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I
ACTUALLY don’t know how to start this piece. You see,
the items here are different from one another but
somehow related. One is about reconciliation, while the
other one is about making new enemies. One is about
controversial talent manager, TV-and-radio host and
columnist Lolit Solis, while the other is about the
equally—or even more—controversial actress Gretchen
Barretto. Both are connected to the infamous Manila Film
Festival scandal of 1994, with Lolit “scamming” to have
her then-talent Gabby Concepcion as the Best Actor
winner, and Gretchen acting as the whistle blower.
Anyway,
after much thought, I decided to start with the
negative, and end with the positive. It would take
another column to describe how I came up with this, so
I’ll just spare you the melodrama.
Gretchen Barretto is now part of the K-Text
family. You see, K-text is a value-added service of ABS-CBN
Interactive where people get daily updates through text
from their favorite stars. They just register their
name, send certain keywords to 2366 and voilà! They get
an MMS or SMS message composed by the celebrities
themselves. Whether they’re in a party or in a studio
taping for some show, fans can get updated to what’s
happening with their favorite personalities.
Gretchen
recently sent a K-text message to her subscribers that
read something like this:
“I was
told about the PDI [Philippine Daily Inquirer] Sunday
spread regarding the wedding of the daughter of Tony
Cojuangco. Maurice Arcache wrote it. It had photos and
had to make me the bida of the writeup. Saying
that buti naman daw that I had the delikadesa
not to attend. I wasn’t invited to the wedding. I would
never force myself into it. I have a lot going for me
that I don’t need to dwell into some issue we all know
about for the past 14 years....”
And it
goes on with another message...
“FYI,
Maurice Arcache = May 3 Saturday I was in Bacolod, May 4
Sunday I was in Iloilo. I had my miniconcerts. I am a
busy person. Trying to make a go for myself. Living well
and earning my own keep. Maurice Arcache feels the need
to use me to make that article stand out....You should
stay out of your drugs so you could think well and live
well....”
But
wait! There’s more!
“Nakakapagod
na rin talaga what I have to go through with the
cojangcos [sic]. I’ve been going through this beating
for the past 14 years. Most of the time I just would
love to let go. It can’t be a normal life. Maybe it
would stop when I let go.”
Ooohhhhhh....
First of
all, she accuses society columnist Maurice Arcache of
drug use! And then, she says she’s tired of all what she
goes through with a certain powerful political family.
And that she’s been going through it for the past 14
years!
Hmmmm....Gretchen
Barretto as poor little rich girl? She with the Chanel
and Hermes bags at her disposal (I think her cheapest
bag is either a Gucci or a Louis Vuitton)… the designer
outfits that can fill 10 million closets...the killer
shoes that I could only acquire if I would be
reincarnated 5 million times?!
Yes, it
may be possible. After all, we’re all human.
Speaking
of being human, as an old saying goes: To err is human,
to forgive is divine. Lolit Solis has officially
retracted her tabloid column item in which she claimed
to have seen Piolo Pascual and Sam Milby in a hotel
poolside acting sweetly, and that when they saw her the
two actors scampered to hide.
She says
in her official statement, “There’s no factual basis for
my article, which came out on
October 15, 2007.
I am extremely sorry for dragging the names of Sam and
Piolo. Sam, Piolo, I am sorry for the hurt and
embarrassment I caused.’”
Everything was amicable during their meeting at the sala
of the judge hearing the case. Piolo and Sam forgave
Lolit when she personally apologized to them. The
settlement ended with Lolit joking with everyone, even
with the actors’ manager Johnny Manahan, whom she called
“Papa Johnny.”
Well
now, Lolit, with what you just did, you’ve unwittingly
gained another enemy...because “Papa Johnny” is all
mine! Mine! |
