Prima Donnas antagonist Aiko Melendez revealed that ever since she showed her support for ABS-CBN’s franchise renewal issue, she has received tons of messages criticizing her action.
The 44-year-old veteran actress slammed netizens and reprimanded them that being pleased with others’ misfortunes is an evil act.
“Why are we pleased with others misfortunes??? The emotion of pleasure in one’s misfortunes is an evil act. It is considered to be less acceptable than envy. Which is regarded as deadly sin. I was bombarded with messages in my IG account regarding my stand on ABS-CBN’s shutdown. To quote some, Ms. Aiko ba’t ka nagpopost ng ratings ng Prima Donnas na mas mataas kayo sa kabila ‘tas you are supporting ABS?”
Though she works now in GMA nNetwork and keeps on posting the successful TV ratings of Prima Donnas, Aiko emphasized that Kapuso network never teaches its artists to rejoice about the rival network’s struggles to obtain its franchise renewal for another 25 years.
She continued: “My reply was, it is not about who’s who anymore, ratings, who is better. It’s for humanitarian reasons too why this is my stand. A lot of people will lose their jobs. And some of them I have worked with, so my heart bleeds for them. Wag tayong maging mababaw sa oras na ganito. I will never rejoice on the thought that while my position is secured with GMA-7 still marami ang mawawalan.
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“Sana malinaw tayo sa ganyan. Madami akong kaibigan also sa ABS-CBN. And while our network GMA-7 has never taught their talents to be happy about this current situation of their rival network. In fact they sympathize with them too. It’s evident unspoken agreements. Iisang industry kami natural lang we got each other back.”
Prima Donnas TV series marked Aiko’s comeback on GMA after nine long years, she used to be part of ABS-CBN’s TV series like the phenomenal Wildflower with Maja Salvador which aired from February 2017 until February 2018 and in Bagani with Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil as Matadora/Bighani.
For everyone’s perusal, Aiko also starred in movies with Kapamilya celebrities such as:
- Rainbow’s Sunset with Albie Casino, 2018
- Barcelona: A Love Untold with Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla, 2016
- Everyday I Love You in 2015 with Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil
- Etiquette for Mistresses with Kris Aquino and Kim Chiu in 2015
