'Immortal' Enrile's Reaction to COVID-19: 'Go Away'

In his more than ninety years of existence, Juan Ponce Enrile has survived the Great Depression, World War II, and a (self-admitted) bogus assassination attempt that rang in martial law.

If memes are to be believed, he’d also witnessed the Big Bang, dinosaurs, the Last Supper, and the first known appearance of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman.

“Blessing your feed with the legend himself,” wrote Kris.

The elderly ex-senator blew kisses at the camera before saying: "COVID, go away."

Just this past week, the 96-year-old career politician became an unlikely meme, when netizens used social quotes card templates from news sites (and then, later, Photoshopped pictures from history and pop culture) to place JPE in unlikely situations from history.

He later took to social media to assure everyone of his still-living status, writing in a Facebook post: “Some people are asking if I am dead, or if I have COVID 19. Well, I am sorry to disappoint the rumormongers. I am still alive, and I do not have COVID 19. Thank God!! Enjoy your silliness, rumormongers. You might get what you are wishing for me. I will pray for your soul and health.”

This story originally appeared on Spin.ph. Minor edits have been made by Esquiremag.ph editors.