Half-brothers Jay and Julius Manalo were gaining support from the netizens after their story went viral on social media.
It can be recalled that Julius, a police officer and a player of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), captured the hearts of Filipino netizens after his reunion with his Korean mother after 31 years.
However, netizens were surprised when they discovered that Julius was the half-brother of actor Jay Manalo, who was one of the most popular artists of his time.
According to Julius, he was already working, even if he was still a child, to make ends meet by selling rugs and scrap metals.
But when his brother was informed about Julius’ plight, Jay, who was still a newbie actor at that time, supported the latter.
Julius also worked at a fast-food restaurant, which prompted some netizens to convince the company to get the officer and his brother as new endorsers.
“Yang mga ganyang tao ang pweden pwede na indorser may puso at pagmamahal,huag yong walang puso tapos mayamang mayaman na,payayamanin nio pa,” netizen Teresa said.
“Maraming tatangkilik pag sila ang endorser..deserve na deserve nila..” netizen Remy commented.
“Ay oo pwede gawan ng jollibee yan kong gusto nila kc nakaantig yang kwento ng magkapatid at sa buhay ni julius in true life nya pang pamilya talaga,at trending ngun yang kwento ni nila at nababagay kay Jollibee yan kc pampamilya talaga i bounding nila ung commercial pagdekitin nila mula umpisa ang kwento hangang sa nagkita cila at nag bounding sa jollibee ganoon kc may mga anak c julius nababagay talaga tuwang tuwa mga bata sa jollibee,.sana no maisip nila cila nalang kuhanin ,makahakot talaga ng attention sa mga tao at bata,” netizen Babita wrote.