Shay Mitchell seemingly denies Filipino roots

[@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

[@Korbkorn]

She did not mention he black heritage

[@gurujr]

Which according to her is never.

[@Bleedinggum]

Aye my gooooodnessss

[@zerepyvoj]

She is not a loss for Filipinos.

[@Gargeler]

It is a loss to some filipinos , Look at the reaction from them😂

[@juanchoresultay2704]

She became a liability 😂

[@framptonhendrix530]

True

[@AgripinaEtrata]

​@@Gargelertheir reaction means a loss to them?! I don't get it!

[@SupernaturalLove100]

Meanwhile Filipinos are all over her comments. So yes, some of you do feel it is a loss. What yall SHOULD be doing is encouraging her to unpack whatever internalized racism she’s experienced from the pervasive nature of colonialist ideology and reminding her that she should be proud of her Filipino heritage. Instead, yall do what you do best on social media, which is to act catty, nasty and desperately attempt to oust people from community’s they’re inherently apart of . Good luck w representation in the US and prideful Filipino Americans if you’re behaving that way..

[@iam2728]

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

[@Blairezz98]

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]

​@@Blairezz98Her daughter will be 1/4 as shay is 1/2. Why are filipinos so obsessed with mentioning how white they are

[@Skull_Princess]

Well said.

[@Blairezz98]

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.

[@Maggadacious]

I’m half Filipina and half Puerto Rican and I rep both proudly. I have no idea who this chick is.

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

Sorry 😢

[@dehjhunaeday5743]

Puerto Rican is not a race hun you can’t be half of a place it’s white Puerto Ricans and blacks some got more black in them some got more white

[@Puma0515]

​​@@dehjhunaeday5743 here we go with this race thing. she doesn't have to say the color of her skin. Lol she can just say she's half Puerto Rican. Us Hispanics, we don't go by color we just say we half of whatever country our parents come from. I'm half Puerto Rican and half Mexican. I'm not going to say what color I am. We don't go by color. When will ya learn. All Hispanics are different shades of color. We just say the country we come from. That's it. If there's a black Puerto Rican. He doesn't have to say( I am a black Puerto Rican lol.) Just say your Puerto Rican. Thank God Hispanics don't listen to this crap.

[@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.

[@petchai4814]

Yeah look at what happened to vanessa hudgens. IGNORED

[@mommasond]

Sino yern? I don’t know her either 😆

[@skorpyonayts1169]

@@erwinsm10daming mong drama?

[@kristinhannah001]

Denying your roots is denying yourself. Let her be. Not our loss.

[@audreyhernandez6623]

True! I'm proud to be pilipino❤❤❤❤

[@evanrachelhood]

💯

[@kristinhannah001]

@@Blairezz98 says who?

[@Blairezz98]

@@kristinhannah001 There was NO country until the Spaniards came. It is Spain that created and built the Philippines. That's a fact. To exist as a country, you need 3 basic components such as sovereignty and map; government and Constitution; and settled population and citizenship. Spain contributed all 3 components and gave birth to the Philippines. Those are facts. References? SPAIN IS THE MOTHERLAND. VIVA PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭 🇪🇸 1565-1898 IMPERIO HISPANO Philippines was a part of Spanish Empire for 333 years CITIZENSHIP All Filipinos were Spanish citizens during the Spanish regime. LANGUAGE Spanish was the sole official language in the Philippines for 333 years. Many Filipinos were very fluent in Spanish including notable Filipinos like Emilio Aguinaldo and Jose Rizal who cannot speak Tagalog comfortably. SOVEREIGNTY Spain issued the first and official Philippine map. (Murillo Velarde Map of 1734) GOVERNMENT Spain established the offical Philippine constitution and yes it was written in Spanish. (Constitucion Politica de 1899). The Spanish established a centralized colonial government in the Philippines from 1565-1898. The political structure consisted of a national government ruled by a Governor General appointed by the King of Spain! PHILIPPINE ANTHEM Officially written and sang in Spanish, Tagalog and (later) English EDUCATION Spain established the first university in the Philippines: Colegio de Nuestra Senora de Santisimo Rosario (aka Univeristy of Santo Tomas)

[@Blairezz98]

@@kristinhannah001 There's NO Philippines without Spain. Did you sleep in your History class?

[@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

[@zeyanZen]

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

[@sandybrattz5432]

Sandara Park is not Filipino but her heart was always Filipino but these Mitchell or whatever she’s so pathetic to deny her roots it’s disrespectful for her own roots her mom!!!!!

[@Scout555]

I smile everytime I see Sandara on an ad or promo here in Manila

[@Kuromi1989-z6b]

Because she is mixed white, and what I notice from mixed white, they are so effin entitled and racist to their non white side!

[@majosemarieserajoseftorres481]

No problem for us Filipino citizen even if she denies her roots here in Philippines we don't care...

[@jassiesworld]

It’s very sad when anyone denies apart of them but their loss they don’t get to know one of the many beautiful cultures 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@S1M0N3-AI]

You all supported Duterte so your opinions are literal garbage.

[@lucifersapphire8412]

You do not speak for all 11 million Filipinos. Clearly there is a fraction of the Filipino community that is DISGUSTED by her. Anyone who loves their people would be ashamed of her, sad to see you don’t have pride for your heritage.

[@arijuju7303]

Aren’t you guys really racist towards darker Filipinos? Maybe she decided to return the energy.

[@geegod9122]

Yes we have noticed the ass lickin

[@markerasquin8530]

Meanwhile Alice "Guo Hua Ping" Gou is forcing herself to be Filipina.

