MANILA, Philippines – Charice has changed his name to Jake Zyrus.
On Sunday, June 18, the international singer changed his Instagram handle to Jake Zyrus and posted a photo of the words "Thank you." In the caption, he said: "From the bottom of my heart, thank you for the love and respect. I love you back and I'm sending peace to everyone."
The photo is the only post on his Instagram account as of writing.
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His Twitter handle has also been changed to Jake Zyrus.
Online, some fans have expressed surprise and support over the singer's name change.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Charice is no longer " Charice " she or should I say HE is known now as Jake Zyrus ! Grabeee ka charice ang bilis mong nagbago ! Mayghaddd </p>— Andrea VK(@forevervicereal) <a href="https://twitter.com/forevervicereal/status/876776282750636032">June 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The moment when charice changes her name to Jake Zyrus </p>— Dada (@deniseacm) <a href="https://twitter.com/deniseacm/status/876771685231345664">June 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/jakezyrus">@jakezyrus</a> Jake love you just the way you are ! Xoxoxo</p>— Maricruz (@maricruzbelieve) <a href="https://twitter.com/maricruzbelieve/status/876496812789706752">June 18, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Charice is now Jake Zyrus. Ppl needs to fck off, fck all the way off. You do you boo</p>— Aa- (@braveallen) <a href="https://twitter.com/braveallen/status/876809750872072193">June 19, 2017</a></blockquote>
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After confirming his breakup with girlfriend Alyssa Quijano in April, Jake's manager said that he was taking a break. His relationship with Alyssa was first confirmed in 2013. – Rappler.com