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'Wala akong galit': Mccoy de Leon offers to help person behind fake quote that went viral

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<p>MANILA — Actor Mccoy de Leon is offering to help the person behind a viral Facebook post falsely quoting him on the topic of the government shutdown of his home network ABS-CBN.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="tl">Maging mapanuri sa mga nakikita online. Hindi ginawa at inilabas ng ABS-CBN News ang infographics na naglalaman ng pekeng pahayag ng aktor na si Mccoy de Leon. <a href="https://t.co/E5u4UjgeVs">pic.twitter.com/E5u4UjgeVs</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1265292850536710144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2020</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mcfdeleon/posts/10217078573571035">public statement</a> on his personal Facebook profile, de Leon addressed the viral post from one Rafael Chuy. The fabricated quote was maliciously made to look like a quote card from ABS-CBN News, which has since disowned it.</p><p>&quot;Rafael Chuy, kung ikaw man ang gumawa nito o kung sino man &#x27;yung taong gumawa nito para sa akin. Kung mababasa mo &#x27;to wala akong galit, gusto ko sana malaman kung saan kita pwede makausap dahil gusto kitang tulungan,&quot; de Leon wrote.</p><p>He called on the individual to message him through any of his social media channels, even specifiying his account names.</p><p>&quot;Hindi ako ma-social media na tao pero para sa &#x27;yo handa ako makikipag-usap kahit ano mang oras. Tutulungan kita pati ang pamilya mo dahil alam ko sa panahon ngayon maraming taong naghahanap ng pagkakakitaan, atensyon at tulong. Kung nababasa mo man &#x27;to, bukal sa puso ko ang tumulong mag-aantay ako,&quot; he said.</p><p>De Leon, who posted his callout last week, has yet to give an update as to whether the person behind the fake quote has reached out to him.</p><p>Alongside the likes of Angel Locsin, Coco Martin, and Kim Chiu, De Leon is one of several ABS-CBN celebrities who became the target of online trolls amid the #LabanKapamilya campaign protesting the government closure of the network&#x27;s broadcast operations.</p>

<p>"Hindi ako ma-social media na tao pero para sayo handa ako makikipag usap kahit ano mang oras."</p>

"Hindi ako ma-social media na tao pero para sayo handa ako makikipag usap kahit ano mang oras."