On Friday, April 29, comedienne Pokwang said that all is good with her and actor DJ Durano after the latter’s “offensive” statement.
Pokwang tweeted about the impending demise of twitter trolls after billionaire businessman Elon Musk bought the social media site for $44 billion.
She wrote, “Katapusan n’yo na mga trolls!! Next naman sana TikTok at FB na nag-aalaga at nagpapalaki ng mga trolls na ‘yan!!”
Kapuso director Rado Peru lambasted Pokwang as he reacted to her tweet.
In his facebook post, he claimed that the comedienne tagged him as one of the trolls.
“Boboto ung mga tinatawag n’yong ‘TROLLS’ sa May 9 at ipamumukha namin sa inyo kung cno ang gusto namin… at tatandaan kita kasi TROLL ang tingin mo sa akin…”
Durano then commented that Pokwang only had a career because of ABS-CBN.
“Feeling sikat s’ya, ‘di naman,” said the actor. “Sa ABS-CBN lang napansin Yan, feeling nya Ai-Ai (Delas Alas) s’ya, ang layo maryosep.”
The comedienne did not back down as she responded to Rado and Durano.
“Sino nakakakilala sa napaka unprofessional na direktor na ito sa GMA? Rado Peru? basahin mo mabuti tweet ko wala akong binanggit na pangalan trolls ang sinabi ko!!”
“Troll kaba kaya ka triggered? pero ikaw pinagbantaan mo ako at using my picture pa talaga ano po? ihiwalay mo ang politika sa trabaho sana po diba?”
She admitted in an interview that she was hurt by what Durano have said toward her.
“Na-hurt ako d’on sa isa, alam niyo naman kung sino, kasi nakatrabaho ko siya. Nagulat ako na ganoon ang naging ano niya,” shared the comedienne.
Pokwang also took offense to Peru’s statement.
“‘Yan ang sinasabi ko, dapat respect lang. Kasi unang-una, wala naman akong binanggit na pangalan. Opinyon ko yun eh! Yun ang saloobin ko. Wala naman akong ano. So yung reaksyon lang siguro.”
The comedienne then revealed that Durano apologized to her through a direct message.
“Although nag-sorry naman siya. Nag-sorry naman siya. Sincere naman ang paghingi ng sorry.”
She continued, “Nag-direct message kasi ako. Dinayrek message ko siya kasi masakit yung ano niya kasi nakatrabaho ko siya eh. Eh mahal namin pareho yung tao na nasa taas na. Na yun ang naging dahilan kung bakit kami nagkakilala, nagkaroon kami ng trabaho. Yung masakit. Of all people na makita ko yung ganoong reaksyon niya. Pero in fairness naman to him, nag-sorry naman—nag-apologize naman.”
Pokwang explained further that she already moved on from the issue.
“Hindi ka naman dapat mabuhay sa ganyan. Nag-sorry na ‘di ba? Aarte ka pa? Tama na, move on.”
She added that there is no point in arguing with one another. When election ends, they will all return to their respective lives.
“Again, at the end of the day, kung sino man ang maupo, back to normal tayo. Kakayod at kakayod pa rin tayo, sa sarili natin, pambayad natin ng kuryente, ng tubig, ng mga tuition ng mga bata.
“Ang gusto lang naman natin kasi, kung ano yung mga pinaglalaban natin, mga paniniwala natin, para sa pamilya natin at para sa kinabukasan, yun ang gusto natin, yun ang pinaglalaban natin. May kanya-kanya tayo—again—kanya-kanya tayo.”
On the other hand, the TV director, has yet to offer his apology to Pokwang.
The comedienne is also the newest endorser of Klio, a leading local manufacturer in the plastic food storage industry.
