Actor-host and rapper Francis Magalona has taken an indefinite leave of absence from the noontime TV show “Eat Bulaga” after confirming that he has leukemia but assured his friends and fans that he would return.
In a text message read on air Thursday by co-host and comedian Vic Sotto, Magalona said he was preparing for his upcoming treatment and expressed confidence that he would recover.
Magalona, son of former matinee idols, the late Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran, described his situation as a “trial” and asked for “understanding.”
“With the help of God, watch out for my return,” said Magalona.
“Di ko lang kayo miss, love ko kayong lahat [I not only miss you, but I love all of you too],” said Magalona
The full message read:
“Sa lahat ng mga dabarkads ko dito sa Eat Bulaga miss ko na kayong lahat. Araw-araw, magkakasama tayo at kayo’y naging second family ko na. Pati na rin ang lahat ng mga viewers sa mga bahay at sa studio. Ngayon, meron akong isang pagsubok na dapat daanan at ang hiling ko lang ay pangunawa at suporta. I have been diagnosed with leukemia and I am preparing for my treatment. Sa tulong ng Panginoon, kakayanin ko poi to. Abangan nyo ang aking pagbabalik. Di ko lang kayo miss, lab ko kayo lahat. [To all my friends in ‘Eat Bulaga,’ I miss you all. As I spend each day with you, I consider you all, my colleagues on the set and viewers, like a second family to me. I need to face this big challenge and request for your understanding and support. With the help of God, I know I can face this. Please wait for my return. I don’t only miss you but also love you all.]
Magalona, one of the country’s leading rap musicians and popular TV host, said in a previous interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer that he did not want his condition turned into a “media circus” and would rather keep his ongoing battle with the disease “private.”
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Sna p0 malampasan nu pa rin ang pagsubok na ito...Pananampalataya sa Panginoon at paniniwalang pagagalingin NYA kayo...
Isa sa napakagaling na rapper...nkagawa man ng pagkakamali pero itinama namn sa huli. Mabuhay ka Idol...get well soon. I'll be praying for your fast recovery.
Ang Panginoon ang ating doktor, kaya walang imposible sa kanya. Alam kong malalampasan mo yang mga pagsubok na yan!
Francis is one of my favorite, way back the bagets time...
He is really talented and of course on of the best... from dancing srutt and break dance to composing music and singing... at nag hit pa... iilan lang ang nakakagawa nyan sa atin...
To you Master Rapper - God will be Good and He will find a way to Heal your wounds and pains...
Just keep on Praying and Rockin my friend...
Francis,
I hope and pray for your recovery. But what I am afraid of is that you may be following the footsteps of so many people around the world, including people in the USA who submit themselves to chemotherapy, radiation and possible bone marrow transplant. None of these are a cure for leukemia.
I should know because more than 5 years ago, I was diagnosed with two rare diseases related to leukemia but with no known cure. One doctor who specialized in researching for a cure for the diseases said those diseases were a like a "death sentence". My doctors suggested a bone marrow transplant but it was a long shot guess. I rejected their suggestions and I went on to search for my cure. I found it and my protocol, which are all natural, cured me completely. I found out that my protocol could cure and heal all kinds of degenerative diseases, like cancer, heart disease, diabetes,lupus and many others.
In October, I hope to finish my book detailing everything that I did. It even includes tests which you can do yourself and others which you can order to track your progress as you try to cure yourself.
There is a far better alternative that has a much higher rate of cure than the chemo/radiation palliative that your doctors are only too willing to give you. And it would not weaken or disable you as what chemo/radiation can do. If you go and have a bone marrow transplant, it is even much worse.
I have written in my forthcoming book that you do not have to fear or hate cancer. I even consider having cancer as a "blessing" because it is very cureable thru natural means without the pain, the disability, and the damage that chemo/radiation and BMT can do. It is a blessing because you will realize that cancer does not mean to kill you and it will make you change you ways, your thinking, your mind and your heart for the better.
You can email me at jyd747@gmail.com
and I will try my best to help you. Please do not be frightened into getting chemo and/or radiation. It would not do you any good, but instead it will harm you.
But if you follow this procedure and find out it is not working, or when they have given up on you, contact me and I may still be able to help you.
Your friend and brother,
Juan
Mr. Rapper,
Whatever you ask in prayers, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours, anak! It is from the Bible, tho' I forgot already the Psalm... it helps me a lot in all my trials and tribulations.
My dear son, keep on praying! GOD WILL NEVER FORSAKE YOU... We miss you in EAT BULAGA... WE LOVE YOU EVEN MORE, my second son.
advance happy bday francis....take care and God bless
RIP FRancis M.... ULL never b forgotten!!! see u on the crossroads Big M....
NGAYONG WALA NA SI KIKO,ANG DAMING GUSTONG IBIGAY NA PARANGAL.BAKIT NOON NABUBUHAY PA E,DI NILA GINAWARAN NG MGA PARANGAL.DAPAT BUHAY PA BINIBIGYAN NA NG PARANGAL.TULAD NI DOLPHY,NGAYON PA LANG PARANGALAN NA HABANG NABUBUHAY PA.
to mr.rapper ngaung wala kana nabawasan na naman ng magaling na rapper.lam kung nasa ung master kana ngaun at masaya kana mamimiss ka naming lahat.
to mr.rapper mamimiss ka naming lahat we miss you so much
we love you..and will miss u.you may rest and peace..we loooooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee yyyyyyyyyyyyyyooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
♥sir kiko kahit po wala na kayo d2 sa mundo kinagisnan natin buhay na buhay parin po kayo sa pusot isip namin..alam po namin na nahirapan po kayo sa mga dumatng na problema/sakit sa inyo pero kahit po gus2 naming makatulong wala po kaming magawa..pero pinapanalangin namin na sumalangit ang kaluluwa nyo..i love u po..no.1 fan nyo po ako..we will miss you......
mahal na mahal po namin kayo...you may now rest in peace.....we ♥ you so much....
we will miss you idol ikaw ang pinaka gwapo at pinakamlupit na rapper na na buhay malupit rest in peace idol..... francis magalona worlds no1 rapper....
the man beyond every filipino people's flash of appreciation into music,
the strength he had
and the way he spoke the wails of every face he sees, the way he vanished the emptiness in this clash of misery
your shadows will remain in this uncertainty. you were once here and you will remain still forever i shall say
your absence we can feel and your presence we lingered im not often into your kind of music but for some reason it slowly paints and leaves something while i hear them it shows the reality of life you were in the realm of it i can tell you let yourself be heard your a heroine it shows you are the sweetest legacy on your own you blinded every lies the most pleasurable way it was your undying music for those numbs they were also hurt i say
we speak in different voices yes we do
rock on man