ANGELICA Panganiban and Kim Chiu are two of the Kapamilya stars who shared their personal feelings about the closure of their home studio on the live chat, “Laban, Kapamilya.”
Angelica earned a lot of positive feedback from netizens who believe that “mahusay ang pagkakapahayag niya ng mga punto niya na hindi ABS-CBN ang kalaban sa panahon ngayon kundi ang COVID 19.”
Here’s her full statement: “Tandaan sana natin na hindi ABS-CBN ang kalaban ngayon. Hindi po ang mga artista na nagpapahayag ng kanilang saloobin ang kalaban ngayon. Ang issue ay free mass testing; ang issue ay ‘yung pagbibigay ng ayuda para sa mga nangangailangan; ang issue po ay ‘yung pagiging handa ng ating healthcare system sa isang pandemya; ang issue ay ang kawalan ng trabaho ng milyun-milyong Pilipino; ang issue ay kung saan kukuha ng pagkain ang bawat pamilya. Hindi po ABS-CBN ang kalaban; virus ang kalaban! ‘Yan ang kailangang sugpuin, ‘yan ang kailangan nating sagutin!”
Netizens think she was able to put across her thoughts well, specially her line saying “tinanggalan ninyo ng karapatan ang mga Pilipino na makapamili ng gusto nilang panoorin. Naniniwala ako na mahalaga ang kalayaan para sa isang katulad kong artista. Ang maipahayag ang aking saloobin nang buong tapang at walang halong takot. At bilang isang artista ng bayan, tayo ang magsisilbing boses para sa mga hindi makapagsalita. Tenga para sa mga hindi makarinig. At mata para sa mga hindi nakakakita. Tayo po ang magiging sandigan nila kung sila ay nalulungkot, gustong tumawa, gustong sumaya. Magbigay ng impormasyon sa panahong kailangang-kailangan po natin. Ito po ang aming responsibilidad.
“Nararamdaman ko ang agam-agam at ang walang kasiguraduhang kinabukasan nating lahat ngayon. Alam nating lahat na hindi lang kami ang talo sa pagpapasara sa ABS-CBN. Taumbayan ang talo sa laban na ito!”
A lot of people willingly agreed with Angelica.
In contrast to the very positive reaction to Angelica, Kim Chiu became the butt of memes and jokes because of what has been tagged as her “sa classroom may batas” speech. In defending her home network, she addressed the haters who insist that “the law is the law.”
Here’s what she said: “Kung hindi ka graduate ng law, wag ka nang magsalita. Sa classroom, may batas, bawal lumabas, o bawal lumabas. Pero pag sinabi, pag nag-comply ka na bawal lumabas, pero may ginawa ka sa ipinagbabawal nila, inayos mo ‘yung law ng classroom at sinubmit mo ulit, puede na pala ikaw lumabas.”
We have to admit Kim was not able to articulate well what she is trying to say and a basher quickly posted a meme of her proclaiming her as “PBB University Summa Cum Laude.” Somehow, we pity Kim for all the bullying that she got. Some negative comments are outright “pambabastos” and even cussed her that she cannot help but answer back.
Here’s her reply to the basher: “Grabe naman, Ate! Inaano po kita para magmura ka ng ganyan?! Grabe ka naman po! Sinaktan ba kita?! Para magsalita ka ng ganyan! Grabe ka naman!!! Preno preno din! ‘Di naman kita kilala pero kung makapagsalita ka! Sobra ka! Ikaka-proud ba ng nanay mo ‘yung sinabi mo?!”
Well-meaning friends have advised her not to answer back anymore. “Huwag mo na lang silang patulan dahil mas lalo silang masisiyahan kapag sinasagot sila ng bina-bash nilang artista.”
Kim quickly agreed, saying: “Tama po kayo. Kasiyahan nilang manira ng kapwa tao. Grabe sila. Ikinayayaman ba nila ang manira ng kapwa? Kung ikakayaman nila, go. Kung hindi, why waste your time? To hurt someone? I didn’t expect people can be this mean. Bakit para silang galit na galit? Inano ko ba sila? May pinatay ba akong kamag-anak nila? This people are being so mean. Grabe lang.”
Her co-stars in “Love Thy Woman,” Christopher de Leon and Zsa Zsa Padilla, quickly came to her defense saying she is such a pleasant girl to work with. Her boyfriend, Xian Lim, also came to her rescue and wrote a long post defending her.
Here’s part of Xian wrote: “Kim does not deserve to be singled out and get all the hate she is getting from people in the internet. She is a smart, empathetic person who deeply cares for all the people around her. She cares so much that it scares me.
“We are not perfect. No one is. We have our share of mishaps that shake us down to the ground but we learn and we rise back up again. My love and support go out to Kim for being a wonderful human being.
“Lastly, tigilan na natin ang paninira sa kapwa dahil hindi ito nakakatulong sa sitwasyon natin ngayon.”
