{"id":152332,"date":"2018-02-11T23:18:14","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=152332"},"modified":"2018-02-11T23:18:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T04:18:14","slug":"politics-aside-sharon-cuneta-thanks-good-friend-pres-duterte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/11\/politics-aside-sharon-cuneta-thanks-good-friend-pres-duterte\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics aside: Sharon Cuneta thanks ‘good friend’ Pres. Duterte"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A gushing Cuneta thanked her \u201cTatay Digong\u201d for the message that she will \u201ctreasure forever.\u201d (Photo<\/a>: reallysharoncuneta\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines\u2014All politics aside, Megastar Sharon Cuneta thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for his \u201cprecious gift of a message.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a video posted on Instagram by Cuneta on Saturday, February 10, the President was seen thanking his \u201cgood friend,\u201d \u201cMa\u2019am Sharon,\u201d for \u201cremembering\u201d him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy daughter Sara ay talagang ina<\/em>-idolize ka hanggang ngayon<\/em> (really idolizes you until now),\u201d Duterte said, referring to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte who is known to be a \u2018Sharonian.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cI am happy she has chosen the right person to be an inspiration. She has been an avid admirer\u2026 ako rin for the many things that you have done for me and the family. I am grateful,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Along the caption, a gushing Cuneta thanked her \u201cTatay Digong\u201d for the message that she will \u201ctreasure forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cALL POLITICS ASIDE, Excuse me po<\/em>, pero si Pangulong<\/em> Duterte po ito<\/em>! So sorry am not sorry but in fact, am thrilled! Maraming salamat po<\/em>, Mr. President,\u201d Cuneta wrote.<\/p>\n

The Dutertes and Cuneta\u2019s husband, Senator Francis \u201cKiko\u201d Panglinan, are from opposing political factions, but it did not get in the way of the friendship between Cuneta and the Dutertes. In fact, it was Pangilinan who introduced his wife to Sara, according to the President in his past speeches.<\/p>\n

Cuneta said that she and Mayor Duterte who has been friends since 2012 \u201cnever cared about each other\u2019s politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI adore her as much as she, a \u201cSharonian\u201d as the President himself once said, must adore me too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am blessed that she and I are sincere and thoughtful enough to separate politics from what after all is more lasting – our friendship,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Sara, on her part, has said before that she holds Cuneta to a high esteem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have high respect for Ate Sharon, she has been very kind to me since I was a child. She has always been apolitical despite growing up with a politician father,\u201d she told Inquirer.net<\/a> in a text message on October 12, 2017.<\/p>\n

True to what was said of her, Cuneta reiterated that she is \u201capolitical,\u201d and thanked her husband for \u201cunderstanding\u201d and \u201crespecting\u201d her \u201c\u2019wala akong pakialam sa politika<\/em> (I don\u2019t care about politics)\u2019 stand.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moreover, Cuneta vowed to the President that one day, she will sing to him his favorite Sharon Cuneta classic \u201cIkaw.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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