diff --git a/src/libs/ReportActionFollowupUtils/index.ts b/src/libs/ReportActionFollowupUtils/index.ts
index cc6e9ab99199b..dd591ea2a79cf 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportActionFollowupUtils/index.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ReportActionFollowupUtils/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import render from 'dom-serializer';
 import {DomUtils, parseDocument} from 'htmlparser2';
 import {getReportActionMessage, isActionOfType} from '@libs/ReportActionsUtils';
 import CONST from '@src/CONST';
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ function parseFollowupsFromHtml(html: string): Followup[] | null {
         const followupTextElement = DomUtils.getElementsByTagName('followup-text', followupEl, true).at(0);
         const followupResponseElement = DomUtils.getElementsByTagName('followup-response', followupEl, true).at(0);
         const text = followupTextElement ? DomUtils.textContent(followupTextElement) : '';
-        const response = followupResponseElement ? DomUtils.textContent(followupResponseElement) : undefined;
+        const response = followupResponseElement ? render(followupResponseElement.children) : undefined;
         return {text, response};
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
index 6a63dc83c6e87..d8d1ae5455bc1 100644
--- a/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
+++ b/src/libs/ReportUtils.ts
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ type BuildOptimisticAddCommentReportActionParams = {
     reportID?: string;
     reportActionID?: string;
     attachmentID?: string;
+    isHTML?: boolean;
 };
 
 type OptimisticReportAction = {
@@ -6399,8 +6400,9 @@ function buildOptimisticAddCommentReportAction({
     reportID,
     reportActionID = rand64(),
     attachmentID,
+    isHTML = false,
 }: BuildOptimisticAddCommentReportActionParams): OptimisticReportAction {
-    const commentText = getParsedComment(text ?? '', {reportID});
+    const commentText = isHTML ? (text ?? '') : getParsedComment(text ?? '', {reportID});
     const attachmentHtml = getUploadingAttachmentHtml(file, attachmentID);
 
     const htmlForNewComment = `${commentText}${commentText && attachmentHtml ? '<br /><br />' : ''}${attachmentHtml}`;
diff --git a/src/libs/actions/Report/SuggestedFollowup.ts b/src/libs/actions/Report/SuggestedFollowup.ts
index 5e55e0f7fa6ee..29b2e3cda2105 100644
--- a/src/libs/actions/Report/SuggestedFollowup.ts
+++ b/src/libs/actions/Report/SuggestedFollowup.ts
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ function resolveSuggestedFollowup(
     const optimisticConciergeAction = buildOptimisticAddCommentReportAction({
         text: selectedFollowup.response,
         actorAccountID: CONST.ACCOUNT_ID.CONCIERGE,
+        createdOffset: 1,
         reportActionID: optimisticConciergeReportActionID,
         reportID,
+        isHTML: true,
     });
 
     addOptimisticConciergeActionWithDelay(reportID, optimisticConciergeAction);
diff --git a/src/pages/inbox/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx b/src/pages/inbox/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
index 69012e109252b..b4ee1c5468a79 100644
--- a/src/pages/inbox/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/inbox/report/ContextMenu/ContextMenuActions.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import Navigation from '@libs/Navigation/Navigation';
 import Parser from '@libs/Parser';
 import {getCleanedTagName, isPolicyAdmin} from '@libs/PolicyUtils';
 import ReportActionComposeFocusManager from '@libs/ReportActionComposeFocusManager';
+import stripFollowupListFromHtml from '@libs/ReportActionFollowupUtils/stripFollowupListFromHtml';
 import {
     getActionableCardFraudAlertMessage,
     getActionableMentionWhisperMessage,
@@ -214,14 +215,15 @@ function getActionHtml(reportAction: OnyxInputOrEntry<ReportAction>): string {
 
 /** Sets the HTML string to Clipboard */
 function setClipboardMessage(content: string | undefined) {
-    if (!content) {
+    const strippedContent = stripFollowupListFromHtml(content);
+    if (!strippedContent) {
         return;
     }
-    const clipboardText = getClipboardText(content);
+    const clipboardText = getClipboardText(strippedContent);
     if (!Clipboard.canSetHtml()) {
         Clipboard.setString(clipboardText);
     } else {
-        Clipboard.setHtml(content, clipboardText);
+        Clipboard.setHtml(strippedContent, clipboardText);
     }
 }