Shay Mitchell seemingly denies Filipino roots

Shay Mitchell is catching some heat for apparently denying her Filipino heritage.
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[@khela1755]

She’s only a Filipino WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT FOR HER!

[@teedeare]

When Catriona and Pia won Ms.Universe she posted on her IG that she said she’s proud of them and even put a Philippine flag.

[@claudiokabanata3325]

Really? 😅Idk this Shashay Mitchell till this news breakout but she seems like a 🤡​@@teedeare

[@user-sq2no7gr8b]

She did not mention he black heritage

[@gurujr]

Which according to her is never.

[@Bleedinggum]

Aye my gooooodnessss

[@iam2728]

denying her being a filipinas is denying her mother as a Filipino! Very sad to raise a daughter like that.

[@poppypoppy98]

Shay's daughter will be embarrassed of Shay too for being half-Filipino 😂😂

[@jannahpablosky4282]

For sure time will come somebody will also deny her Maybe her mother told her that she's not Filipino

[@FrenchFili]

​@@poppypoppy98Her daughter will be 1/4 as shay is 1/2. Why are filipinos so obsessed with mentioning how white they are

[@justwatching6838]

Well said.

[@poppypoppy98]

Racism in Spain is intense especially for Moroccans and Africans. Shay's partner is black (half African) and daughter (African blood). Spain will also bully them.

[@JhoJhoMojo]

lol..I guess she was Filipino when she accepted Trese which was based on a Filipino comics series on Netflix. When she gets paid to play a Filipino role, she will claim to be Filipino again. Girl needs to get paid first.

[@Serenityblu23]

I remember that show. Was it canceled?

[@Zee_1003]

exactly.

[@nelsonborbon9536]

@@Serenityblu23 because of her?lols

[@DarkR0ze]

@@Serenityblu23 in HIATUS LIMBO

[@user-bu4gz3dk7r]

​@@Serenityblu23 It's cancelled because of her behavior. I don't know her.

[@eugeneestalilla9017]

What a shame denying your heritage. That’s a disrespect to your own self.

[@yayaneri]

And to her mother as well.

[@gurujr]

Her relative is Leah Solonga, Broadway star and internaional singer, for Pete's Sake. If that heritage isn't something to be proud of then she has issues.

[@ezjo]

Nothing to be proud for being included to be a Filipino people who are the most attention seekers in the world 😝

[@ezjo]

​@@gurujr overproud to a singer lol Filipino people is the most validation seeker and attention seeker in the world 😝 that's so cringe lol

[@ezjo]

Nothing to be proud of being a Filipino who are the most validation seeker and attention seeker people in the world 😝

[@froilancrisostomo9113]

Enrique Iglesias whom we all know (son of Julio Iglesias a pure Spaniard and her mom Isabel Preysler who’s half Filipino and Spaniard)proudly acknowledge and address himself as HALF Filipino.Then,Who is Shay Mitchell?🙄

[@vinceastrero949]

True ,I saw his concert twice and he always shout out the filipino in the arena/concert hall. ❤

[@LifeOdysseyMotivation]

She is from the show "Pretty Little LIARS" What a coinsidence! 😅

[@rvb4187]

I doubt Preysler has any Filipino blood as the Spaniards tended to marry Spaniards but by growing up in the Philippines.. she is Filipino.

[@mysterycharm03]

Bruno mars is a proud filipino too

[@claudiokabanata3325]

Shay who? Sashay away...😅

[@pinkvelvet3865]

Who is she anyway??? Never heard!!! Who cares, she's NOT SIGNIFICANT anyway to the Philippines. There are more than 120M filipinos.

[@fayrefitness5416]

Her mother is full Filipina. That this girl says she is half Spanish instead of Filipina shows that she is ashamed of being Filipina. That is f*cked up. I'm Vietnamese but that pisses me off. I don't know her either. From now on, if I see her name I will know she is phony and pathetic.

[@Zee_1003]

she's from the famous series Pretty Little Liars. well i guess it suits her now. 😅😅😅

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

What is 🇵🇭🇵🇭 by the way? Poor country who profits by sending their citizens as meyyds and cleaners abroad.

