Ooopsie.
Leyte Normal University (LNU) apologized yesterday to beauty vloggers Bretman Rock Sacayanan and Manny MUA after the school used photos of the two influencers for a poster to illustrate what it considers examples of “inappropriate grooming for men.”
In a statement posted by LNU’s Supreme Student Council, Jacqueline Espina, the school’s dean of student affairs, wrote that using Rock and Manny’s photos “was done without malicious intentions of maligning” them.
Espina said that the university’s president has issued a memo asking everyone to stop sharing the poster. A copy of the poster that appeared on LNU’s Facebook account has also been taken down. Espina also said that LNU has “e-mailed” a public apology to both influencers.
Netizens were shookt yesterday when Manny and Rock tweeted their reactions to the poster.
Manny, whose real name is Manuel Gutierrez, wrote in a tweet to confirm that one of the photos used was him. He also attached a copy of the poster but the attachment can no longer be found.
I’ve been tagged in this so much today… yes that’s me… yes they’re using me as an example of what NOT to do at school… a school having a problem with a man wearing makeup? Shockinggggg ♂️ https://t.co/2BuWZQXxOK
— Manny MUA (@MannyMua733) January 16, 2019
Reacting to Manny’s tweet, one eagle-eyed netizen noticed that the photo of the man wearing an oversized top was Bretman. She even shared the real photo to prove it.
Rock confirmed that one of the photos used was indeed of him. The Filipino-American influencer, whose real name is Bretman Sacayanan, even shared a screenshot of the real LNU poster. (Manny’s headshot is in the second row, second from right.)
Bretman also joked that he had cuter “lewks” and complained about LNU using that photo. Ha!
First of all, my outfit is so cute… and second of all how will wearing that affect a students learning, and why that picture I have cuter lewks lol pic.twitter.com/Ga6K3myPdr
— Bretman Rock (@bretmanrock) January 17, 2019
Classy comebacks, guys. Bravo.
