Former Hashtag member Nikko Natividad said that he was not regretful for criticizing Vice Ganda on social media after the comedian called out an EXpecially For You searchee on national television.
It can be recalled that Nikko, along with Nico Locco, was one of the celebrities who criticized Vice and his alleged style of embarrassing people as a form of comedy.
While Nikko had already deleted his post, he clarified that he didn’t regret criticizing his former co-host, saying that he would never feel sorry about defending people.
“For the last time na magsasalita ako tungkol sa nakaraan kong post. Unang una sa lahat hindi ako nagsisisi na nagsalita ako ng sarili kong saloobin. Hindi ako nagsisisi na ipagtanggol ang ibang tao. Nababasa ko mga komento nyo saken at ang gusto nyo mawalan ako ng trabaho dahil lang sa naglabas ako ng sarili kong saloobin. (Na alam ko na posibleng mangyari),” Nikko wrote.
“Kung ikekwento ko ba pinagdaanan at iniyak ko sakanila magbabago ba tingin nyo sakin? Pero hindi naman yun ang intensyon ko na kumuha ng simpatya o makisali lang sa gulo. Naglabas ako ng saloobin ko dahil baka sakaling makatulong na may maayos o mabago na sitwasyon,” he added.
According to him, he only wanted to give advice to Vice because he considered him as a friend.
“Kasi ganun naman ang pamilya at kaibigan. Tatapikin ka kapag alam mong sumosobra o medyo nagkakamali na.Hindi po ako naghahanap ng kaaway, ang pagkakabura po ng post ko ay management decision, tunay at bukas sa isip at puso ko ang sinabi ko, payapa ang aking kalooban.” he stated.
However, several fans of Vice questioned Nikko’s real intention of publicly criticizing the comedian and said that he could have settled things privately if he had wanted to.