[@JayJay-xy5ch]

Nobody gives a sht about Filipinos ​@@Zee_1003

[@linga2385]

​@@Zee_1003 who cares? I don't even know her too.

[@user-zt8nr2nw4m]

That is her issue. I hope she gets peace of mind from denying her roots.

[@airmykii4090]

It would only be a denial if she said IM NOT this or that .. yall just bandwagoning at this point

[@emmie9102]

​@@airmykii4090 The thing is she's not even Spanish. Her mom is from Pampanga, a province in the Philippines.

[@airmykii4090]

@@emmie9102 … you don’t know what her mom is … she might’ve lived there .. but you don’t know where her parents are from or how they met .. or where their parents are from and how they met .. if I say my moms Irish and Spanish so I can hold my liquor .. does that mean I’m saying she’s not nigerian creole german or Indian .. she said her mom is this and her dad is that to shed a light lil point .. doesn’t mean that’s all they are

[@emmie9102]

@@airmykii4090 her mom is Lea Salonga's cousin based on why I saw. So I guess you can just search for Lea Salonga if you don't know her... It's crazy for you to defend her when you yourself isn't even a Filipino 💀

[@justwatching6838]

It like she is also ashamed and denying that she has a Pure Filipino mother. I pity her mother coz she has an ingrate daughter.

[@ruthruth647]

She has the right to deny her Filipino roots but she will lose a lot of Filipino fans and followers, we Filipinos are very loyal to our own Filipino celebrities..

[@SueGap-pt5xe]

Wla ng loyalty sa mga pinoy. Ung mga ibang fans nga na pinoy mas gus2 nila iboto ang k pop kysa p pop. Kc ayaw nila malamangan mga idolo nila.

[@ssarsi]

Meron ba siya pinoy followers? Hahaha. Mas mukhang naging popular siya nung nag deny na filipino siya

[@f430ferrari5]

Imagine denying your black roots or even Latino roots. 😂🤣. They have a right to do so? Oh the outrage. Some folks are so coddled it’s ridiculous. 🤣

[@purplethorn3865]

Even kpop has many Filipino fans, most of them are majority.

[@desertchild17]

It’s true she has a right to lie to anyone but she’s not doing herself any favors

[@conartist9345]

She was "proud" to be part Filipino when she was chosen as the lead to voice Netflix Trese (the English version dub) and now she has denied it? Her mother is a cousin of THE Lea Salonga. Anyways, she's not well kniwn. We still Have Bruno Mars, Batista, Olivia Rodrigo, Nicole Sherzinger, Jo Koy, Darren Cris, Bretman Rock, Rob Schneider, etc.. who are more famous than her and are damn proud of being Filipinos/half or part Filipinos.

[@seano906]

Vanessa Hudgens too

[@reginaldosano6905]

And NBA Player Jordan Clarkson

[@TheStarks40s]

Yoshi of Cincy Bengals. He is so proud of his Filipino heritage. His half-Pinoy.

[@aquarius8891]

Apl de ap

[@therealestj]

I thought Bruno Mars was Puerto Rican…

[@steelswitch1245]

I have no clue who she is

[@annabellegardner2273]

Me too..never heard of her..maybe I’ve been under a rock🤷🏻‍♀️

[@yanchingyi]

Me neither. She looks like every copy and paste Philippine telereserye artista. *Yawn* don’t tell me Filipinos will still support her after this?

[@TrollPriestZandum]

Same. All I can tell from her first statement is that she is darker than me, and I'm not half Irish or half Spanish.

[@Serenityblu23]

She played on the show pretty little liars. It might be on Netflix still.

[@chong7672]

Me tooo hahaha fvck yeah you're not filipino ww ashame you hahahaha

[@burningcalmness]

She's nowhere near that Filipino character and culture! She didn't bother, so why would I care... she's not a loss...

[@alrodriguez2279]

If she doesn’t want to be identified as Filipino let her be. If she’s ashamed of her heritage I think it’s her problem. Besides We don’t also don’t wanna be associated with such person.

[@kapawtaw]

She is clearly mixed She has the choice to pick . She may even hate her Filipino heritage cuz of something that happened in her life. It is ok .

