Philmar Alipayo finally spoke on the issue he faced after a content creator uploaded their meeting on social media.
It can be recalled that content creator Crissia Liaging published a video during her meeting with Philmar in Siargao, which gained millions of views and mixed reactions due to the background music she used.
The video gained different interpretation from some netizens as she used a romantic song while showing her encounter with Philmar.
Entertainment reporter Boy Abunda shared that Philmar drank during that time, which explained his gestures with Crissia.
At first, Philmar and his partner, Andi Eigenmann, laughed when the video was uploaded. However, it became too serious when some people had already repurposed the content.
“What happened was, Philmar drank, had a friendly conversation with this girl on the video, and that’s it, according to Philmar and Andi,” said Tito Boy. “Kaya ‘nung una nilang nakita ang video, nagtawanan lang sila ni Andi, but what bothered them, it was edited and uploaded to create an issue,”
The issue prompted Andi to release a statement and criticize the people who created an issue over the video.
“He can go out with his friends, go drinking every once in a while, and chat with whoever he wants. No harm in that. What’s shameful is purposely posting and editing a video to cause a stir, disturbing the peace of people and dragging them into their negativity, just for some social media attention,” said Andi.
Meanwhile, Crissia also clarified that she didn’t mean anything when she uploaded the video.
“Hindi totoo ang inyong iniisip at hindi totoo ang mga naglalabasang isyu sa social media,” she said.