Award-winning director Joel Lamangan denied responding to Ahron Villena’s accusations against a certain filmmaker.
In an interview, Lamangan said that the post circulating on social media, showing a post named under him, was not real.
In the said post, the account tried to portray Lamangan as unapologetic and even accused Ahron of being part of LGBT.
“No. Hindi ako yan, poser yan, scammer!” said Lamangan.
Even friends and colleagues of Lamangan believed that the director would not post something vulgar against somebody.
“Hindi nagpopost si Direk (Joel). Yan yung poser niya. Hindi yan gagamit ng ganyang word. Poser yan,” said by film producer Dennis Evangelista.
It can be recalled that Ahron took a swipe against Lamangan after the latter defended the independent contractors of GMA Network who allegedly took advantage of actor Sandro Muchlac.
“Wala namang problema sakin pero ilang beses mong tinatamaan at dinidikit yung kamay mo irerespeto kita bilang tao at direktor kasi magaling ka pero dahil baguhan pa lang ako noon OO lang ako ng OO kasi kelangann ko din kumita ng pera pero malamang hindi mo na maalala kasi sigurado ako hindi lang ako ang ginawan mo ng ganon,” said Ahron.
However, some of Lamangan’s colleagues believed that Ahron only used the renowned filmmaker to gain exposure.