[@carladavis1473]

​@@kapawtawlol, wrong

[@jgereaux]

​@@kapawtawchoice to pick? You can't pick your heritage LOL! Denying something FACTUAL is actually called LYING.

[@ynnos5555]

@@kapawtawher mom is full Filipina so what Spanish mix are we talking about? Looking at her mom’s photo she doesn’t even look mestiza.

[@f430ferrari5]

Oh but if she or anybody else doesn’t want to be identified as black or Latino there would be outrage and looting and rioting. 😂🤣 If she’s ashamed of being associated with so many criminals then it’s understood. Some people are so coddled.

[@followurbliss7930]

Why does it matter if she's Filipino. I don't even know her.

[@alinatarasyukrussianrefuge6549]

it makes the wh!te people feel good about themselves if they can gloat at her apparent discomfort. it is called narcissistic abuse and they have been power tripping on it for a few centuries now.

[@courtneyboudreau4284]

Because obviously there's something more going on other than what you think LOL

[@shiine461]

Why would you be embarrassed? David Batista, Vanessa Hudgens, Enrique Iglesias, Nicole Scherzinger, Hailee Steinfeld, Bruno Mars, Lou diamond Phillips, Tia Carrere etc are big stars and Proud of their Filipino heritage. so why would you embarrassed? I am unfollowing her.

[@Tee-kc3pn]

The same reason why MOST Filipinos hate the Black in them😂😂😂😂😂

[@2011sliverdude]

Cuz she lives in America and America only likes black white and Hispanic even tho Hispanic is not a race

[@Megalomaniac11]

Take out Vanessa in your list. She wasnt proud of being a filipina in her prime (highschool musical) .she even pretended to be mexican suring 2008. She said so herself. She is ONLY acknowledge her filipino roots now because being half asian is cool nowadays.

[@2011sliverdude]

@@Megalomaniac11 Hollywood doesn’t recognize Filipinos in the media. It’s not Vanessa’s fault. Look at lou diamond Philips he played Latino cuz hollowood only recognize Latinos blacks and whites.

[@whengwheng9422]

dont forget the young proud singer H.E.R. the comedian JOKOY.... they are all raises the Filipino Flag

[@rap8313]

As long as she doesn't use being a Filipino as a clout in the future...

[@niteray]

Like a certain High School Musical actress that is now some kind of ambassador?👎

[@shysydney]

@@niteray the one bretman rock doesn't know?

[@bnwo]

That will never be a thing.

[@seoksoo17]

😂 purrrr that! ​@@shysydney🤩

[@Jprager]

She has a history of dying her hair and wearing fake contacts. Then supposedly she “pretended to embrace it” just for her to walk back on the issue

[@JungKook-up1ws]

It is not that big of a deal, as long as she won't use her Filipino roots to her advantage in the future. She needs to be consistent in denying it.

[@jaimejones6275]

But she is not consistent.

[@lo5182]

She does not look European at all. She should be honest and proud of her real Filipino heritage.

[@fatteebaddee]

Europeans are looking less European nowadays, alot of ethnic mixing in Western Europe

[@lo5182]

@@fatteebaddee Yes, I know. But it's with people from the Middle East or North/Central/Western Africa. It's not with Filipinos. Filipinos are overwhelmingly Asian in their DNA profiles.

[@bnwo]

If she was dating a black man you'd say she was white as a feather.

[@migovasquez0303]

She is far from being European looking. People should tell her that. She looks very Filipina. Haha

[@bernadette4509]

If she was dating a black man, everyone would say she was white.

[@TonyViaje7]

Thats a shame,, we are what we are! Dont deny your roots! 🇵🇭

[@ssarsi]

Pakelam ba natin? Buhay niya yon . Hayaan natin siya sa gusto niya gawin sa buhay

[@ezjo]

Nothing to be proud of being a Filipino who are the most validation seeker and attention seeker people in the world 😝

[@KraftyAwareness]

That’s sad. I’m a proud Mexican/Filipino. I lived in Cebu for a year and I DID NOT CARE what people thought of my skin color in the Philippines. Not once did I ever hate my skin color.