[@foreveryoung-eu1bc]

💀🤣

[@bamboo7714]

She’s very Filipina. She’s born and raised in the farm! Her original name is even Filipino origin “Guwaping”!😂😂😂

[@Ehrhtjybehegeggrhy]

​@@bamboo7714 Pinay na pinay yan, sya si Alice Gaguo

[@Toolbox12-y1p]

Pilipinos are just asian and not spanish even though they have spanish last names. Those last names are forced by the colonizer spain to change their last into spanish last names. How cruel spain's colonialism. Colonial mentality is very bad mga Pilipino kaya wag mayabang at matutung maging humble humility para hindi napapahiya. 1 Peter 5:5 "Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble'" Luke 1:52 "He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate"

[@chippyred4816]

Hahaha

[@TheKevinGeee]

Vanessa Hudgens used to do the same thing. She would label herself as Latina in the past. She only came out as Filipino when she was asked to be an ambassador (when her career was crap already).

[@beautifullifebycindy]

this is why Bretman hates her a lot. She is a hyprocrite

[@tinytropicalfurmommy]

Stop spreading lies. She has several interviews with Filipino entertainment journalists during the peak of HSM. At one of them, she proudly said she eats rice in every meal. No one, not even East Asians in Hollywood, had admitted/talked about their love for rice back then. She was the first.

[@OfficialBryle]

Yes I saw her on Tyra talk show and she said she's part Spanish. But when I look at her mom's photo. She looked very ethnic 😂

[@daniamar89]

No i remember her during high school musical time she said she is half philipina

[@fauzianalwoga]

Hypocrites

[@enaielei]

On behalf of Filipinos, we don't know this person one bit! Lol.

[@LAMODÉLISTE]

Love it 😂❤

[@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.

[@frankt5987]

I like people who aren’t fake. Be real and be yourself.

[@jmgonzales7701]

thats the same for most fil-foreign actors. At this point we should look at citizenship/ nationality more than blood lineage

[@penguinsforever1609]

Ah, but when she starts backtracking and kissing up, many will probably easily forgive her.

[@skorpyonayts1169]

Drama niyo!

[@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...😅

[@eugeneestalilla9017]

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

[@yari_nc17]

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 😝

[@victorkd9926]

A lot of Filipinos are ashamed of their heritage and it’s sad, you should be proud of who you are and where you come from

[@ArohaStill]

Where I grew up in Canada, everyone who is Filipino seems very proud and some of the nicest beautiful faithful people around.

[@vm9370]

I am Chinese and My mom proud of it she say it loud and proud even she looks like FIlipina sometimes

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

“Should”?? No one is obligated to do that. Let everyone have a choice.

[@vm9370]

@@tayloralisonswift9544 But dont be shame of Filipina roots say it loud say proud like ursula said before

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

@@vm9370 It’s their rights! Their choices are none of your business. Mga NoyPi talaga feeling entitled.

[@Shay45]

Her aunt is Lea Salonga I don’t understand how anyone wouldn’t be proud of that

[@SupernaturalLove100]

Internalized shame and insecurity associated w her heritage and skin color. The pervasiveness of racism can do that. What everyone should b doing is encouraging her to unpack whatever internalized shame/racism she has and to reconnect w her heritage in pride. Ousting her and judging her for being a victim of colonialism ain’t the fkin answer but ppl on the internet are painfully d*mb and miserable and take the opportunity to cancel anyone especially if they’re an attractive woman🥴🤦🏽‍♀️

[@SupernaturalLove100]

Internalized shame and insecurity associated w her heritage and skin color. The pervasiveness of racism can do that. What everyone should b doing is encouraging her to unpack whatever internalized shame/racism she has and to reconnect w her heritage in pride. Ousting her and judging her for being a victim of colonialism ain’t the fkin answer but ppl on the internet are painfully d*mb and miserable and take the opportunity to cancel anyone especially if they’re an attractive woman 🥴🤦🏽‍♀️

[@dexboyhandle]

wOW DIDNT KNOW THAT why would she not be proud filipino,its sad but i dont know her so lol

[@buffalosoldier5858]

Who is she?

[@eam4689]

Are you sure? I thought I read somewhere that Lea Salonga and Shay Mitchell were first cousins.

[@pinkvelvet3865]

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

[@fayrefitness]

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.

[@deanalilio3930]

Not saying this as a Filipino myself, but I'm just so disgusted of people denying their heritage. So insecure!

[@SL-lz9jr]

Lol insecurity IS precisely why people deny their heritage. Why aren't we asking the cause for this insecurity and why aren't we seeking solutions to bolster people's acceptance of themselves? Insecurities aren't developed on their own.

[@erlindafields8897]

Not insecure …more like embarrassing culture for her ..sad

[@ironsolomontv]

It’s a product of colonialism / racism

[@brokengirl8619]

Filipino culture is one to be very proud of. And their singers are phenomenal.

[@aoh4905]

More fake than insecure. Some people are just too superficial...

[@lt5112]

As an American, growing up, i looked up to the Filipino communities here in California. Being Filipino is a respected status, so i dont think it wouldn't hurt the Filipinos if she denies her roots. She's not well known, she's nothing to the Filipinos and to the world...so no hurt done.

[@Mine-R1]

Not even 0.00001 percent of Filipino people know her.

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

Countless Filipinos came at her. They flooded her social medias. They know her. They really care and they are truly hurt. It’s definitely a loss for them since they are desperate for validation.

[@findmi2708]

as a Filipino, i don't even know who the fk is this thing is

[@lexi219]

She's a TV actor in the US - definitely not famous enough for people in other countries to know her.

[@miamijefe7793]

Omg sad that you dont know her

[@sandokero]

@@miamijefe7793like Rita Ora like whooooooooo?

[@miguelbalisi9952]

Shouldn't be given attention. THIS IS NOT A BIG DEAL, I MEAN SHE IS NOT.

