A restaurant owner reportedly complained about how Team Malakas, led by Rosmar Tan and Rendon Labador, didn’t pay for their meals in exchange for “promoting” their establishment.
In a tweet, a netizen narrated how the coordinator of the said social media influencers allegedly talked to one of her friends, who was a restaurant owner in Coron, for a sponsorship deal in exchange for free food.
However, the restaurant owner was reportedly unaware that he would serve food to the group for free.
“Friend ko ‘yung owner ng isa sa mga kinainan nila here. According sa manager, magulo kausap ‘yung coordinator nila. So ayun ang dami nilang order and saka nalang nainform na nagpapasponsor nung inabot na ang bill sa kanila. Even sa serves no tip,” the netizen said.
“Actually If I am not mistaken, lahat ng restaurants na kiinainan nila sa Coron ay “Sponsored” (na sila ang nag desisyon),” she added.
The netizen also confirmed the said reports to other users.
It can be recalled that Rosmar and Rendon faced controversy after their visit to Coron, where they confronted one of the island’s municipal employees.
As a response, several officials of Coron were pushing for the two influencers to be declared as persona non-grata.