[@La_Lang]

I am from Cebu😊

[@troychriscarretas2657]

I get it She is still portraying her Role as a Pretty Little Liar 😊

[@cescisco]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TharaLetzISLANDER]

😂

[@ricaperez9494]

LoL..truly yours A

[@jgereaux]

I don't think it's still a portrayal tho

[@user-bu4gz3dk7r]

Netflix 😂

[@rellg.2607]

Why are people ashamed of their ethnicity? I noticed also that in movies or not actors and actressss have to hide their "Filipino" side. Is being Filipino embarassing? Are we weird or what? If you are Filipino you have to be Hispanic or East asian (chinese, korean, and Japanese) in movies. It is so sad. Don't you guys notice it too? Why do we have to hide being Filipino? It is like people treat us like second class citizens.

[@pennytrue2741]

Vanessa Minnilo (sp) nick lacheys wife is Filipina and she openly embraced it. I think this is a self created inferiority complex or insecurity. People don’t look down on it at all imo. It’s a bit strange bc I know people who are Vietnamese, Thai, Singaporean etc. and they are open and proud about it.

[@Cantetinza17]

It's the same for Native and Indigenous representation. They are often used for Chicano, and Latinos and vice verse. I had a friend from Cambodia and she would say that the Asian and Pacific Islander Diaspora thought that Filipinos were the Mexicans and Blacks of their Diaspora. Which means they think that they are dirty and the lowest of the low. They have no value. Which I was saddened being Black and Native. I was like dang! I tell ya, colonization really screwed things up.

[@gqg741]

@@Cantetinza17Colonization did a number on a lot of the generations that are being passed on till this day. It’s beyond sad. It’s repulsive.

[@garshangee6879]

I have started writing a book I called, "the curse of being a Filipino", that I cant finish for the very same reason...i am missing the link "why the world hate us" 😅

[@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOAT]

Because there is nothing to be proud about being a flip.

[@user-og3yt9lf3g]

Why does this girl denies her Filipino ancestors? There are actually so many famous personalities who are of Filipino heritage.

[@mariasainsanoy975]

Filipinos don’t claim her and don’t even know her. So don’t care.

[@DeathFORcameO]

No one wants to be a filipino, the only good thing about your country are prostitutes and beaches.

[@erwinsm10]

Someone please inform her she is irrelevant regardless of her claim.

[@chtrvra]

Im born and raised in haifa israel. Full bloodied pinoy and damn proud. Shalom and mabuhay! 🇵🇭 🇮🇱 🫰

[@zanetruesdale7263]

What??

[@barrioboi14344]

but you are not mixed race, right? at lo mevina?😅😂

[@seikatsuseikatsu1175]

Even u born in Israel. U not jew

[@teenyverse7707]

She looks Filipino....she can say she's mixed all she wants..

[@cheetahgurll]

Looking a certain way doesn’t mean anything. I’ve had ppl tell me I look like a certain ethnicity and I’m not in the slightest bit

[@madero-jb5ri]

What's the point of denying her Filipino heritage? She has family in the Philippines.

[@teenyverse7707]

@@cheetahgurll girl... she's filipino and she looks filipino... what issue do you have?

[@teenyverse7707]

@@madero-jb5ri it's a cultural thing..some filipinos like to say they're mix.

[@terryjones5779]

I’m chinito

[@agnellinaonairda680]

IF HER MOM IS SPANISH SHE WON'T LOOK THAT WAY... I SALUTE NICOLE SCHERZHINGER FOR BEING PROUD OF HER BEAUTIFUL TAN COLOR AND BLACK HAIR BCZ OF HER FILIPINO DAD...AND THAT MAKES NICOLE SO BEAUTIFUL

[@harry8201]

An actual real A lister Vanessa Hudgens embraces her Filipino ancestry... She's amazing

[@agnellinaonairda680]

@@harry8201 WELL MITCHELL ISN'T FAMOUS SHE'S JZ A PRETTY LIL LIAR... 😇

[@MastiffEggroll]

Kung ikinahihiya mo maging Filipino " AYAW DIN NAMIN SAYO"..... Filipinos will be your biggest supporters, and they will love you kung mamahalin mo sila!! Mga kababayan tandaan ninyo ang pangalan niya at wag ninyong suportahan!!