[@Indomita506]

You shouldn't. She's a US actress with a Filipina mother. That's it

[@jant3528]

She looks 80% Filipina. I don’t know who she’s trying to lie to

[@davidaccos9573]

Have you seen what filipinos look like? lol

[@jant3528]

@@davidaccos9573I’m dating one

[@safeandeffectivelol]

I've worked with a lot of Filipinos and she doesn't look like ethnic Filipino. She might look like a Filipino with lots of Spanish DNA.

[@jant3528]

@@davidaccos9573I’m dating one

[@Indiscreetmess]

She looks Filipino af lol

[@davidgolf3245]

My question is, who the hell is Shay Mitchell?? Never heard of her. Enough said.

[@bretsarah0803]

Same thing

[@MaryWHernandez]

Pretty little liars show the only thing I can think of that has her

[@SugarMint225]

Actually her aunt Lea Salonga is more famous than her

[@gemsab6598]

Who is she anyway?? How come she claims Leah Salonga is her aunt? Disgusting!!!

[@siksk8r77]

LMAOOOO wild for this

[@PaulinaNikolasa]

1:18 “A lot of us [Filipinos] can speak Spanish” This is patently false. Even at the peak of Spanish colonialism, only the elites (less than 5%) spoke fluent Spanish. Lots of Spanish words were assimilated into Philippine languages, that much is true. And we even have a bastardized version of Spanish (chavacano). But today, less than 1% of Filipinos are hispanohablante.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

I agree. Rizal wrote that in his El Filibusterismo: "What are you going to do with Castillan, the few of you who will speak it"--Jose Rizal, El Filibuterismo. When the Americans came, the Americans excluded the native speakers from those who were qualified to vote. But those who spoke Spanish or English were qualified voters, This I know because I read THE FILIPINO PEOPLE ASK JUSTICE SPEECH OF HON. MANUEL L. QUEZON OF THE PHILIPPINES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES -FEBRUARY 13 1913. According to Quezon there was a problem with it. By not giving the native speakers the right to vote, only 15% would be able to vote "The gentleman from Pennsylvania cited in the following language the qualifications required by law to be an elector in the Philippines Anybody may vote who was an officeholder under the Spanish regime or who is able to speak or write either English or Spanish or who possesses property to the value of $250 gold or who pays taxes to the amount of $15 per annum The gentleman considers these requirements very simple I beg to take issue with the gentleman from Pennsylvania in his proposition that these requirements are simple if by this he means that in civilized countries the majority of the people at least should have these qualifications Were they to be applied in the United States there would be an enormous reduction in the electorate The population shall have in their hands the sole guidance of the ship of state If it is not Americanism to permit 15 per cent of the Filipinos to govern their countrymen what is it to permit five Americans to govern the whole population"---Manuel L Quezon

[@hanskiel1062]

All Filipinos are mixed race.

[@scriptedbeauty1]

Well, the percentage does go up to about 80% of the population who spoke it as their SECOND LANGUAGE (circa 1940s before WW2). Newspapers were written in Spanish. Legal documents were in Spanish. How do you think Filipinos were able to communicate with one another -- from Luzon to Mindanao -- when there were so many dialects? Filipinos had to use a lingua franca, which was Spanish.

[@teovu5557]

​@@scriptedbeauty1only the ruling elite and government used Spanish as a lingua Franca.....the majority didn't speak it at all. All academic sources confirms that. Today only 0.5% speak Spanish and DNA test by natgeo genome 2.0 states only 5% of Filipinos have any European blood destroying the myth that Filipinos are mixed with Spanish(Viet n Cambodian have more French blood then Filipinos have Spanish but you never see us bragging about our conquerors.)

[@mysterycharm03]

@@teovu5557colonizers are never to be bragged on, there are just cultures built and shared unique of that nation. In the case of Philippines, Spanish Castillian language have been reserved to only people with direct association with the friars. This is a classic example of early corruption. And as being established as a province of the Kingdom, everyone should assimilate with the spanish language. In the latin countries they are forced to speak it hence the linguistic legacy. In the Philippines, the fear of retaliation and awareness makes the spanish language very exclusive only to certain classes. After the first Philippine revolution, american occupation came. But their goal is to change idealism to spread democracy hence thomasites were instructed to teach english and all should have access to free education hence the spread of english across the country as a lingua franca.

[@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 .

[@Xfactor444-x4n]

​@@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.

[@bruintoo]

It's not a generational thing. She's just self-hating.

[@sariee12]

I think the generational thing she’s talking about is how Shay’s mother was raised and how she raised Shay. So both could be true in the sense that older generations may be more affected by internalized self-hatred.

[@artvandalay13]

As an Irish person, we don't claim her.

[@bobbymoss6160]

🤣

[@akulakaka9244]

😂😂

[@diggingmystyle]

why...she's not drunk enough?

