Clare Henney: Sharon, We Need to Talk

12:00 PM | | Posted by Clare Henney

Dear Ms. Sharon/Ms. Cuneta-Pangilinan/Ate Shawie, etc.: I know that I was a big fan of yours during my childhood but I didn’t know that I’d end up reminding people of you when I grew up. If I had a peso for every time someone called me Ate Shawie both to my face and behind my back I might have as much money as you do. To be honest, I do not see it but I can’t argue with all the people who do.

I don’t have a problem with people saying I look like you. For some strange reason, we seem to have a cosmic connection in terms of our looks: when I had long hair, your hair was long. When I cut my hair to a bob, you had the same. Ditto during the time that you had the really short hair reminiscent of Demi Moore’s Ghost haircut…it’s crazy! When I developed a thyroid condition, you also announced you had the same thing too. How odd is that?

It’s weird to have people say what that I look like you considering that as a child, I don’t think anyone thought I did. I’m sure YOU didn’t either. I mean, we’ve met more than once…when I was in pre-school you went to our school pageant and I gave you a bunch of flowers, then I became a house guest more than once in your home in Alabang and you were a guest at our house around that time as well. It’s weird that I sort of absorbed your looks because people can’t seem to stop calling me Mega, Sharon or Ate Shawie these days.

Like I said, I have no problem with being your doppelganger of sorts. One thing that I do have an issue with is your latest commercial for Lucky Me Spicy Beef Noodles. It is just way too embarrassing for me because people automatically associate it with me! Sure, it’s supposed to be funny and I’m sure that you were paid millions to look silly like that but what about me? I am not compensated for the embarrassment!

Any chance you could just lose all the weight so that I could do the same via our weird cosmic connection of sorts? That would really make up for that commercial issue. I’d love you for that, I really would.

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