About

President Nadine Lustre is a running joke among fans of Filipino actress and singer Nadine Lustre where they claim she is their political leader.

Origin

Jokes about Nadine Lustre being president started roughly in March of 2017, while she was touring with fellow Filipino pop star James Reid. At one point, Reid had stated that Lustre had "improved the quality of (his) life." On March 7th, 2017, several Twitter users took that quote and joked that Lustre should be president so that she could improve the quality of their lives (examples shown below).

Spread

The jokes continued to spread among the star's fandom over the following year and a half. Some popular posts include a post by Twitter user @loriegirlsakura that gained over 140 retweets and 350 likes (shown below, left). A Filipino post by user @Punangbayan_ gained over 440 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right).

Another strand of jokes include Lustre's boyfriend James Reid as Lustre's "First Gentleman." For example, a tweet by @turquatta gained over 160 retweets and 450 likes (shown below, left). Twitter user @bumbumreid made such a joke, gaining over 130 retweets and 380 likes (shown below, right).

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