[@theninjacat7200]

lololol

[@rshaaad9572]

Of course you don’t lol

[@girlieshanna]

“A lot of us can speak spanish” Ma’am, respectfully, it’s 2024 not 1901, majority of us do not speak spanish.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Spanish speakers even before 1901: El Filibusterismo by Jose Rizal published 1891: "What are you going to do with Castillan, the few of you who will speak it. Spanish will never be the general language of the country, the people will never talk it, because the conceptions of their brains and the feelings of their hearts cannot be expressed in that language"--Jose Rizal, El Filibuterismo. La Solidaridad v.6 yr.1894 Mr. Nieto hit the mark many times about the vicious administration of such an important colony , specially fixing on the lack of compliance of the intelligent Law of the Indies , protector of the native , to whom not even the Spanish language has been taught and little or nothing is being done to educate . 1897 Filipinas por España: Narración episódica de la rebelión en el archipiélago filipino, Volume 2 By Emilio Reverter Delmas, Printed Centro editorial de A. Martín, 1897 - Philippines This writer was narrating Rizal's death as well as the insurrection that followed. Clearly he was describing how Spanish was BARELY SPOKEN IN THE PHILIPPINES. "The natives have no knowledge of our Spanish language. It's almost the same as it was during Legazpi's time. They barely understand us and we do not understand the natives, not little, not much. The leyes de Indias (Laws on Education) that has been much talked about has never been complied with and they are dead letters. The same as other laws on the teaching of the Spanish language." In December 30, 1937, Manuel Quezon had to proclaim Tagalog as the basis of the national language because there was no lingua franca, I.e, Spanish was still the same as Rizal said it was “what are you going to do with Castilian, the few of you who will speak it” "Today there is not one language that is spoken and understood by all the Filipinos, nor even by a majority of them, It is unnecessary for me to demonstrate how essential it is for our people to have one language that can be used by all in their daily intercourse. Such language cannot be either English or Spanish, except perhaps, if ever, only after many generations and at a very great cost. We cannot wait that long. "

[@coffee.170]

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! Some Filipinos deny that they’re Asian and try to group themselves into another group!

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Even in 1901, Spanish was never the general language. Manuel L Quezon, said so when he declared the national language of the Philippines in 1937. Manuel Quezon was not against Spanish but he said when the Americans took over, Spanish was not the general language even after 333 years. He said to make Spanish the general language, if ever, it would cost a lot and many generations will have to come before it could happen and the people could not wait that long. Spanish was the official language, but being official does not mean it was the language everyone spoke. The same thing happened in Poland, Latin was the official language but the general population continued speaking Polish

[@burningcalmness]

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

[@penguinsforever1609]

Never heard of her. Anyways, if her personal character is a b…h, then it’s good that she is not representing Philippines. There was a football player with Filipino blood that seemed pretty cool. A video of him proudly draping the Philippine flag around his shoulders was nice to see.

[@cosmicreaverkassadin1143]

bro, its just that its embarrassing for her part if she says Filipino, because Philippines is a horrible third world country

[@burningcalmness]

@cosmicreaverkassadin1143 Bro, you never know. People around you felt embarrassed, too, for having you in their lives with that kind of mindset.

[@cosmicreaverkassadin1143]

@@burningcalmness worst traffic in the world, corrupt politicians, rampant chinese immigrants, poverty is prevalent, its just too many to mention tbh, i'm just here to spread facts and truths. And this is the reality, so wake up

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

It’s a loss since Filipinos are desperate for validations.

[@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

[@steelswitch1245]

I have no clue who she is

[@annabellegardner2273]

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

[@jennyhateseverything]

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

[@perosoygoyito]

"Btw, the Philippines was ruled by the Spanish for over 300 years ..." and Spain was occupied by the Moors for 500 years. Ireland has been dominated by Britain for 1,000. Nonetheless, nobody ever identifies Spaniards as Moors or the Irish as Brits. Watering down or denying their Filipino identity by citing some vague "Spanish" ancestry is self-loathing. I mean, what's wrong with simply being Filipino or Asian? After all, the Philippines was primarily colonized by soldiers and colonial administrators but was never a destination for Spanish civilians or settlers. Moreover, I've yet to meet or even hear of a single Filipino who grew up in a spanish-speaking household and NO. Many don't speak Spanish(?!?). Conversely, we grew up in a spanish-speaking household and NEVER felt the need to claim Spanish ancestry. In fact, most spanish-speaking people feel no overwhelming need or desire to self-identify with Spain instead of their actual nation, culture, or identity. We leave that to others obsessed with "cleansing" somebody else's ethnicity to suit their comfort level.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Spain was ruled by the Moors for 800 years, not 500 years, I'm not saying I'm right but that's what many history books claim.

[@Scout555]

@@juliomandiaga9612you’re correct they were. The Spanish conquest was like some PTSD purging of the Moor conquest

[@juliomandiaga9612]

@@Scout555 "PTSD purging of the Moor conquest" ha! ha! ha! ha! and LOL

[@shentara]

Denying her mother’s “ original identity “ is a denial of her mother’s very existence. Disgusting to have a child like that. She is no Bruno Mars but Bruno is a heck proud of his mother, a Cebuana.

[@TaheishaLake]

Okay miss perfect who never did anything wrong in life and who never made ant mistakes in life

[@shentara]

@@TaheishaLake Girl, she has no dementia yet to forget who her mother is. Are you also pretentious like her?

[@notyou5928]

@@TaheishaLake a mistake? Girl are you high? how is denying your heritage a mistake when you've known about it your whole life. LMAO LAME

[@shahani6037]

Let her be Spanish. We don't claim her 😂 brown mestizaje in the making. La toxica la raza type of shit

[@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

[@BehindTheSc3nes]

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]

@@BehindTheSc3nes 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

[@mamaAFloresB]

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 💀

[@Skull_Princess]

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.

