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Mr. Fu

Filipino radio and television personality

Jeffrey Espiritu, better known on-air as Mr. Fu, is a Filipino radio and television personality. Known for being a radio DJ 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 Manila Bulletin.

He earned his screen name, 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 "Meganon?" ("May gan’on?" in standard Tagalog, literally 'Really?' or 'Is that a thing?' depending on context) which he usually uses in his radio show.

He is currently hosting the talk shows WTFu and Marites University on Youtube.

He is romantically involved with Nurse Francis Bryan Talatala for 12 years and counting since 2014.

01Career

Espiritu graduated from high school on Lourdes School of Quezon City and graduated in college on University of Santo Tomas, 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 came out as gay. In 2009, he moved to GMA Network. he joined Q's Tweetbiz: The Bizniz of Chizmiz along with Tim Yap and Sam YG (DJ from Magic 89.9). 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 Joey de Leon's Wow Meganon (combined with Wow Mali and Mr. FU's slang "Meganon!"). In 2011, he joined Paparazzi, and became a substitute host for Juicy!. In early 2012, he had a brief feud with Paparazzi co-host Ruffa Gutierrez. In that year, he was also a segment host for Artista Academy: Breaktime with Valeen Montenegro.

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 Manila Bulletin 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) 106.7.

In 2016, he returned to GMA Network after leaving TV5.

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

02Filmography

Television

YearTitleRole
1999-2007 NewsWatch Himself/Reporter
2003-2006 Direct Line Himself/Host
2009 Eat Bulaga! Himself/Segment host
2009-2010 Tweetbiz: The Bizniz of Chizmiz Himself/Co-host
2010-2011 P.O.5
Wow Meganon
2010-2012 Paparazzi Himself/Segment host
2011-2012 Celebrity Samurai Himself/Co-host
2011-2012 / 2013-2015 Wow Mali Himself/Co-host/voice-over
2012 Sharon: Kasama Mo, Kapatid Himself/Guest
Artista Academy: Breaktime Himself/Host
2012-2013 Ang Latest
2013 Jeepney Jackpot: Pera o Para!
2016 Celebrity Bluff Himself/Guest Bluffer
Pepito Manaloto Guest
2017 All Star Videoke Himself/Guest Player
2018 Daddy's Gurl Guest
2019 Sunday Pinasaya Himself/Guest
2020 Mars Pa More
2021 Happy Together Guest
2022 TiktoClock Himself/Guest
2023 Sarap, 'Di Ba?
2024 Tahanang Pinakamasaya

Radio

YearProgram
2007-2010 / 2013-2017 Tagabulabog Ng Buong Universe!
2010-2013
2017-2023 The Win Big Show
Watch videos about Mr. FuExplainers and documentaries on YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Sources and credits

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