INDEED, the national photobomber continues his reign as the selfie king.
In the age of smarphones and Instagram, selfies with celebrities have truly replaced the traditional autograph. It’s quite difficult to imagine an encounter these days without fans leaving with some sort of digital evidence of their meeting.
And while it’s become so much easier to document significant moments like meeting our "lodi," it takes so much courage to nail these "once in a lifetime" selfies -- not to mention the perfect timing, the angles and the crowd.
But Mr. Christopher "Bong" Go, President Duterte's special assistant, proves to be the "undisputed one," as he continues to score epic snaps with world leaders and other known personalities.
The 41-year-old official started to make waves online since first posting about President Digong's first face-to-face encounter with United States President Donald Trump at the Asia-Pacific Economic Leaders' Summit in Vietnam, where he seemed to be more prominent in the image's foreground than the two heads of state.
Then he leveraged his selfie game, as he took more with President Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and many more.
Then there's the staggering 26,000 reactions, 5,000 shares and 600 comments; a feature by The Washington Post, one of US' leading broadsheets -- where he was dubbed as the "selfie savant;" a new photo with Steven Seagul; and so on.
But the kicker?
In case you don't know, Facebook users can now have their photo taken with him. Thanks to the latest photo filter now circulating on social media!
I've first seen this through my good friend, Philip's account. Then, later discovered that the feature is accessible if you use the filter with your current profile picture.
Although the creator of the custom frame remains unknown, heaps of netizens had populated the news feed with this trend.
When told about it, Go has proven to be a good sport, as he said: “Hala! I’m humbled. I am just an extra. I don’t deserve this kind of attention.”
Oh. hail to the King and the newest "Lodi" in town!
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