Senatorial aspirant Robin Padilla called out director Erik Matti for criticizing Toni Gonzaga being “unbothered” as she threw her support behind presidential aspirant Bongbong Marcos.
Matti on Wednesday posted a screenshot of Toni’s shared post by a fan showing a photo of her hosting Marcos and running mate Sara Duterte’s proclamation rally last Tuesday with the hashtag “#unbothered”.
Toni, who smiled and did the peace sign in the photo after making it to Twitter’s trending topics at the time, has since been in hot water online, as some pro-ABS-CBN netizens expressed their dismay at her introducing Marcos-Duterte’s senatorial slate member Rodante Marcoleta.
Marcoleta was among the 70 lawmakers who voted to deny media giant ABS-CBN, Toni’s home network, a new franchise in 2020.
After likening the “plunder and the horrors of the Marcos regime” to the atrocities of late German dictator and Holocaust mastermind Adolf Hitler, Matti lambasted Toni’s move to shrug off her critics, using the hashtag #bothered.
“I cannot fathom anyone, who have access to the same historical facts from our books and YouTube like everyone else, can still have the gall to hold their head so high to the point of being so arrogant and obnoxious to brush away critics and dissenters even acknowledging and flaunting it with such an insensitive hashtag.
“That is just incomprehensible.
“To give your support to any political candidate whether or not out of affinity, blood or loyalty is between you and your conscience. You can do whatever you want with your celebrity power and God’s guidance because this is a free world, after all. But to be brazen, arrogant and snooty makes all of it despicable, disgusting and really crude,” he added.
Robin, meanwhile, also took to social media to defend Toni from Matti’s scathing remarks, telling him to respect the actress-host’s “artistic and political freedom”.
“Kung may karapatan ka sumuporta sa kandidato mo, may karapatan din si Toni G. Hindi ka naman pinakikialaman ng tao sa sinusuportahan mo.
“Pa inglis inglis ka pa. Artistic at political freedom niya yun kung sino ang gusto niya suportahan.
“You love to talk about freedom but you don’t respect the freedom of others.
“Director ka diba kasama sa pinag-aralan mo ang pag-alam sa two sides ng istorya.
“Anong makuha mo in bullying a woman,” wrote Robin.
Sara Duterte earlier announced her support to Robin who is running for senator under PDP-Laban.
