Jeffrey Espiritu, better known on-air as Mr. Fu, is a Filipino

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and

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. Known for being a

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on 91.5 Win Radio and formerly on 103.5 Wow FM and 106.7 Energy FM, he is also known for his appearances on several programs mostly on TV5 and notable for his works for the ''

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''. He earned his pseudonym (which originally stood for "Mr. Follow-Up") from the show ''Direct Line'' on RPN 9, which he co-anchored; after delivering a spiel comically, somehow the name Mr. Fu just came up. He is known for his expression "''may gano'n''" (sometimes spelled as "''may ganun''" or "''meganon''"), which he usually uses in his radio show.

Career

Espiritu graduated from high school on

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and graduated in college on

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, where he served as student council president of the Faculty of Arts and Letters and where he was classmates with Francis Pasion. He joined RPN as a police reporter, then in his last year as reporter he was called "Mr. FU" or "Mr. Follow Up" in an RPN show, in which he became known as. In late 2007, he left RPN to be a radio jock at Energy FM, which at the time the frequency was 91.5. After he became a radio jock, he

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. In 2009, he moved to

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. he joined QTV's '' Tweetbiz'' along with Tim Yap and Sam YG (DJ from

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). In 2010, he left Energy FM for the newly opened mass based radio, 103.5 Wow FM. In 2010, he also joined the network TV5 as a contract actor, and became co-host for his longtime idol

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's '' Wow Meganon'' (combined with ''

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'' and Mr. FU's slang "''Meganon!''"). In 2011, he joined ''

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'', and became a substitute host for ''

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''. In early 2012, he had a brief feud with ''Paparazzi'' co-host

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. In that year, he was also a segment host for ''

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: Breaktime'' with

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. In 2013, Mr. Fu and Montenegro hosted a new TV5 gameshow, '' Jeepney Jackpot'', along with former EB Babe and '' Amazing Race Philippines'' contestant Saida Diola, he also joined the

roster of columnist in the entertainment section. On July 16, 2013, he resigns from 103.5 Wow FM and however, he returned to his original radio station, Energy FM which is now moved to the new frequency (which is also the former TV5 original radio station)

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. In 2016, he returned to

after leaving TV5. In March 2017, he left 106.7 Energy FM again for 91.5 Win Radio on April 3, 2017.

Filmography

Television

Radio

References

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