[@jdb6026]

The stark majority of Filipinos do not speak nor understand Spanish. We share some words, but not the majority of words. Our grammar is still mostly Austronesian.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Wthile I can only speak for the Tagalog grammar because I was born and grew up in Manila I know that Tagalog is not even near Spanish grammar i.e., just because they share some words, that does not mean they're mutually intelligible. In Tagalog, there are eleven conjugations per tense and it is not dependent on who or how many are doing it. In Spanish there are six conjugations per tense and it depends on who and how many are doing the action. For example all the following verbs are in the present progressive of the same verb bumabalot, Nagbabalot, ipinagbabalot, Nangbabalot, binabalot, binabalutan, ipinambabalot, Ibinabalot, .. this type of structure does not even exist in Spanish. Spanish verb conjugations are totally different. BTW there are many words shared between Spanish and English, some all the way to spelling. Abdomen Abdominal Abductor Abominable Accidental Actor Adaptable Adorable Adoptable Admirable Agenda Alcohol alfalfa Altar Alterable Amnesia Angular Animal Anticlerical antisocial. Area Aroma Arsenal. Artificial Aster Aura Auricular Auto Avatar Bacteria Balance Banal Bar Base Bestial Bilateral Biodegradable Bisexual Bonanza Brutal

[@jingna2903]

Chavacano sounds 90% spanish

[@Coco-xq7zh]

Correct! That lady clearly doesn’t know her own culture

[@Coco-xq7zh]

@@jingna2903that’s a language that is barely spoken in the Philippines

[@jdb6026]

@@jingna2903 I beg to differ. I speak Chavacano and it doesn't. It has a large Spanish lexicon, but it doesn't really, really sound Spanish. At least to my ears.

[@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

[@aalberto4961]

Exactly!! Who cares?

[@Jerome-t8w]

Frrr

[@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…

[@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

[@dreamHIGH94]

also Canada and specifically Toronto has a HUGE Filipino population, so growing up in Canada is not the reason she denies any Filipino heritage....

[@asphaltcowboy7567]

Sadly so

[@uhrrrrrangels]

It’s cringey what she did. She’s like teenager all over again when she should have been past this.

[@Soper.Nova69]

EWWW!!! Such a SHAME for someone who isn't near the popularity of Nicole Scherzinger, Bruno Mars, Vanessa Hudgens, Olivia Rodrigo, and so many others. Her denying her roots is like her denying her mother's identity.

[@solidsnake6231]

Nicole Scherzinger, Bruno Mars, Vanessa Hudgens, Olivia Rodrigo can't even speak tagalog.

[@Soper.Nova69]

@@solidsnake6231 Girl, THE TOPIC is the denial of ones lineage. NOT ON THE FLUENCY of the Language. Comprehension please!

[@donice4835]

​@@solidsnake6231sabi ni bruno mars nahihiya daw siya

[@demon6937]

@@solidsnake6231your name is solid snake yet you don’t have reading comprehension lol solid snake wannabe

[@mathewg5884]

​@@donice4835mahiya sya hangang gusto nya basta wag nya sabihin spanish nanay nya

[@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

[@alice_agogo]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@geebones1]

Try to to america. Identify your race there. Tell them you are a jew and asian.

[@jessasoliano797]

Regardless of where she grew up denying one's heritage is disrespectful most especially to her mom.

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

It’s her rights! Her choices are none of your business. Mga NoyPi talaga feeling entitled.

[@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😊

[@Sunday_Morning570]

Moreana Filipinas are SO GORGEOUS !!!!!

[@krnpowr]

Don't Mexicans and Filipinos have the same skin color? They're both brown

[@Duquedecastro]

@@krnpowrNot true at all. Mexicans have light and white skin much of the time as well, and even the governments statistics state 48% have light skin. Mexicans are much whiter on average than Filipinos, who are not even mixed on average

[@gurlshutup69695]

​@@krnpowr mexicans and filipinos are like long lost cousins. like we have similarities that we filipinos adapt

[@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

[@zeyanZen]

Netflix 😂

[@Fitforacting]

I'm Filipino Puerto Rican and proud. That's crazy that she would not embrace it. Wow 😢

[@rain1676]

......

[@stefanielechir]

Proud of you kabayan ❤❤❤❤

[@Unhingedtrucker]

You got the worst of both worlds 😂😂😂

[@Fitforacting]

@@Unhingedtrucker bless you sister 🙏🏻

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Im happy you embrace your heritage but in this country whiteness is praise

[@YouTubeisaPucciho]

*As someone of Mexican descent, I have observed some celebrities who are clearly of partial Mexican descent try and downplay it by saying the same thing she did. They'll often say "Spanish" and "Native American" (which is literally what we Mexicans are genetically anyway). The R&B singer Kehlani is suspected of having some Mexican ancestry since she looks like it and she is from California, but she claims she is mixed with black, "Spanish and Native American". Lol.* *Demi Lovato, who is from New Mexico, is guilty of doing the same thing. Only it's pretty much confirmed that her dad is Mexican American. We've seen his photos, too, plus not hard to believe at all since they are from New Mexico. She once told a Mexican interviewer who kindly asked about her roots that she wasn't Mexican, but "Spain" after taking an ancestral DNA test. 🤡 What a dumazz. 🎉🎉 Many Mexican Americans ridiculed her stupidity. Selena Gomez never denies Her Mexican heritage. She is in fact always willing to happily discuss it and that's why we love and embrace Her.* 🌹

[@Mary-zd8xo]

Why do they downplay or hide their Mexican descent when Mexico/Mexicans are beautiful people, great culture, great food, warm personality, rich geographically….? I’m Filipino and I admire Mexicans. I believe our pure silver Philippine peso coins came from Mexico. My late grandmother’s piggy was full of 1900-1910 coins (but of course with USA in it) as we were run by USA.

[@josephroymatildo44]

​@@Mary-zd8xoBecause Mexicans had a long history of discrimination and racism that forced them to be insecure of their ethnicity.

