LIP -this is the commercial I was talking about.

minnasmommy

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Jamaica_Bride

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kevschickee2

That broke my heart   but it is true can you imagine what a kid thinks when a parent dies?  Poor little baby though

happ17

omg minnas! that commercial makes me tear up every time I see it. I hate it hate it hate it.

amanda&rob

Wow.  I really think this kid was scared.  Watch his reaction there is FEAR in his face.  No child actor is that convincing.

 Maybe they told the kid this was a commercial then his parent stepped away for a minute to do the shoot and it completely freaked him out.  Either way I feel absolutely terrible for that child. 

Hopefully it is an effective commercial so that poor kid wasn't put through that for nothing.  

Zenya

I saw that on the Today show this morning.  I think it's horrible.  I didn't read the article but assuming the mother was in on it... she should be ashamed of herself.

Andrewsgal

I saw this on the Today show today, they basically admitted to the Mother walking away and leaving the kid by himself, he was scared to death. Wrong Wrong Wrong!

KrisBriMcBunny

If read towards the bottom....that child is NOT acting...he really lost his mother in the crowd at a train station.  Those are real tears....now THATS mean.