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Melai Cantiveros defends daughter from bashers

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Peter Andrew Acierto

<p>Kapamilya star Melai Cantiveros broke her silence to defend her daughter, Mela, following comments the latter received on social media due to a video online. </p><p>The <a href="https://ent.abs-cbn.com/magandangbuhay"><em><strong>Magandang Buhay</strong></em></a><em><strong></strong> </em>host took to Instagram last Saturday, August 5, to explain what happened after netizens got irked by her daughter’s comment about her appearance.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-8" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvjC01zg84l/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=524&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A8%2C%22os%22%3A4248955.899999976%2C%22ls%22%3A1950132.6000000238%2C%22le%22%3A1950135.1000000238%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1165" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-8" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>In one of Melai&#x27;s Instagram stories, Mela can be heard making a joke about how Melai supposedly looked like a monkey. </p><p dir="ltr">The clip has been uploaded on various social media platforms, with netizens sharing their sentiments about how her parents should raise her. </p><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/8/3/melai-cantiveros-pens-heartfelt-message-for-crew-of-her-korean-project-1706"><strong>READ: Melai Cantiveros pens heartfelt message for crew of her Korean project</strong></a></div><p>&quot;Guys, nagre-refer si Mama ng mga products, beauty products, pero mukha pa rin siyang unggoy,” Mela told her mom Melai in the said Instagram story.</p><p>The 35-year-old Kapamilya host addressed the issue to finally put an end to all the bashing her daughter has since been receiving from anonymous users on social media.</p><p>“Mga Kamsamii di na sana ako magreact pero pag anak na ang pag usapan di pwede guyssssssss, kasi bata lang ang anak ko guys. Di ako papayag na kng anu anu sasabihin nyu sa anak ko dahil ako ang dumidisplina sa mga anak ko ,kilala ko mga anak ko madasalin mga yan pati mundo pinagdarasal nga ng mga yan,” she wrote.</p><p>In the video, Melai asked her daughter if she meant what she said in the now-viral clip. </p><p>“Ate Mela do you mean it, to say your mama is a monkey?” Melai asked Mela.</p><p>“Hindi, Mama. I love you naman. Prank lang... joke-joke lang &#x27;yun,” Mela clarified.</p><p>The two daughters of Melai added in the same video that they both respect their mother. </p><p dir="ltr">Melai went on to defend her children as she cleared up that the comments made by her daughter were only a joke to them and nothing more.</p><p>“Because alam ninyo minsan i-enjoy dapat ninyo ang life. Huwag &#x27;yung kahit konting kibot nag-re-react kayo, kasi life is enjoying,” she added.</p><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://push.abs-cbn.com/2023/8/1/melai-cantiveros-meets-hwarang-actor-do-ji-han-during-a-shoot-in-korea-1541"><strong>READ: Melai Cantiveros meets ‘Hwarang’ actor Do Ji-han during a shoot in Korea</strong></a></div><p>“Sa mga seryoso macyado sa role nila sa buhay magstretching dn kayu guys importante ang happiness and enjoyment sa pagsasama nyu sa buhay 😘😍, Wag nyu kalimutan mag enjoy sa guys,” she wrote in the caption.</p><p>Melai and her family were in South Korea for several weeks as the Kapamilya star landed a project titled <em>Ma’am Chief</em><em>. </em></p>

<p>Melai Cantiveros came to the defense of her daughters after they recently found themselves in hot water. </p>

Melai Cantiveros came to the defense of her daughters after they recently found themselves in hot water.

Melai Cantiveros defends daughter from bashers: ‘Kilala ko mga anak ko’

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Melai Cantiveros defends daughter from bashers: ‘Kilala ko mga anak ko’

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Published Aug 06, 2023 09:11 PM PHT

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