12 Philippine Showbiz Today
October 22 - November 7, 2018
Teen stars and Twitter wars
In the time of Web 2.0, it only
takes 140 characters to start a
war.
Early this week, young
singers Darren Espanto and
Juan Karlos “JK” Labajo found
themselves feuding via Twitter.
This comes after Darren blasted
JK for allegedly tagging him in
a now-deleted tweet that read,
“gayness at its finest.”
In response, JK reiterated
that his account was “hacked.”
He also claimed his management
has access to his Twitter account.
Later, he retaliated by saying that
screenshot of his supposedly
accountable for tweeting the
deemed offending phrase was an
“edited photo.”
However, it seems Darren has
not had enough of it.
The “Dying Inside To Hold
You” singer remarked: “Timing
‘no? Dinelete ng ‘hacker’ mo ’yung
tweet na’to after kang kausapin
ng management. ’Pag nahanap
mo ’yung hacker mo puntahan
niyo ako para malaman niyo kung
sino ’yung totoong bakla.”
It turns out JK privately
messaged Darren on Instagram,
which the former brought to
light. An excerpt of the message
(sanitized here) read:
“Hey, man. So there was this
tweet, someone tweeted using my
account on Twitter saying…about
you. Just so you know, hindi ako
’yun. Ask MCA if you don’t believe
me. Someone else is using my
Twitter account. So you better
tell your fans and/or family to
calm the… down because the last
thing I… want is to be accused of
something I didn’t…do. Cheers.”
Darren replied JK should
“prove” he wasn’t the one who
tweeted the phrase. He also
threatened to sue him.
JK didn’t respond directly to
Darren’s tweet anymore, instead
opting to say thank you to the
“people who loved him.”
Later, Darren took to Twitter
and apologized for using the word
“bakla” in a derogatory manner.
He also addressed netizens
who insinuate he has fragile
masculinity: “I’ve been bashed
with this since I was in ‘The Voice
Kids’ (I was 12) pero wala kayong
narinig. I’m 17 now, kakapagod
na rin.”
Both JK and Darren were
contestants in the first season of
“The Voice.” The two were tagged
at the time as “BFFs (best friends
forever)” despite being under
different coaches.
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It’s not the first time the popular
microblogging
site
became
the battleground for young
celebrities.
Last year, Daniel Padilla and
Paul Salas had a heated Twitter
exchange after the latter allegedly
commented “hahaha. Curry na
Curry ba.” Stephen Curry is the
basketball idol of Daniel.
A netizen posted a screenshot
of the comment thread of Paul
and friends: Caption read: “Hi po.
I dare Paul Salas and friends to tell
these in Daniel’s face. Please RT.
Let’s help them find their balls.”
The tweet reached Daniel
and friends. He said: “Seryoso
ba ’tong mga ’to?,” then tweeted
directly to Paul: “Ano? Sagot.”
Daniel’s girlfriend, Kathryn
Bernardo, also joined the Twitter
war, posting a GIF of the NBA
two-time MVP Curry.
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Then there’s Loisa Andalio versus
Maris Racal.
From being best friends
to “very casual,” Loisa and
Maris had their fair share of
“misunderstanding” fueled by
Twitter posts.
In a past interview, Maris said
she and Loisa were not in good
terms, which stemmed from lack
of time for each other.
Seemingly surprised, Loisa
tweeted: “Ahhh, okay? May ganu’n
pala, di ko alam.”
It was then followed by a
series of tweets that were deemed
as jabs at each other.
“Small circle pero full of
quality. Thankful for the real ones!
God is good all the time,” Loisa
said.
“Life is peaceful when all the
good ones know you’re good. And
that’s enough to keep you going,”
Maris said.●
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