[@olg06]

I don't see how that's so wrong when people keep saying Mexican is a Nationality/Culture, Not a race! If someone was Not born in the country Mexico nor raised in that culture how are they Mexican??? At least they mentioned their Native-American ancestry unlike Mitchell who didn't mention her southeast asian ancestry at all and trying to pass herself off as some full european chick even when she's dark & ethnic as heck. 😂

[@Duquedecastro]

Please keep on topic, no one is ashamed to be Mexican like they’re ashamed of 🇸🇽

[@Duquedecastro]

Last names 1:24 - The only reason Filipinos have Spanish names is because of the Claveria Decree which gave them fake names. They’re not from ancestors

[@bigradwolf5001]

Except for those who are from ancestors which is a lot. That's why there are many mestizos and mestizas.

[@OrlandoGustar]

Absolutely right.

[@Duquedecastro]

@@bigradwolf5001 No it’s not a lot. At most it’s 3% of the country

[@GiancarloArriola3D]

@@bigradwolf5001 not a lot at all. 98 percent of filipinos are genetically filipino. the spanish did not comingle of us, they thought us lesser than dogs. alls we got from them is their last names. the metizos are just fair skinned asians cosplaying as half and half.

[@Phoenix7998.]

@@GiancarloArriola3D what in the world is "genetically filipino" lol. Filipino is a nationality.

[@1EQUALS-INFINITY]

If she was Spanish and Irish she would be very white. She looks very ethnic.

[@thehonestnonsugarcoater]

People identify as men when they are women and vice versa. We live in times where one can identify however they want. She definitely has some African in her. I know black when I see it.

[@dianamcfarland1997]

SO TRUE!...SHE LOOKS MORE HISPANIC/LATINO! DON'T SEE ANY IRISH!!

[@Music-n8p5f]

Her father Irish her Mother is Filipina with a Spanish roots 😊

[@migovasquez0303]

@@Music-n8p5f not true. The mother doesn’t have Spanish roots. If there is , it’s probably not traceable.

[@1EQUALS-INFINITY]

@@Music-n8p5f SPANISH ROOTS IS VERY CLOSE TO 0.0001% SHE IS VERY BROWN.

[@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.

[@NaYa-j9p]

She didn't deny it, she just didn't mention it ✌️

[@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.

[@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.

[@Helenagonzaga9611]

Yep

[@Mb-eo6bg]

If she was in the Philippines, you wouldn’t support her because of her skin colour. It goes both ways

[@MastiffEggroll]

@Mb-eo6bg Are you sure about that? Filipinos are very loving people. If you love us, then we will love you too! There's nothing wrong with her skin color. In fact, her color is what makes her more beautiful, dahil Pilipina/ morena ang dating!

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

It’s her rights! Her choices are none of your business. Mga NoyPi talaga feeling entitled at iyakin

[@hafisaPetalar]

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

[@Sam123QU29]

Only 1, Manny.

[@5ksubchallengewithonly5vid46]

​@@Sam123QU29ever heard of Batista?

[@hafisaPetalar]

@@Sam123QU29You're right. But aside from him, there's actually many of them. Say for example, Olivia Rodrigo, Bruno Mars, Batista...and to think these guys are way more famous, yet you never heard them denying their Filipino roots.

[@Sam123QU29]

@user-og3yt9lf3g only Manny represents the love for his country with honour and pride. He does alot for his people and shows it. All Bruno mars did was donate $100,000 in 2013 for a hurricane relief fund

[@ejicon3099]

If you listened to this video closely, she said she used to hide her Filipino heritage due to insecurities of being too Filipina with dark skin.

[@AnlinLee]

She is an American citizen. Dont force her to have Filipino heritage.

[@broodystranger6339]

No one's even forcing her 😂 just calling her out

[@underratedgod6899]

Wrong she is a Canadian citizen

[@ThaniaDelaPaz]

Her boyfriend was Filipino and he dump her 😂😂😂

[@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?

[@rbebeabucay9356]

Pampanga? They are being scrutinized now due to POGOS. The mayor, vice governor and governor deny that they are involved with POGOs. People are calling them out as LIARS😆

[@PHlophe]

dan ! those name sound central african. Pampanga, Batangas , Salonga . you would think this is in africa because i have heard of very similar to near identical names from the african continent.

[@teenyverse7707]

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

[@unr3alkrasotka]

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]

@@unr3alkrasotka 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

[@coupleofbeers31]

I have met a lot of Filipinos over the years, having grown up in Florida where there is a sizable community. I always found it curious that virtually all of them claim Spaniard (Spain) ancestry. Yet they look 100% percent Oriental. Some have even told me that they are of full Spanish descent while looking 100% Asian. I don't know why she said "Spanish". The only kind of Spanish are people from Spain, and they are Caucasian and indistinguishable from any other White person. She looks only a bit like someone from Spain or a White person in general and that is due to her father. I am not saying that there was no mixing during colonial times but the average Filipino has little to no European ancestry. If they do, it's more than likely recent (ie the father is some White American dude who was stationed there in the 80s and you know the rest. Any remnants of colonial Spanish ancestry are practically negligible. And there is NOTHING wrong with that. She looks way more Filipino to me and that is nothing to be ashamed of.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Remember Doña Victorina, the character in Jose Rizal's novels, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo? These books were written during the Spanish times. The likes of her existed during the Spanish reign in the Philippines and they still exist today

[@coupleofbeers31]

@@juliomandiaga9612 Citing historical and possibly fictional characters will not take away from the fact that virtually 100% of full-blooded Filipinos look 100% Southeast Asian with a bit of Chinese mixed in. Please stop hating yourselves. Be proud of your ancestry.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

​@@coupleofbeers31 I was supporting your statement duh??? “It was perhaps this obsession that fueled Doña Victorina's lifelong effort to pretend to be something she was not-a Spanish woman. She was meant to depict what our society was like during the Spanish colonization and what were our flaws back then from a living, breathing human's point of view, i.e., first hand account.. You should attack the Hispanistas of the Philippines

[@weirdnerd6841]

​@@coupleofbeers31more than a bit of Chinese actually.

