Yes, it was him.

Senator Manny Pacquiao admitted he was the one who commented on the Instagram livestream of 22-year-old social media influencer Arzaylea Rodriguez, and said there was no malice in it.

Pacquiao said it was Rodriguez who first asked him a question when he joined the video.

“Ako ‘yan. Actually pag-open ko ng Instagram nakita ko live so pinindot ko. Nakita niya Manny Pacquiao joined live so nag-hello siya,” Pacquiao told reporters on Wednesday, September 27. (That’s me. Actually, when I opened Instagram, I saw her live video so I clicked it. She saw Manny Pacquiao joined live so she said hello. )

He then recounted the other messages, which were not captured in the viral screenshot going around on social media.

“Tapos tinanong niya ako (She asked me), ‘Are you in the Philippines?’ Kaya sabi ko (That’s why I said), ‘Where are you from?'” Pacquiao recalled.

“Lahat naman puwedeng makipag-usap sa amin. Wala namang malisya doon. In fact, iyon lang ‘yun. Tingnan mo, pagkatapos no’n, wala na (Everyone can talk to us. There is no malice in that. See, after that, there was nothing),” he added.

Social media users earlier went abuzz when they saw Pacquiao’s comments on Rodriguez’s live video. The screenshot quickly went viral. – Rappler.com