[@DeathFORcameO]

Ya'll filipinos are weird, there's a reason why all of you are just maids all over the world.

[@geargeeks8955]

Racism is very diverse. And it when it comes to the Latin and the Asian community. There is a hierarchy

[@2011sliverdude]

Asian is a continent than a race. Same goes with being Latino.

[@antlou123]

I'm part American, part, chinese, part Spanish. I just look like a Pilipino. 😅

[@Jellybean0009]

I am mixed Indigenous, Spanish etc but every one thinks I am Filipino. Sometimes I just say ok fine. 😊

[@IndyPiasaka-eb4li]

I don't understand why Filipinos keep saying they're half "American". American can be of any race...black, white, Asian..etc..

[@antlou123]

@IndyPiasaka-eb4li 👍

[@venthusiast9244]

She is embarrassing... lots of people knows you to be half filipina and you are denying it as if you are ashame of it.

[@gingersmom6186]

Who cares? She’s not even “Lea Salonga” popular or talented. Maybe this is the goal, now she’s being talked about.

[@zerepyvoj]

She is not a loss for Filipinos.

[@bitokay147]

As black young woman this is crazy eye opening with all the colonizing to almost every non white country , we have all suffered in some way from it yet we chose what we want to identify as and treat others within our minority groups like crap. This is so deep rooted, I dont think it will ever be resolved.

[@michelski3528]

she got her amazing skin tone from her Filipina mother... what can I say, she's a Pretty Little Liar 🤣

[@user-bu4gz3dk7r]

There are so many foreigners who like skin tone more than their white skin and Filipina like white stone. They brought white skin products 😂

[@michellegordon3319]

Why? Filipinos are some of the nicest, most hard working, accepting people. I don’t get it

[@bushkeodara3265]

Idk why some Filipinos denied being Asian too….guess some live in denial 🤦‍♂️

[@kitty_s23456]

Many Asians (or part Asians) who were born or grew up in the West have self-hate or deny their Asian roots. The Fung Bros (YT channel) have lots of vids & discussions about self-hating Asian Americans.

[@iangang9535]

Most likely those in the diaspora would do that. We, in the motherland know we are Southeast ASIANs.

[@2011sliverdude]

People are dumb. People think Asian is Chinese Japanese and Korean

[@forproject0829]

no lol I have never heard of any filipino that denying being an Asian cause we live in an Asian continent lol don't make up a story

[@2011sliverdude]

@@forproject0829 why isn’t Kim kardashian labeled Asian since her dad is from Asia?

[@junkboxxxxxx]

Weird world... Half pretending they are, other half pretending thry aren't...

[@consciouscrazy4502]

Underated comment

[@Painting866]

It’s called being delusional.

[@xrrrismickey]

Truth

[@Ghost-sz2qm]

Lots of people having identity crisis today

[@matriksist]

Sa totoo lang kapag malakas ang dugong foreigner na first world , obviously di nila fully accept mi half blood sila na from 3rd world. Maski yan sila Liza S, James Reid, Catriona, etc. kaya lang balik balik sa pinas mga yan kasi mi trabaho sila. But once they’re fully accepted in their foreign birthplace into the industry they are penetrating, goodbye pinas and will shout out yun bansa nila. Let’s face it bihira lang siguro mag embrace na full pinoy heart unless dinala sila ng nanay nila sa pinas baby pa lang. even my pamangkins ganyan din, feeling nila kung ano ang tatay nila British or American.

[@dktlnn]

She is a hypocrite nobody

[@warriorprincess6926]

I hear Meghan.

[@ajitayzon7855]

The fact that she lied about something that deep about your soul and blood is what bugs me the most. Sad most specially for her Mother.

[@Zee_1003]

i have no problem with her not mentioning her Filipino roots but if you land jobs because you're Filipino, like in the Netflix Filipino series TRESE. and you reaped the benefits of being celebrated as a Filipino, and you've already admitted it in the past, it gets confusing. why hide it???

