“Come and exercise with me.”
It wasn’t just a statement.
It was a challenge.
On Monday, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. faced the growing rumors about his health head-on—and he didn’t hold back.
Standing before the media, calm but clearly frustrated, Marcos dismissed the claims that he was seriously ill. Then, almost playfully—but with a point to prove—he broke into a few jumping jacks.
A pause. A look around.
Proof.
“Can you tell everyone… kalokohan na ‘yan,” he said, calling the rumors outright nonsense. “This is not taped. I’m here. I’m carrying my statement. I’m fine.”
The message was clear—and personal.
Marcos didn’t just deny the claims. He called them lies.
“Mula ngayon… ‘yung mga nagsabi na may sakit ako, na baldado na ako—puro sinungaling ‘yan,” he said, his tone sharpening.
“Now you know who the liars are… and who is telling the truth.”
There was no hesitation. No ambiguity.
Just certainty.
He went on to explain that he hasn’t even been to the hospital in the past three months—except for a routine CAT scan to check on a previous condition.
“It’s done,” he said simply. “Fixed.”
His daily routine, he added, is back to normal—diet, exercise, everything.
As for medications?
Only the basics.
“I take two,” Marcos shared. “One for gout—Allopurinol. Nasa lahi namin ‘yan. And one for high blood pressure.”
Nothing more.
“No other medicines,” he added with a shrug. “Unless I have allergies… but not now.”
Then came another pause.
And another statement—this time without words.
After the press conference, Marcos didn’t just walk away.
He ran.
Right there in the Palace grounds, with reporters watching, cameras rolling—he jogged, showing energy, movement, life.
A visual answer to a viral rumor.
Earlier, Presidential Communications Office Acting Secretary Dave Gomez revealed that the spread of false information—especially about the President’s health—was no accident.
It was coordinated.
A surge of disinformation, he said, designed to mislead—and possibly destabilize.
Even mainstream media, he noted, weren’t spared.
But Marcos had already made his response clear.
No long speeches. No complicated explanations.
Just a challenge:
“Come and exercise with me.”
