The name Sam Morales trended on Twitter due to a long thread created by Jzan Tero. Jzan is a transwoman from Cebu who became a victim of Sam’s catfishing schemes.
Netizens were infuriated by Sam’s actions and her disregard for other people’s emotions.
Celebrities and other personalities expressed their anger with Morales. People like Benedict Cua, Chie Filomeno, Ivan Dorschner, BJ Pascual, Mimiyuuh, and Janine Gutierrez were appalled by Sam’s manipulativeness.
Hustisya para sa Pilipinas at kay Jzan
— JANINE (@janinegutierrez) March 30, 2020
Benedict Cua, a social media influencer, firmly believes that Morales should pay for her wrongdoing, while Chie prays that Tzan will recover soon.
Just finished reading the entire thread, galit na galit ako. The emotional manipulation is a whole new level, and what happened to Jzan should be counted as rape!!!! Sam Morales should pay for this! https://t.co/jUDM34jOWB
— Benedict Cua (@benedict_cua) March 30, 2020
.@JzanVern I hope that you’ll heal soon. Take all the time you need to heal Jzan, but know that we are here for you. Isang malaking virtual hug. Pag amping dzai 🤗
— Chienna Filomeno (@ChieFilomeno) March 30, 2020
Whatever reason you have isn’t valid to hurt an innocent person, Sam Morales!
— Chienna Filomeno (@ChieFilomeno) March 30, 2020
As per BJ Pascual, the incident happened to Tzan is something you’d see in a Netflix crime drama, while Ivan Dorschner can’t wait for Tzan to heal soon and regain the courage she used to have.
Damn I'm so ready for Jzan's #glowup https://t.co/bA3TQp6IOO
— Ivan Dorschner (@ivandorschner) March 30, 2020
https://twitter.com/bjpascual/status/1244632346113921030
On a serious note, Mimiyuuh advised the fashion industry never to hire Sam Morales as the latter deserves to suffer.
Hello po sa mga kaibigan natin sa fashion industry. Hindi niyo deserve ang isang Sam Morales. You are all working hard tapos babahiran lang ng kadumihan ng isang babaeng ito. DON’T HIRE SAM MORALES!!! LET HER SUFFER!!!! JZAN DESERVE BETTER!!! LET’S PROTECT OUR TRANS FAMILY!!! https://t.co/n6rm1IOkLj
— mimiyuuuh 🦖 (@mimiyuuuh) March 30, 2020
Aside from celebrities and personalities, ordinary netizens are asking for companies to boycott Sam who is a multimedia artist.
https://twitter.com/inhalejandro/status/1244791968535736321
pic cttro: @juankulot
To our fashion industry friends, please don't hire and be aware of this person @moralessamr.
She has been catfishing many people by using the same guy named Bil, all over and over again.Jzen deserves better,
END SAM MORALES NOW!! pic.twitter.com/BcFAQpFI0l— angel (@_angelhornilla) March 30, 2020
https://twitter.com/cassiemedina_/status/1244653258125107200
As an aspiring fashion model I study a lot about what this industry could do. This industry requires a good personality to have a good partnership and I think Sam Morales has nothing. She should be penalize on what she did. @JzanVern We are fighting with you.
— Jai Paller (@JaiPaller) March 30, 2020
after i read all the thread.
YES FASHION INDUSTRY DOESN'T DESERVE SAM MORALES!! https://t.co/l1rXfkJZYc— Viejay Villamera (@ViejayVillamera) March 30, 2020
When Tzan bravely shared what happened to her, other victims of Sam came out to tell their own stories.
The Story
Tzan is a transwoman residing in Cebu and currently an interior design student. She was the 12th victim of Sam Morales. Tzan and Sam who pretended to be a guy named Bill met on Tinder and started to exchange texts until they engaged in a long-distance relationship. Bill promised to meet Tzan in Cebu and sell his condo unit in Manila so he could move there,
It was much much later when Tzan learned that it was Sam who was manipulating the whole “relationship” from the beginning. Sam excused her actions by saying she was only seeking revenge for being bullied by gay people when she was much younger.
I got catfished: a (really long) thread pic.twitter.com/5BQ2G5kcif
— Jzan Tero (@JzanVern) March 30, 2020
