Ethel Booba reacts to ‘charot’ Twitter account

Ethel Booba revealed the “true story” behind the controversial Twitter account that she disowned recently.

In her YouTube channel, in her latest video blog (vlog) titled “The Revelation,” Ethel claimed she had no direct contact to the owner of her namesake Twitter account with 1.3 million followers.

“Di ko nga alam ‘yong pagmumukha niya,” Ethel said in the vlog. 

She admitted she gave jokes to be tweeted, but later felt bad when the user started to tweet about politics.  

Ethel said she used to have a Twitter account – @iamrealgabisonethyl – but deleted it because she thought Twitter is not suitable for her.

“Hindi maganda ang Twitter world para sa ‘kin. Parang nakaka-bad vibes siya. So tinanggal ko ‘yon,” she said.

In 2016, Ethel said the fake user followed her siblings and friends on Twitter. Ethel checked the account and noticed the user was posting what she posted on her Facebook account.

“Tiningnan ko. Tapos ‘pag tingin ko, ay kinokopya lang niya ‘yong mga pinopost ko sa Facebook. Nilalagay niya sa Twitter. Kuhang-kuha niya ako talaga. The way na pagsasalita ko,” she said.

Recently, Ethel noticed the account was posting political posts against the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, so she told the user to stop posting about politics.

“Nung pumasok ‘yong 2019, parang iba na ‘yong flow. Puro politika nang politika lang siya,” she said.

“Nagmessage pa ako niyan eh. ‘Sabihan mo nga ‘yan na ‘wag mangingialam ng tungkol sa pulitika at wala naman akong kahilig-hilig diyan. E ‘di dapat kumandidato na ako. Dami kong followers baka nanalo pa’,” she added.

Ethel said that she decided to report the fake user when the user tweeted about tax.

“Kaya ko pinareport ito dahil below the belt ‘yong mga tweet. ‘Yong tinweet niya na ‘Nagbabayad naman tayo ng tax, bakit kailangan mag-ambag?’ May nagsend sa akin ng gan’un. Sabi ko, ‘Ha, ano na naman ang pinag-iingay niya?’” she said.

“Kaya nga nabwisit talaga, nanggigil ako eh. Kasi bakit mag-iingay ng ganun lalo na sa sitwasyon natin ngayon. May pandemic tayo na nangyayari sa buong mundo,” she added.

The comedian clarified she is actually a supporter of Duterte.

“Sa nagtatanong kung Dilawan o ano, ako, makakapag transparent ako. Sinuportahan ko ‘yang pangulo natin. Tsaka dati kahit noon pa sa Davao, nagsama kami doon sa campaign. Binoto ko nga ‘yong tao eh,” she said.

She also has a message to the fake user: “Ano ba naman ‘yan? Bakit hinaluan mo ng pulitiko ‘yong Twitter? Dati OK lang eh. Katuwaan lang eh. Malay ko ba na lolobo at lolobo ng gan’un ‘yong mga followers niyan.”

“Ginagamit mo ako kasi ano? Dahil ako ‘to. Mas mapapansin ang mga tweets. May sarili ka palang hinaing. Ba’t kailangan mo ako gamitin?”