It was already a little awkward when he puzzlingly chatted up a 22-year-old girl online.

But things just got a tad more complicated for senator and boxing champ Manny Pacquiao after the same girl called him out Thursday for saying that she was the one who started their conversation.

The boxer-politician defended his controversial presence in the young woman's Instagram live video chat by denying any malice in the comments he left. He also claimed that it was not him that asked the first question.

Replying through Twitter, however, the girl, Arzaylea Rodriguez, an Instagram star who has nearly half a million followers, denied this and said: "I definitely didn’t engage in conversation with him first."

Rodriguez added that she found it surprising that Pacquiao would join one of her live video chats.

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It was just this week when Instagram users noticed that Pacquiao, 38, made comments on a video of Rodriguez, with screen captures showing him asking the pretty brunette, "Where are you from?"

Rodriguez is an Instagram style star of sorts, never shy in sharing to her thousands of fans her outfits. She rose in popularity when she dated 5 Seconds of Summer frontman Luke Hemmings.

Photo from @arzaylea on Instagram

Photo from @arzaylea on Instagram

Photo from @arzaylea on Instagram

Photo from @arzaylea on Instagram

She appears to be a feisty type, who is unafraid in making headlines. Just last month, she risked being bashed by fans of Hemmings' band when she claimed that it was the singer who cheated on her and caused their breakup last May.

But Rodriguez isn't the only one that piqued Pacquiao's curiosity.

He was also seen striking an online conversation with Maria Ciuffo, an American who co-hosts the Instagram vlog "Chicks in the Office."

Pacquiao explained that the reason why he told Ciuffo that she can "call him anytime" was because she was asking if she could score an interview with him.

"Chicks in the Office" was cooked up by Barstool Sports, a U.S.-based sports and men's lifestyle website.

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Rodriguez reacted to the whole brouhaha over him and Pacquiao by sharing articles on the topic on her Twitter and saying that she's "gone international."