Joey de Leon, Lea Salonga mend fences

Lea Salonga thanks Joey de Leon for giving her "the benefit of the doubt" over her "kababawan" tweet which some fans of Alden Richards and Maine "Yaya Dub" Mendoza took as a comment against the popular "Eat Bulaga" love team. Philstar.com/Jonathan Asuncion

MANILA, Philippines — It looks like all is well between Joey de Leon and Lea Salonga.

The Broadway star made headlines when her tweet about "shallowness" was mistaken by fans of Alden Richards and Maine "Yaya Dub" Mendoza as a comment against the popular "Eat Bulaga" love team.

She later on explained the tweet is not about Alden and Maine.

READ: Joey De Leon addresses Lea Salonga's 'kababawan' tweet

Joey even addressed Lea's tweet, and followed it with a series of posts defending the "Eat Bulaga" segment "Kalyeserye," which Alden and Maine headline.

On Thursday, Lea finally replied to Joey, thanking the TV host-comedian for giving her "the benefit of the doubt."

Joey replied to Lea's tweet and said:

Lea responded:

Joey has been active on Twitter lately to promote (and occasionally defend) AlDub and "Eat Bulaga's" Kalyeserye segment. — Chuck Smith

READ: Joey de Leon tells 'Kalyeserye' bashers: 'Wag n'yong panoorin!

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