Javi Benitez has this statement on the recent issue about his family
Victorias City Mayor Javi Benitez explained the cryptic posts he shared amid the issue about his father Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez.
To recall, the Bacolod Mayor was a trending topic on social media after he was linked to Kapamilya actress Ivana Alawi. It was alleged that they were together in Japan last holiday season.
A video of them together at the airport circulated online. Following that, Mayor Javi shared a cryptic post that caught the attention of many netizens. He wrote “Money Talks” on his Instagram Story.
Mayor Albee denied his rumored romantic involvement with Ivana. He apologized to the actress for being dragged into this issue. The businessman-politician said that it was just a chance encounter and people just put malice to the viral video.
Ivana also released a statement denying the relationship rumors with Mayor Albee. She stressed that her non-showbiz boyfriend is a businessman and not a politician.
After the actress shared her answer to the issue, Mayor Javi Benitez once again shared a cryptic post. With this, some netizens speculated that it was his answer to Ivana’s statement.
Entertainment writer Salve shared in her recent article in Pilipino Star Ngayon that Mayor Javi explained that it was his emotion that reigned at that time. He also said that he did not expect that what he did would create an effect.
“Aniya, naging emosyonal lang siya sa umpisa at hindi niya akalaing makakaapekto ang mga sinabi niya,” the writer what the Mayor said.
Asis shared her thoughts on the issue. She said that Mayor Javi could have handled the situation carefully. “Sayang naman kasi talaga na nag-graduate siya sa prestigious university sa United States kung parang showbiz ang magiging approach niya sa pinagdaraanan ng kanyang pamilya,” the writer shared.
Meanwhile, just recently, screenshots from a video showing that Mayor Albee and Ivana were together again in a different instance surfaced online.