Controversial Filipino influencer asks Blackpink's Jennie out via RM123,000 billboard

Christian Albert Gaza (left) bought a billboard to ask Blackpink's Jennie for dinner as he did not know how else to contact her. Photos: Christian Albert Gaza, Jennie/Instagram

The two billboards with his photo are in Seoul, a few kilometres away from the office of Blackpink's management agency, YG Entertainment, and reportedly cost 1.5 million Philippine pesos (RM123,000), according to Gaza, who was convicted of an investment scam in 2018.

Also known as Xian Gaza, the 28-year-old wrote on the billboards in English and Korean: "Kim Jennie Ruby Jane, you are my ultimate crush. Can I take you out to dinner and make me the happiest man alive?"