‘Bored’ at home, Gina Pareño becomes unlikely TikTok star

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/09/01/gina-pareno.jpg' ><figcaption>Screen veteran Gina Pareño has some 4.5 million likes on TikTok, which she considers as a new venue for creativity. <em>TikTok</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — TikTok may be the hip online home of Gen Z and millennials, but even boomers like screen veteran Gina Pareno have become unlikely stars on the social app.</p><p>Pareño, in fact, already has 900,000 followers on TikTok, with some 4.5 million likes, according to data provided by the app.</p><p>Pareño, 70, opened her TikTok account in May, the third month of the coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines.</p><p>“Bored at home,” Pareño said, recalling that it was her granddaughter, Angelika Shayne, who encouraged her to try uploading her own content.</p><p>Shayne said of Pareño: “Whenever she sees me dancing or putting on makeup, she checks me out in my room. She would ask me what I was doing. She always says she wants to also join and that she also wants to dance. That’s when we realized, why not let her join TikTok?”</p><p>With the help of her personal director Joshua Maghirang, Pareño has become known as “Lola Gets” to her TikTok followers, after her username.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><div id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container'> <ivs-player id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1' data-ivs-spid='3001339' data-ivs-key='e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603' data-ivs-vid='1377691' data-ivs-floating='1' ></ivs-player> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js'></script> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js'></script> </div></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div><p>An actress with a career spanning nearly 6 decades, Pareño is knows how it feels to have a hit movie or series. Now she knows firsthand the experience of going “viral.”</p><p>Among her first uploads, her take on the “Wipe It Down” challenge, has in fact been played over 4 million times.</p><p>Aside from being a venue for creativity and entertainment, Pareño said she also hopes to use TikTok as a means of communicating to her fans. Recently, she started #AskWednesday, where she responds to questions on a range of topics, including herself.</p><p>Amid the pandemic which leaves her no choice but to stay home to stay safe, Pareño said TikTok has become her dose of “good vibes.”</p><p>“Ang intensyon mo ay para pasayahin ang mga tao. Doon mo mai-express ‘yung sarili mo na natural, na gusto mo,” she said.</p>

<p>“Bored at home,” Pareño said, recalling that it was her granddaughter, Angelika Shayne, who encouraged her to try uploading her own content.</p><p>Shayne said of Pareño: “Whenever she sees me dancing or putting on makeup, she checks me out in my room. She would ask me what I was doing. She always says she wants to also join and that she also wants to dance. That’s when we realized, why not let her join TikTok?”</p><p>With the help of her personal director Joshua Maghirang, Pareño has become known as “Lola Gets” to her TikTok followers, after her username.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><div id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1_Container'> <ivs-player id='IVS_ABS_Body_Video_1' data-ivs-spid='3001339' data-ivs-key='e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603' data-ivs-vid='1377691' data-ivs-floating='1' ></ivs-player> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/iframe-parent.js'></script> <script src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/js/loader.js'></script> </div></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more in <a href='//www.iwantv.com.ph/'>iWantv</a> or <a href='//tfc.tv/'>TFC.tv</a></div><p>An actress with a career spanning nearly 6 decades, Pareño is knows how it feels to have a hit movie or series. Now she knows firsthand the experience of going “viral.”</p><p>Among her first uploads, her take on the “Wipe It Down” challenge, has in fact been played over 4 million times.</p><p>Aside from being a venue for creativity and entertainment, Pareño said she also hopes to use TikTok as a means of communicating to her fans. Recently, she started #AskWednesday, where she responds to questions on a range of topics, including herself.</p><p>Amid the pandemic which leaves her no choice but to stay home to stay safe, Pareño said TikTok has become her dose of “good vibes.”</p><p>“Ang intensyon mo ay para pasayahin ang mga tao. Doon mo mai-express ‘yung sarili mo na natural, na gusto mo,” she said.</p>

<p>Pareño, in fact, already has 900,000 followers on TikTok, with some 4.5 million likes, according to data provided by the app.</p><p>Pareño, 70, opened her TikTok account in May, the third month of the coronavirus lockdown in the Philippines.</p>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img src='http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/tvpatrol/09/01/gina-pareno.jpg' ><figcaption>Screen veteran Gina Pareño has some 4.5 million likes on TikTok, which she considers as a new venue for creativity. <em>TikTok</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — TikTok may be the hip online home of Gen Z and millennials, but even boomers like screen veteran Gina Pareno have become unlikely stars on the social app.</p>

<p>“Ang intensyon mo ay para pasayahin ang mga tao. Doon mo mai-express ‘yung sarili mo na natural, na gusto mo.”</p>

“Ang intensyon mo ay para pasayahin ang mga tao. Doon mo mai-express ‘yung sarili mo na natural, na gusto mo.”

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‘Bored’ at home, Gina Pareño becomes unlikely TikTok star

‘Bored’ at home, Gina Pareño becomes unlikely TikTok star