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Dad vs a 'millennial': Paolo Duterte spews vitriol at daughter's online rant

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<p>MANILA – In a social media showdown, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his 17-year-old daughter swapped curses and accusations Friday in a fight that has drawn a virtual audience of thousands. </p><p>President Rodrigo Duterte’s eldest son gave his teen daughter Isabelle a public dressing down, taking to Facebook to respond to her angry posts on an alleged mauling incident involving a close friend. </p><p>The incident came just days after the President himself <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/18/17/duterte-defends-grandkids-palace-photo-shoot">defended</a> his grandchild from social media backlash over her pre-debut photoshoot at the Malacañang Palace, which some felt was inappropriate. </p><p>In a post mostly in Visayan, Duterte called his daughter a “disgrace,” livid at how he felt Isabelle had disrespected him. </p><p>“Even if that person pimped you twice, I won&#x27;t keep quiet! And if your mom and stepdad don’t care about you, I’m not like them! Not because I’m a Duterte but because I am a father!!! Change your last name if you want to! You don’t know how to respect! You are a disgrace,” he said, unclear on who the person was. </p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=701416553390359&amp;id=138582539673766" data-width="auto"> </div><p>His post was a retort to Isabelle’s tweets Friday, publicly spewing anger at her father for allegedly laying a hand on someone. Circumstances remain unclear. </p><p>“Even if you hold a position in the city, you&#x27;re not allowed to beat someone up!!! Even if you&#x27;re in power, you can&#x27;t hurt a person!!! You hurt a human being!!! Not just a human being, but a child!!! Even if you&#x27;re well known, you can’t do things like that!!! Even if you’re a Duterte, it&#x27;s not acceptable,” her tweet read in Visayan.</p><p>In a followup blow, the teen said: “My dad f**** up my Christmas every year. What a time to be alive,” she said.</p><p>On Facebook, Isabelle apologized to an unnamed friend who she said is currently in hospital. She was scant on details. </p><p>&quot;My friend, who is now in the hospital, is a good friend of mine since we were 7th grade,&quot; the post read.</p><p>&quot;My friend&#x27;s family has shown respect to me and my mother over the years, I&#x27;m quite sure considering that my friend is also coming from a respectable family my friend is decent enough to keep an image far from what my friend is accused of,&quot; she said.</p><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1647248478631196&amp;id=100000381781716" data-width="auto"> </div><p>In his response that included screenshots of Isabelle’s rant, Duterte lashed back, taunting his daughter about her social media fame.</p><p>&quot;Go to school so your brain won&#x27;t go blank. You don&#x27;t know how to listen because you’re supposedly popular? Popular on what Belle? Popular on disrespecting your father??! Just wait &#x27;til I die so you will be free from me! Pray for it,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;FIX YOUR F****** LIFE FIRST before I will stop “f****** up” your Christmas every year,&quot; he added.</p><p>Duterte said he knew that the public word war would embarrass the family but added that he chose to do so to reach out to his “millennial” daughter. </p><p>As of this posting, Duterte&#x27;s post has been shared more than 7,000 times and has drawn more than 16,000 reactions. </p><p>On the comment thread, he even made reference to the “dilawan” or those of the “yellow” or oppositionist political persuasion. </p><p>“Pasikatin ang gustong sumikat....magpakasawa kayo mga DILAWAN HAHAHA (Let’s make popular someone who wants to be popular. Go crazy, yellows) ” he said. </p>

<p>In a social media showdown, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his 17-year-old daughter swapped curses and accusations Friday in a fight that has drawn a virtual audience of thousands. </p>

In a social media showdown, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte and his 17-year-old daughter swapped curses and accusations Friday in a fight that has drawn a virtual audience of thousands.