[@user-bu4gz3dk7r]

She is lying. Don't trust her. She is a crazy woman.

[@migovasquez0303]

She looks very Filipina. Her skin is morena which is amazing. Goodness. I mean if she doesn’t want to face the sad truth about her having a Filipina mother then let her become Spanish for all it’s worth. Lol. I just hope that this will help her career. She can’t never be white as well because she looks not white. She is just pure morena. And to me morena is beautiful too:) I hope she will find her happiness and truth soon:) Wish you some healing within.

[@yanchingyi]

White genes are not at all dominant.

[@Tee-kc3pn]

Unfortunately in American society White is right......anything outside of that is considered second, third, 4th

[@Nikitateagurl_77]

I am half german and half shepherd

[@undefeatedaj]

100% nazi 😂

[@volitiontrader7037]

im half belgian and half malinois

[@volitiontrader7037]

okay im lying. im actually half french half bulldog

[@shysydney]

i'm half filipino and half filipina coz i'm gay. hahaha

[@NoJuan487]

😂😂

[@betacross3675]

Being a liar is not a very good image. As if she can lie in the age of the internet.

[@dodonggoldblum2085]

when she was promoting her english dubbed Filipino animation, she was proudly telling the media she's Fil Canadian. what happened?

[@yanchingyi]

It’s not trendy anymore

[@underratedgod6899]

For money she doesn't care about being filipino just be happy she's honest about it unlike the other artist lying to you about being proud they're heritage

[@shysydney]

we can't blame her, she's done this before. she's filipino at her convenience.

[@annaheartz4922]

Big mistake. Filipinos has the largest, if not second largest fan base in the world. We support celebrities with filipino blood all over the world. Oh by the way we're also leading when it comes to cancel culture thing so...yeah. Shay who?

[@adriansandoval5078]

Heritage and culture can be tricky to identify with when you aren’t raised in it….

[@RVboyjunior]

It's not a 'generational' thing, it's a DELUSIONAL thing😂.

[@IslanderloverBKK]

I'm Spanish-Filipino-Thai-Chinese and I identify as HALOHALO!😂 I'm proud of all those roots!

[@bladesma]

Does it really matter if she doesn’t want to be identified as filipino? Don’t even know her. Hahaha 🇵🇭 🇵🇭 🇵🇭

[@JasenPinanganak]

I am a Proud American, retired military. I am also a proud Filipino. To each is own, if that's how you feel, its all you, we don't need you..... sayang!

[@WhitePrivilegeDoesntExistButVi]

She is mixed. Leave her alone. We all know 99% Filipino folks look like Malay, Indonesian, Cambodian and Thai.

[@generationxxx7965]

Eh di wag, hindi ka kawalan ng Pilipinas.

[@thunnuso6792]

If aliens landed, they would call us strange living creatures with two eyes, nose, mouth, ears, arms, legs, and bleed red liquid… all the same to them

[@capt.unohana]

I don't claim that thing. Who even is she?

[@markanthonyacub8277]

"Her mother is from the province of Pampanga in the Philippines and left the country at age 19." This is written in her Wikipedia page, can someone please edit this for her?

[@deesanti6212]

Let’s just ask her mom. Kidding. let’s just let her be. I’m also mix, not just like one but part Filipino, part spanish and Chinese.

[@joeqb5992]

Well this day and age of identifying with any gender you want. This is what happens. But I’ll say she’s gonna regret her words.

[@nivrerabliv759]

All I can say is good luck to Shay Mitchell. As the 9th media users in the world, Philippines is known to be the most supportive fans yet at the same time the most toxic when offended..

[@differentyahnnie2858]

I think she is the one who created video a years ago why she hides her Filipino heritage and she's doing it again. I thought she get over it.

[@moviemhax939]

but seriously? where did she get the Spanish thing???

[@stanford-nf4jk]

Pero bakit nagsisinungaling?

[@Mheldsmissions]

That's why I love JoKoy. He's so proud of his roots, not a hypocrite one. Good luck.

