Bela Padilla disliked this joke from a netizen
Multi-hyphenate Bela Padilla slammed a netizen who joked about her past rift with Kapuso Primetime Queen Marian Rivera in a post featuring the trauma of her MMK character.
Kapamilya drama anthology Maalaala Mo Kaya returns on air with special episodes. In the latest episode of the show, hosted by Charo Santos, Bela portrayed a victim of human trafficking. Again, the actress, director, and writer received praise for her performance.
X account @AltStarMagic shared a clip that showed Bela Padilla’s character was abducted and locked inside a room. The actress gave a realistic performance and many netizens applauded her.
One of the netizens who commented on this tweet received a straightforward reply from Bela. The netizen said, “2:48 nung kinulong si Bela sa CR [face with tears of joy emoji] emeee.”
The actress stressed that the netizen should make this joke when the post, video, or photo is just about her. However, Bela pointed out that the post was about the traumatic experience that the human trafficking victim went through.
For the actress, it would be heartbreaking for the victim to see comments like this that reduced her experience because of this inappropriate joke.
This was shared on a popular showbiz site and many netizens recalled Bela Padilla‘s past rift with Marian Rivera. Reportedly, the issue started when Bela and Marian worked together in the 2010 Kapuso series Endless Love.
At that time, the leading man, Dingdong Dantes was already Marian’s boyfriend. Allegedly, Marian was jealous of the romantic scenes between Dingdong and Bela. It was also alleged that because of this rift, Marian locked Bela inside a comfort room.
Some netizens who commented on Bela’s reply to a netizen who joked about this said that this was a sort of confirmation from her that she indeed had a past rift with Marian.
For some netizens, there was no need for Bela to answer that way but some stressed that the actress did the right thing because she valued what the human trafficking victim could feel. Here are some comments.