[@coupleofbeers31]

@@weirdnerd6841 Yeah that's true. Sorry about that. However the rest is almost entirely Southeast Asian.

[@TakeTheBluePill]

My buddy James had a coworker, Casey, who he did not get along with very well. He recently found out that for some reason, Casey is ashamed to be part Filipino. One day, James offered to bring in a bunch of food for lunch for the office. When that day came, Casey walked in to find a table full of Filipino delicacies. James said he was smiling inside when Casey turned red in the face, walked out and did not eat anything with the group. 😆

[@etiennebrownlee4071]

Sounds like a sad bich..

[@malpete]

Nice story but I’m sorry don’t know Casey , guess I’m very old at 50 😁

[@jellyrolly]

Casey is such a loser.

[@irideaunicorn1620]

So if he denys being Filipino, then what race does he/she identify with?

[@weirdnerd6841]

Hahaha, good of him not to accept being part Filipino coz his attitude doesn't fit at all. Most Filipinos are fun and good-hearted.

[@mykelsantos4929]

ALICE GUO IS DOING EVERYTHING TO BECOME A FILIPINO ..

[@cherrylenehernando4729]

😂😂😂

[@NEZZABANDIOLA]

Hahaha...savage comment😂

[@gabtoys6072]

😂😂😂

[@Stephen_Jabs]

Yah totoo yan at least si Alice Guo galing sa bibig niya na isa siyang Pinoy

[@sherM85]

Hahahahahah this is so so so so so so true and hilarious

[@Mheldsmissions]

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

[@zeyanZen]

Good luck to her. she embarrassed her root 😂

[@ryambel]

Huh. Very interesting topic. Proud Mindanao island gal here, from the Philippines

[@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.

[@AV-xm5ln]

dont bring Latinos into this.

[@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 👍

[@V511-x6p]

Lol part American

[@RepentImmediately]

American as in Native American?

[@Pinoyexplorer18]

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 😝

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

You’re a shame for forcing anyone to embrace their roots.

[@Pinoyexplorer18]

@@tayloralisonswift9544 nonsense

[@CountryCowboy008]

My mum is 1/4 Filipino, but I will always say that I am half Filipino. Denying ancestry is also denying your parents, and I would NEVER denounce my mum. Ever.

[@kimerietate8372]

Filipino people are amazing!I grew up in Millington, TN, where there was a navy base, and I went to school with Filipinos, and they are the nicest people in the world.Her loss.

[@victoriaserra2452]

Really?! What is so amazing about the Filipinos? Not saying they are all bad. But you've only met a tiny population. Newsflash-the whole world is full of people who are both nice and not nice. There's not one race on this planet that can possess absolute superlativeness for being nice much less claim the fallacy to be true. That's absurd.

[@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... 😇

[@alice_agogo]

​@@harry8201I wouldn't call Vanessa a lister

[@MA-pn9zx]

@@harry8201 Vanessa Hudgens is another Filipino denier. She's been caught claiming her mom to be Spanish-Filipino but tita doesn't have any mestiza features at all.

[@propogandalf]

​@@MA-pn9zxTo be honest Vanessa seemed more like she was confused than lying. I remember an interview with Selena Gomez and the interviewer asked her if she was latina too and she said "kinda?" and laughed

[@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]

😂😂

[@realalldway-raw4996]

This is how you can tell when a person is very uncomfortable of her heritage because they are arrogant. Even the famous Vanessa Hudgens is very proud to be pinay. I love her for that.

[@eddierene_89]

I’m not a Filipino! I’m Latino, I’m offended.. Filipinos are the best in my opinion they got the best looking Asians in both men and women! Plus, their food is so bomb too 😋 why be ashamed? Why hide so much beauty about your culture and roots!

[@adorableaaliyah7004]

Stop kissing ass

[@Oliver-fs2ep]

😂you are gay amigo......

[@pr3ttyWaHin3]

​@@Oliver-fs2epand what's wrong with you?

[@Oliver-fs2ep]

@@pr3ttyWaHin3 read his comment again .....he seems bisexual at the very least .........

[@pr3ttyWaHin3]

@@Oliver-fs2epwhat's your point?

[@deejay6016]

I don't know where that Filipina got her information from. Almost ALL Filipinos DO NOT speak Spanish, except the ones that took Spanish classes in school and the older generation (who are now well into their 90's and beyond or dead). There are a few words that are Spanish but with different spelling, like banyo, palengke, trabaho, presyo, keso, bintana, biktima, biyahe, reyna, tinidor, etc. That is the extent of 'Spanish' speaking in the Philippines.

[@azugaming316]

Search up chavacano. You clearly dont know what youre talking about and obviously not filipino

[@deejay6016]

​@@azugaming316 - I am Filipino. You should do your own research before mouthing off. Chavacano is NOT Spanish. It's a Spanish-based Creole language that is spoken in Zamboanga and some in Cavite. My mother is from Cavite and speaks Chavacano. I took a lot of Spanish classes in college and although I can understand what my mom says when she speaks it, IT IS NOT Spanish. But when I talk to her in Spanish, she can barely understand what I am saying. Although Chavacano uses a lot of Spanish words, the sentence structure itself and even the words used are very different.

[@bts_txt27jenn63]

@@deejay6016 THE TAGALOG IS derived from Spanish you d>mbass!

[@pr3ttyWaHin3]

​@@bts_txt27jenn63 cebuano or bisaya in addition. Which has more loan words from spanish.

[@azugaming316]

@@bts_txt27jenn63 i know right? he thinks he's a historian lol

[@dodonggoldblum2085]

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

[@jennyhateseverything]

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

[@IglooDweller]

Asians everywhere are disappointed.

