and not give a damn about what people say because hey, everybody here is chill and minding their own business. And this is exactly what Nadine Lustre did.
Since we’re used to seeing her glammed up for TV, movies, and music videos, the sight of her at a market in Siargao holding the most random thing — a bottle of Mang Tomas — was enough to make the internet go crazy.
NADINE WTFFFFFFFF pic.twitter.com/VAdCxxzex2
— Ram #FreeNadineLustre (@wigofnadine) August 24, 2021
And just like that, without any effort, she trended on social media.
The stark contrast
interview para nung nakakuha
sa scholarship na ng allowance pic.twitter.com/rlhgaQwTnL— vico blanco (@vicentejian) August 25, 2021
Remember that outfit your wore for the approval of your home credit loan? How about the time when you fell in line for the disbursement of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) fund? Don’t forget about your humble beginnings.
Everything she touches turns to gold
Nadine: everything I touched is treasure
Mang tomas: pic.twitter.com/Qa301mkNui
— c (@aphroditenadine) August 25, 2021
No ads, no press releases. She’s just trying to immerse in the local life by walking barefooted and buying the most mundane of Filipino things in the market. She has even distanced herself from showbiz for quite some time. But look at the power she holds.
locals: laos!
nadine lustre: *effortlessly trends for buying mang tomas*
— vico blanco (@vicentejian) August 26, 2021
What did you call Nadine? Care to repeat it?
BUT WAIT: She’s not allowing herself to be used
just read up on that #
guess this is goodbye Tomas! 😒
— Nadine Lustre (@hello_nadine) August 26, 2021
It’s not Nadine’s fault if her presence in the market is so powerful that buying a sauce would make her trend. Kween thingz, so they say. But after some netizens drew her attention to the allegedly problematic business practices of the makers of Mang Tomas, Nadine was quick to distance herself from the brand.
But really, what’s your go-to condiment for your ulam?
Bare-faced! Babe and I bought some condiments before heading back to the island!
P.S. We’re fighting over which is best for our pritong galunggong! 😰🏖️🐟 #IslandLife #NadineLustre pic.twitter.com/lZEymjP6Ga
— Grayzon 💤 #JunkTerrorLawNow #MassTestingPH (@GrayzonG) August 25, 2021
Ketchup on galunggong? Toyo on manok? Or chili sauce on siomai?
Utusan ni Mama?
‘yung kakain na kayo ng hapunan ‘tas inutusan ka ni mama bumili ng mang tomas sa tindahan pic.twitter.com/eeG4wfpr19
— ً (@livelikepotter) August 24, 2021
Remember your younger kapitbahay you used to order around to go on errands? She’s this now. Feel old yet?
No other kween could pull this off
HAHAHAH SHUTANGIN— KITA KO LANG SA FB HAHAHHAHAHHAH
Crdts(jay martin) @hello_nadine pic.twitter.com/T7x6jPeOg8— kimberly(NADINE)✨ (@kimberlyshime) August 26, 2021
Going out with a bikini in Siargao? Nothing new. But when Nadine does it, sans makeup and glam, it’s a ~lewk~. Effortless but she’s nailing it.
To clear things up
para di na kayo magisip…
lechon manok yung ulam.
— Nadine Lustre (@hello_nadine) August 26, 2021
So many speculations have been made, but at least we can all go to sleep.
Nadine has found her safe space in Siargao, let’s not deprive her of that
Nadine being able to do “normal” things in Siargao. 🌴
She’s been staying there since the first week of August.Huhu imissGawong#nadinelustre
Ctto: pic.twitter.com/GN1fhFwvLg— Hammer 🔨 (@Deannsty) August 25, 2021
Nadine has been through a lot in the course of two years — a breakup, a hiatus from showbiz, management issues, and on top of that, the pandemic. It’s great to see that she’s able to do “normal” things like buying her own lechon sauce in Siargao.
Would you also follow Nadine in Siargao to live a free life?
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