[@user-bu4gz3dk7r]

Good luck to her. she embarrassed her root 😂

[@jd60415]

No matter how politely you dice and chop it, she is ashamed of her Filipino roots. Never even heard or know of her. I was just watching KZbin and saw this about her.

[@Cantetinza17]

What?! Filipinos are such a warm and proud culture! Colorism and racism is a 🐻! Even saying she's Spanish, she would be looked at as a dark Spanish. She is related to the great and legendary Lea Salonga and she's denying that lineage?! So does she tell her child, that they aren't Filipino?

[@namingsomeonedefinesonwhat6912]

Not the white girl claiming her colonizer land.

[@brandyramos9372]

Never forget where you came from😮😢even a tiny little bitty filipino. Be proud❤

[@user-ft9tf5tw6l]

She was born in Canada so she's Canadian.

[@pegasus2215]

Correction Maria, Filipino roots are Austronesian. So PH islands were first inhabited before any Polynesian islands in Pacific. But they reached Easter island, so they could be related to some Native American Indian tribes in Chile & Peru.

[@jeannemccoy6424]

It's not that people on social media are mad just because she didn't mention she is half Filipino. I'm sure they wouldn't even care much if she didn't. Afterall famous artists like Bruno Mars, Olivia Rodrigo etc. doesn't mention it every time they introduce themselves. It's that she claimed she's half Spanish when she's probably not.

[@underratedgod6899]

Ive read somewhere that she wishes she had blond her clearly a whiteworshipper just like her filipina mother i could understand why she wont claim filipino heritage

[@roguephoenix]

i thought people denying their heritage went out like 2 decades ago.

[@jolasrocha1781]

Let her be what she thinks she is. After all, she does not have a Philippine passport.

[@emptylikebox]

When did a Filipina (her mother) become Spanish. No Spanish woman has that nose.

[@OrangeMagazineTV]

When she visited the Philippines several times, she was so proud to announce that she's Filipino. We even met her Filipino mom. She even accepted the Trese project. Weird how she changed her mind just now.

[@geargeeks8955]

My Spanish great-grandmother. She would get upset at my father who had native in him. And call him a dirty Indian

[@Tee-kc3pn]

Wow.....

[@justanimething3000]

There are people who denies they are man/woman so why are you not calling them out? If this Mitchell wants to be identified as Spanish, who are you to denie that for her?

[@ansellouie9100]

The thing that i think irks people is that she had used her 'Filipino card' before to land roles for Filipinos. She's even used it for promoting some of her stuff that she earn profit from. So people feel like she only admits her Filipino heritage when it's convenient for her.

[@TheChrooner]

​@ansellouie9100 that girl Is a hypocrete

[@travelnomad2128]

Because it's not true!! Being LGBTQ is a choice & it's your truth and I'm ok with that. But heritage is a bloodline & her Mom is a full Filipina, no hiding from that! She's a racist to her own race.

[@mellosings6180]

I was happy to see this as a discussion and not as an attack. Shows the maturity and empathy of the speakers in trying to understand others. 😊

[@pinoyexploresus2129]

Wikipedia made mistakes - "Mitchell was born in Mississauga, Ontario,[6] the daughter of Precious Garcia and Mark Mitchell. Her father is of Scottish and Irish descent. Her mother is from the province of Pampanga in the Philippines[7] and left the country at age 19.[8]"

[@MR-bq6xu]

Mmm Filipino food is bomb!

[@lastyle7363]

lmfao, some of the nastiest food on the planet, but pancit, afridata and adobo are usually good.

[@MR-bq6xu]

@@lastyle7363 you probably just eat chips and burgers

[@lastyle7363]

@@MR-bq6xu you probably eat dog...

[@maneater3491]

​@@lastyle7363😂 nasty bomb💣🎉🎉🎉

[@lastyle7363]

@@MR-bq6xu you probably just eat dog.

[@hilariojune]

Who cares about her! I don't even know her!

