SORRY SEEMS TO BE THE HARDEST WORD

Let me start this article with a thumbs up to President Noynoy Aquino’s decision for the Philippine government to NOT give an official apology to the victims of last year’s Manila Hostage Crisis. One man’s wrongdoing is not the fault of the whole country.

Now in local entertainment news, should Mario Bautista write an erratum for an article he wrote about Carla Abellana whom she claims is not true? My answer is a resounding YES!

What was in that article anyway that made Abellana write an email demanding an erratum? Bautista wrote on the August 21 issue of Journal an article entitled “Geoff Won’t Watch Carla’s Daring Movie”. There were stuff mentioned there that the actress claimed she never said as there was never an interview done in the first place.

The two finally met on the presscon for Abellana’s new movie My Neighbor’s Wife. Bautista revealed that what he wrote all came from a press release by Regal Films. As a veteran writer like Bautista, shouldn’t he have checked if the facts from that press release were true? People should never believe press releases as most often they are just made up. And believe me, people, when I say that the entertainment news you read, see and hear is just of two things: CHISMIS and PRESS RELEASES.

Another thing that bothers me is Bautista’s tirade that Abellana never thanked her if he wrote positive stories about her and now that he wrote something that she didn’t like she reacts quickly. Perhaps many showbiz writers agree with him. In fact, one tabloid showbiz writer wrote that many celebrities fail to thank them if they wrote good stories about them but are quick on the rebound on the bad ones.

Are showbiz writers that EGOTISTICAL that they always need a thank you for something that they get paid for doing? So what if they don’t get a thank you? Do they expect the celebs to read everything that they write like they have nothing else important to do? And of course, they’ll answer if something bad is written about them just like what politicians or even common people would do. I remember reading another showbiz article that attacks “artistas” that don’t give them gifts on Christmas? Is that really a requisite? How about another article I read that claim that they, the showbiz writers, are the ones that can create or destroy a celebrity’s career? Whoa! Who appointed you gods?

One more thing. How sure is Bautista that Avellana wrote that email and not another press release writer? Isn’t that another thing he should have checked first?

Mario Bautista is a veteran writer and double checking facts should already be second nature to him. A simple sorry to Abellana should be in his next article. And he is free to attack that stupid press release that placed him and the actress in this debacle in the first place.