I can not able to bold and italic text in whatsapp

[AC Question]

I have galaxy on7 with android lollipop version. I have also installed whatsapp 2.12.59 on my mobile when i am going to bold text with *bold* and _italic_ it is showing same in the message. I mean its not showing bold or italic.

 

[Rehabreject996]

I have the same issue. Others I am sending them too see the text in bold or italic but I don't