[@thecast5956]

the host is right it is a generational thing. any filipino born in the 70s, 80s or early 90s would know this. many people wanted to be associated with the spanish blood that they would declare spanish as part of their ethnicity even though there is no proof (i see this is debated in tiktok which is kind of absurd because that means many still think they have spanish blood in them). but its the parents that are unwittingly instilling inferiority complex on them. parents always look up to european features--light skin, tall nose bridge, big eyes, and would even give quick snide comments on indigenous/black people when there's a chance. some parents would even go so far as to scoff at their own kids for being too dark or ugly and coerce them to use lightening products etc. or marry a white man (this last bit is quite common til now in the poor communities). that's also why many filipinos assimilate easily in "white nations" easily because of how quickly they want to dissociatethemselves with the country.. Im not saying the majority has this mindset but I guarantee you there are so many of them. i hope the newer generation has it better and step away from that colonial mentality.

[@forthesnowflakes7691]

She's Filipina but she definitely has her American propensity to hide shame.

[@2011sliverdude]

She’s Canadian

[@TharaLetzISLANDER]

@@2011sliverdude😂

[@ButterflyG673]

She’s Canadian! Maybe do some research before commenting some bs🥴

[@mariagademlee9264]

When she denies she denies her mom also!

[@joemariedeguzman9204]

Go on denying. Filipinos don't really care.

[@ronaqvinal7654]

first and foremost, she is not known in the philippines, just now watching this that i got a glimpse of her. so leave her alone. let her be whatever she wanted to be

[@darrenyatheexplorer2418]

You are not a Filipino , you are not a beauty queen like Diwata whhaha

[@Jprager]

Maria didn’t do any favors explaining Shay’s case. Filipinos don’t speak Spanish first of all. The main language is Tagalog, with other dialects. And a majority of the time pinoys don’t even carry that much “Spanish” lineage to begin with. So as far as “Passing” Hispanic or white?! That’s a pretty hard buy

[@stuka80]

yea almost nobody pointed out how ignorant that woman's take on it is as well, no filipinos dont speak spanish nor do we pass for spanish or latino, we are filipino we dont feel any type of connection to those other lands.

[@MrTjuan]

Maybe she was about to say that her mother is Spanish with Filipino decent. However, the interview ended before she was able to say it. Who am I kidding?

[@adden2242]

Im filipino/ Pinoy.. and this is sad 😔 😭😭😢

[@JaceRoque]

Love how the anchors tackled this issue.

[@BaludPen]

I would not judge her its Shays problem if she denies her Filipino blood pretend to be Latina so be it.

[@user-ft9tf5tw6l]

Maria Root a clinical psychologist books on multi racial people maybe it will clarify it if some of the commentors bother reading up on it rather gatekeeping and cancel culturing.

[@SATHYA8492]

Quite surprising she is an Executive Producer for the series The Cleaning Lady and she denies her roots🤦

[@smudge82_]

Well… we dont need her to be Filipina if she takes issue. Dont bother

[@bnwo]

They give anyone TV shows these days.

[@Paul_425]

Cause in the philippines being mistiso, mixed spanish/filipino in acting is like a privlage, in a different level than other filipino actors.

[@cheesewithxbread]

It's colorism and ethnicism, not racism in Asian American communities

[@Jonases_20]

maybe she's just ashamed since we're a third world country

[@sprikitik9719]

Then she shouldn’t have accepted the lead role for Trese an animated Filipino movie and accepted the money for it.

[@vivianviray7619]

Correction please we are not third world country but a developing country.

[@Jonases_20]

@@sprikitik9719 u will do everything for the sake of money hunnie

[@Jonases_20]

@@vivianviray7619 don't be stupid. u know exactly how poor our country is. and that is due to our corrupt government officials and incompetent leaders like digong and bbm. and they're just using the word "developing" to sugarcoat the real face of the Philippines. but we're still a third world country. minsan wag shunga ok?

[@perfectlyimperfect7660]

3rd world country with 1st class talents, skills, and manners

[@AngelusCustos9]

Sorry, but not sorry, never have heard of her, she is irrelevant... NEXT!!!

[@melomitz]

If she has openly admitted to having Filipino heritage in the past, there is NO ACCEPTABLE REASON to claim to be Spanish now 🙄

[@Sleepy54818]

Her mom is probably half Spanish or mestiza. That is probably what she is embracing.

[@ramsari3811]

She knows her roots better