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Matteo Guidicelli wonders how he should react to being called ‘fat’

/ 01:10 PM April 24, 2018

They do say television adds 10 pounds.

But with Matteo Guidicelli’s tight abs and toned arms visible on TV show “Bagani,” it seems a stretch to call him overweight.

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The actor and triathlete was then caught off-guard by an encounter with a stranger yesterday.

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He shared on Twitter: “Story that started my day at work… a random dude comes up to me and says ‘Sir pinapanood kita sa ‘Bagani’, ang taba mo doon. Pero hindi ka pala mataba sa personal!’”

(Sir I watch you in “Bagani,” you’re fat there. But you’re not fat in person!)

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“Then I took at him in the eyes. What should I tell him?” he wondered.

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Image: Twitter/@mateoguidicelli

Ambassador of the Philippines to the United Nations Teddy Boy Locsin Jr. sympathized with his own anecdote of being called “sobrang taba (very fat).”

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Locsin also pondered, “What is it with Filipinos and calling their friends taba as a term of endearment?”

“I know. Especially to the ladies,” Guidicelli noted.

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Image: Twitter/@mateoguidicelli

Perhaps the “random dude” should take a peek at the actor’s Instagram page, where his perennial beach body is on display.

Image: Instagram/@mateoguidicelli

Image: Instagram/@mateoguidicelli

In the end, Guidicelli claimed he “just smiled and showed my abs”—hopefully, this silenced the too-candid stranger.

Image: Twitter/@mateoguidicelli

But TV host Luis Manzano had a more straightforward proposal. “Tuhurin mo yung tonsils (knee his tonsils).”  /ra

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