Albie Casiño expressed his support for former Hashtag member Nikko Natividad after the latter received criticism on social media for publicly criticizing Vice Ganda.
The issue started when Nikko sympathized with EXpecially For You searchee Axel Cruz, who was called out by Vice on national television for his alleged inappropriate gestures towards a participant.
As a response, several fans of Vice started a campaign to remove Nikko from all his projects just because he openly criticized the It’s Showtime host.
Albie then came to the rescue and defended his friend, saying that people should stop ruining other people’s lives just because they didn’t align with their opinions.
“Wala naman mali sa sinabi ni Nikko, lahat naman tayo mag sariling opinion and we all the right to voice that,” said Albie. “Ang mahirap is gusto niyo mawalan ng trabaho ang taong nag susuport ng pamilya dahil lang sa opinion niya,”
It can be recalled that Nikko already clarified that he only criticized Vice because he considered him a friend.
“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.