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'Magtataho', guards gave 'fake news' on Pacquiao 'mistress': Badoy

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oQzWJegtRXA?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy admitted Tuesday that the source of her erroneous blog on Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao&#x27;s supposed mistress were subdivision guards and a vendor of &quot;taho.&quot;Pacquiao brought up Badoy&#x27;s false claim in 2016 during a Senate hearing on fake news. &quot;I still remember, pinicturan mo iyung bahay ng tao ko and then sabi mo, this is the house of the mistress of Manny Pacquiao, a Christian,&quot; Pacquiao told Badoy. (You took a photo of my staff member&#x27;s house and claimed that is the house of the mistress of Manny Pacquiao, a Christian.) &quot;I forgive you, but I want you to say sorry in front of me,&quot; he added. Badoy apologized to Pacquiao &quot;because I hurt you.&quot;Senator Grace Poe, however, said the issue was not Pacquiao&#x27;s feelings, but the accuracy of Badoy&#x27;s narrative. Asked to clarify who her sources were, Badoy said: &quot;Because it&#x27;s a village, the magtataho... and the guards and that sort of thing.&quot; Badoy also said she posted the blog because she took offense over Pacquiao&#x27;s controversial remarks on same-sex marriage. The senator had come under fire for saying couples in same-sex marriages are worse than animals. He has apologized for the remark. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/02/16/16/pacquiao-apologizes-for-anti-lgbt-remark">Pacquiao apologizes for anti-LGBT remark</a></li></ul>Paquiao accepted Badoy&#x27;s apology and asked her to remove her blog. The undersecretary, who is also a doctor and staunch supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte, promised to take down her erroneous post.

Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy admitted Tuesday that the source of her erroneous blog on Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao's supposed mistress were subdivision guards and a vendor of "taho."

Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy admitted Tuesday that the source of her erroneous blog on Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao's supposed mistress were subdivision guards and a vendor of "taho."