You're That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons about Being Unapologetically Yourself

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In addition to the powerful content, "You're That Bitch" is beautifully presented. The book design, cover art, and overall aesthetics enhance the reading experience, making it visually pleasing. It's clear that attention was given to every detail, ensuring a well-rounded and immersive journey for readers. Instead of smudging his home with sage, Bretman has been using bayabas (guava) leaves to clear negative energy. He still collects crystals and proclaims himself a textbook Leo, but there is now a delicate balance that guides his rituals. He greets the sun good morning just like his ancestors did. He revels in nature’s gifts, just like that rainbow that hovered over his home that one morning. I think it was hard to be taken seriously because obviously, I started this when I was seventeen years old, like before I went through puberty you know! If you Google the capital of the internet, it’s obviously the Philippines. With that being said, I feel like it’s because there are so many Filipinos on the internet, and there are a lot of us that kind of misuse it in a way.” Bretman points out the wave of negativity that was propelled at the country’s most recent Miss Universe bid, Celeste Cortesi, as an example. “If we’re gonna own the internet, we have to show the world how to use the internet correctly.”

A hilarious romp through his life, from how he became a social media phenomenon at 14 to his hustler spirit and spilling the tea around cancel culture, heartbreak, and lessons on how to love yourself." — Shondaland Girl, because I know myself. I'm very self-aware. I know that if I move to L.A., I’ll be fighting every b*tch there. It’s better that I stay away from people, honestly. It’s better for them. I’m doing them a favor,” he says, maybe half-joking. You’re That Bitch: & Other Cute Lessons About Being Unapologetically Yourself, his new memoir, seems designed to appeal to his young audience by combining his life story with short, awkwardly pedagogical how-to sections about intimate but quotidian topics, like ass douching or spotting toxic relationship patterns. This year, the Hawaii-based Philippine-born content creator marks another milestone in his career: he just published a memoir entitled “You’re That Bitch.” Bretman is currently in Manila for a series of book signing events (including March 4 at the SM Megamall Mega Fashion Hall and March 5 at the SM Mall of Asia Music Hall) but before all that, local media had the chance to get to know the sexy, always snazzy, always with-it social media personality.When the bullying at school and home got so bad,” he writes, “I tried to suffocate myself with a blanket again in my bed before school.” I think it’s chapter 11 and it was talking about how I lost my virginity in Disneyland,” says Bretman when asked what he considers to be the highlight of the book.

You’ve really branched out everywhere in entertainment. Is there anything you’re looking to pursue next?

The funny vlogger says he encountered some difficulty taking himself seriously. “It's so hard because I take everything as a joke and I'm so unserious. I think just sitting there and being vulnerable with my writer and being vulnerable with myself, and digesting the things that I wanted to write about in a serious manner… I would say being actually deadass, that was the hardest part of writing the book.”