‘AlDub’ reaches new record high: 21M tweets
Maine “Yaya Dub” Mendoza and Alden Richards (seated), also known as “AlDub,” meet for their second date under the watchful eyes of Lolas Tidora, Nidora, and Tinidora (Paolo Ballesteros, Wally Bayola, and Jose Manalo) at the mansion of the De Explorers in Saturday’s episode of “Eat Bulaga’s” “Kalyeserye.” The episode has reached a new record high, garnering 20 million tweets as of Saturday afternoon. PHOTO FROM EAT BULAGA’S TWITTER ACCOUNT
The split-screen love team of actors Alden Richards and Maine “Yaya Dub” Mendoza surpassed its previous 12-million Twitter record and reached a new high of over 21 million tweets on Saturday afternoon.
The hashtag of “Eat Bulaga’s” latest “Kalyeserye” episode #ALDubEBforLOVE reached 21.8 million tweets, making it the top trending topic worldwide as of posting time.
The duo known as “AlDub” met for their second date on Saturday afternoon at the De Explorers’ grand residence or the mansion of Lola Nidora, played by comedian Wally Bayola.
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Millions of netizens and AlDub fans took to social media their excitement and love for the pair as they stormed Twitter with their nonstop posts about their sentiments on the episode.
Meanwhile, the hashtag of Eat Bulaga’s rival noontime show “It’s Showtime,” #ShowtimeKapamilyaDay, also trended in the Philippines, reaching over six million tweets as of Saturday afternoon. NC/RC
The hashtag #ALDubEBforLove reached over 21 million tweets and was a top trending topic on Twitter on Saturday afternoon. At No. 2 was #ShowtimeKapamilyaDay with over six million tweets.
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