[@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???

[@zeyanZen]

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

[@michelski3528]

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

[@zeyanZen]

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

[@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.

[@HatoriYamato08]

Philippines National Hero once said.(Dr. Jose Rizal) “One who does not treasure his own language is worse than a beast or a putrid fish.” She will not go far denying it.filipinos is one of supportive fans.

[@lordcesar181]

She looks like Latina, either from Colombia of Venezuela, as well Spanish is a language not a country, so a lot of Filipinos claims to have heritage from Spain, but it is not the case, there are minorities that have some ancestors from Spain but it is a really small minority, as well i am from Latin America (Argentina) and my wife is Filipina, i have two Children and both of them identify as Filipino-Argentinians, Philippines is a beautiful country with Beautiful people, and people doesn't need to feel shy and should embrace their heritage, and mostly, you should be proud of your parents, denying your heritage is denying your parents, and that is why she should be a shame of herself.

[@peppermintjhj6069]

very well said

[@RepentImmediately]

Not everyone's parents are good people

[@GheeRook]

SOUNDS LIKE PETER DENYING JESUS. READ THE GOSPEL BELOW: The Gospel of John 18:15-27 describes the account of the three denials as follows: Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. Because this disciple was known to the high priest, he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard, but Peter had to wait outside at the door. The other disciple, who was known to the high priest, came back, spoke to the girl on duty there and brought Peter in. "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" the girl at the door asked Peter. He replied, "I am not." ... As Simon Peter stood warming himself, he was asked, "You are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "I am not." One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, challenged him, "Didn't I see you with him in the olive grove?" Again Peter denied it, and at that moment a rooster began to crow.

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

It’s her rights! Her choices are none of your business.

[@fanofmansbestfriend]

@@tayloralisonswift9544 You can't pick and choose what you're ethnicity you are, LOL you're deluded and only fooling yourself. By that logic I can choose to be Martian, but it sure doesn't mean I'm from Mars HAHAHAH. What foolish logic is this? Her choice her blah blah, that notion is a complete lie.

[@XandieFireman]

Saying that filipinos can speak spanish because of the spanish words in the Filipino language is like saying English speaking people can also speak Greek

[@rbebeabucay9356]

There are people in the Philippines who can speak Spanish fluently. I know it for a fact. My deceased Aunt Isabel spoke Spanish fluently and so did her entire family. The Spanish speakers in the Philippines know each other. It’s like they have their own inner circle.

[@XandieFireman]

@@rbebeabucay9356 as you have said all the Spanish speakers in the Philippines are now dead

[@olg06]

I hear more english words in the filipino language than spanish so I don't know what that woman was talking about.

[@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?

[@mamijoes]

A lot of us can speak Spanish - 😂😂😂 NO.

[@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.

[@jennyhateseverything]

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

[@patofgold29]

If she doesn't want to identify as a Filipino, let her be 🤦🏻‍♀️ there are a lot more talented individuals out there that are proud of their Filipino heritage that deserve this much attention ❤ from 🇵🇭

[@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.

[@juliomandiaga9612]

Maria is an irresponsible speaker. She spoke like she was an expert in it. But for Filipinos like me, the reality is different. I grew up in the Philippines. A typical Filipino kid, half of my days were spent on the street interacting with other kids. As an adult I walked the street and took jeepneys because like the majority of the Filipinos back then we did not have any private vehicle.

[@daydreameraj9777]

She’s speaking in second generation immigrant’s pov back then. It’s different experience to grow up as Filipino in the Philippines.

[@Sotanghon80]

Who is she? I'm a Filipino of Chinese origin and have a lighter skin than her but I Am A Proud FILIPINO.

[@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.

[@thequietman760]

Who did Ireland colonise? Last I heard they were colonised for 800yrs by the British and only became and fought and earned their freedom in the 1920's. But because the Irish are white you don't talk about that.

[@martinlopez2816]

​@@thequietman760 nah, it's because no one cares, kind of like how no one cares about this controversy in this video 🤷‍♂️

[@thequietman760]

@@martinlopez2816 they care wen it suits them to care

[@juliomandiaga9612]

@@thequietman760 Wasn't Britain under Roman rule for 3-1/2 centuries. Also, aside from having been under the Roman rule, Spain was under the Arab speaking Moors for more than 700 years

[@michellegordon3319]

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

[@koonshia]

how could she be ashamed of such a beautiful culture?

[@tayloralisonswift9544]

It’s her rights! Her choices are none of your business. Mga NoyPi talaga feeling entitled.

[@nicolerenee7]

No, you Filipinos look like straight Filipinos. No one mistakes you for anything but being Filipino.

[@ladyloops3204]

When Filipinos think they’re too good looking, they will say they’re Spanish

[@Coco-xq7zh]

She’s only 1/4 of it, shes basically not filipino

[@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.

[@shysydney]

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

[@ThatGirlNoli]

Filipino make up the largest immigrant population in canada. Our health care system would not run without Filipino's we love our Filipino food, music, dance etc. as a canadian I'm surprised that she hid her Filipinoness and i wonder if it is actually trying to fit in with the larger latinx community in the sates

[@RVboyjunior]

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

[@Mother-of-Pearl219]

Wow, that’s very sad I’m a very proud MEXICAN and I would NEVER deny it and this little girl denying her heritage is just very shameful

[@dktlnn]

She is a hypocrite nobody

[@warriorprincess6926]

I hear Meghan.

[@aylaa4774]

Fillipinos are asian, South East asian people. Spanias are white from Western Europe. The two are not even close. The Spanias ruled over phillipines for 300 years. The Moors ruled over Spain and Portugal for atleast 800 years. Spaniards and Portugese do not claim to be African. It’s low selfesteem.