Director Darryl Yap admitted that he’s not really in good terms with his ‘hero’ and ‘idol’ veteran filmmaker Joel Lamangan.
In an interview with Pep, the 36-year-old director said that while he was receiving criticisms from Lamangan because of his beliefs, Yap said that he’s not planning to give a response because of his respect to the latter.
“I’ve loved his work for a very long time and the comment from him only confirms that I exist. And for that, I’m very thankful for that. I cannot, you know, say bad things about him, because he’s really ano, he’s really something else for me.” Yap said.
Yap also said that before he started associating himself with the Marcos family, Lamangan was still his friend on Facebook.
However, as of writing, Lamangan and Yap were no longer friends on social media after the legendary filmmaker unfriended the Maid in Malacañang director.
“We were friends in Facebook for a time. Ngayon hindi na, in-unfriend ako,” he shared.
He also revealed that he already sent a friend request to Lamangan but until now he’s not yet receiving a response.
It can be recalled that Yap became one of the top discussion during the mediacon of Lamangan’s new movie ‘Oras de Peligro’.
Yap questioned why he was being discussed by the people behind the said movie despite the fact that he’s not part of it.
He also called out Lamangan for lying after the latter claimed that Yap’s movie was trying to compete with Oras de Peligro.