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An image of actress-host Toni Gonzaga has been manipulated to show her in a red Bongbong Marcos-Sara Duterte T-shirt while holding up the signature Marcos ‘V’ hand sign.

Pro-Marcos former broadcaster Jay Sonza posted the altered image on Facebook last Dec. 11 with the caption:

Good morning Rizal & Laguna, Philippines.

The Queen of All Media

Ms. Celestine “TONI GONZAGA” Soriano

makes the V sign with full conviction!

Buong tapang at pagmamalaki (Full of courage and pride).

And look at the red shirt.

The markings & all.

It speaks volume!

A reverse image search traced the original photo to Gonzaga’s artist profile on Amazon.com’s Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Her bust was extracted from the original photo and placed onto another body

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