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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/09/28/duterte-sharon-2017.jpg?ext=.jpg"/></figure></div><p>MANILA- Veteran actress-singer Sharon Cuneta on Thursday expressed her delight after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned her in his recent speeches.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/SharonCunetaOfficial/posts/10155197475042515" data-width="auto"> </div><p>In a Facebook post on Thursday, Cuneta thanked the President, saying she felt &quot;so kilig&quot; upon knowing that he had mentioned her in his speeches.</p><p>&quot;‪Thank you, Mr. President Duterte, Sir, for what you said on the news about me and my friend Mayor Inday Sara last night. May God bless you, Sir! (So &quot;kilig!&quot; Might be an inappropriate word, everyone --but hey - it&#x27;s how I feel!),&quot; she said.</p><p>During his speech at the Department of Justice anniversary on Tuesday, Duterte recalled how his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, once wished to meet Cuneta.</p><p>The President said he then relayed his daughter&#x27;s wish to Cuneta&#x27;s husband Sen. Francis &quot;Kiko&quot; Pangilinan, current leader of the opposition Liberal Party. </p><p>“Pangilinan is my friend at may utang na loob ako sa kanya. Si Inday (Sara), when she was [in] Grade 6, Grade 5, sabi ko: ‘Anak, anong gusto mong birthday gift?’ Sabi niya ‘gusto ko magkasama kami ni Sharon Cuneta,’” Duterte said.</p><p>In another speech on the same day, Duterte said he had to call Pangilinan to express his daughter&#x27;s wish to have dinner with Cuneta. </p><p>“I had to call Sen. Pangilinan. Senator, I owe you for doing this [for] my daughter. I respect you,&quot; said Duterte.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/26/17/duterte-calls-critic-kiko-pangilinan-my-friend">READ: Duterte calls critic Kiko Pangilinan &#x27;my friend&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>It was unclear when the meeting between the actress and Sara Duterte happened. But Cuneta, in responding to a netizen&#x27;s comment on her post, said she became friends with Duterte&#x27;s daughter even before he became President.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/09/28/22091780_10204006628164107_1257309060_n.jpg"/><figcaption>Screengrab from Sharon Cuneta&#x27;s Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div><p>The singer-actress said that while she knows that her husband is an opposition leader, she appreciates Duterte&#x27;s respect for him as well as her friendship with Sara.</p><p>&quot;Everyone let&#x27;s aim for peace here. Doesn&#x27;t matter. We know they (Duterte and Pangilinan) are on opposing sides. But I appreciate the President&#x27;s respect for him, and me, and my friendship with Inday Sara which started long before anyone knew Pres. Duterte was going to run for his present position,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Veteran actress-singer Sharon Cuneta on Thursday expressed her delight after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned her in his recent speeches.<br /> </p>

Veteran actress-singer Sharon Cuneta on Thursday expressed her delight after President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned her in his recent speeches.