FACT-CHECK: Vicky Belo not a supporter of Bongbong Marcos

Apr 28, 2022 | Fact Checked by PressOnePH

CLAIM: Vicky Belo supports the presidential bid of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

RATING: FALSE

An unverified list of artists, celebrities, and influencers supposedly backing the presidential bid of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is spreading on Twitter.

The list included Vicky Belo, medical director of the Belo Medical Group, prompting her son, director Quark Henares, to issue a denial.

Henares tweeted on April 24: “PUCHA NAREFUTE KO NA ‘TO HA. FAKE NEWS. Honestly probably half the people on this list are not BBM. This is a pretty sad reaction to the overwhelming artista support of @lenirobredo.”

That same day, he tweeted a photo of his sister, Scarlet Belo, wearing a Leni Robredo baller.

He said: “ok na ba to?!” Henares also tweeted the hashtag #LeniKiko2022.

The unverified list has been liked more than 1,200 times, quoted more than 409 times, and retweeted more than 200 times as of posting time.

 

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