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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).

jalen | on hiatus @lilmissnaddie Follow "She improved the quality of my life" -James Y'all let's nominate Nadine Lustre for President and she'll improve the quality of our lives. 8:38 AM-7 Mar 2017

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).

Follow @loriegirlsakura Replying to @Watdahel_Marcel Madame President Nadine Lustre delivering her speech ME #ShowtimeSONA #ShowtimeSONAkakaenjo

SPOOKY SERNA @Punongbayan Follow Wala pong katotohanang naospital ang ating Pangulo. Lagi po siyang nag-eehersisyo sa gym upang maging malusog at malakas.

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).

Follow @turquatta Her Excellency President Nadine Lustre and First Gentleman James Reid Hidalgo Pe raits

we care less : @bumbumreid Follow James Reid is such a baby when he's with our President Nadine Lustre BN SCBN 018

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