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Malacañang slammed Tuesday the portrayal of the “Philippine President” in the American television series “Madam Secretary.”

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American television series “Madam Secretary” teased its latest episode with a fictional Philippine President getting punched in the face by no less than the titular character, US Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord, after he attempted to touch her inappropriately.

WATCH: ‘PH President’ punched by US official in TV series

The public was quick to point out the parallelism between the fictional president and Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte, a self-confessed womanizer.

READ: PH slams ‘highly negative portrayal’ of President in US TV series

Presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella denounced the President’s portrayal.

“I think they are confusing their images. I think they are projecting something that they really would like to say about their own situation. Really, I think they should use a fictional US President,” Abella, in an apparent dig at President Donald Trump, said in a Palace briefing,

Asked if Malacañang finds the portrayal “insulting,” the Palace official said, “Well, they engage in something that they would like to…It’s their business, it’s their craft. You cannot deny them their craft—their taste perhaps.” IDL

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