IÑIGO PASCUAL, IPINAGTANGGOL SI JULIA BARRETTO

By Glen Sibonga

Handa raw ipagtanggol ni Iñigo Pascual ang kaibigan niyang si Julia Barretto laban sa mga naninira at umiintriga rito. Dinipensahan nga ni Iñigo si Julia laban sa mga bashers nito sa pamamagitan ng pagpo-post sa kanyang Instagram account ng isang appreciation message para sa kaibigan.

Ano ang nagtulak kay Iñigo para gawin ito para kay Julia? “Because I see her almost everyday and kilalang-kilala ko iyan si Julia, kapag may problema or anything, she doesn’t show it. Matagal na rin kaming nagkasama, alam ko kung bothered siya or something is wrong with her, basta kung ano mang mayroong nangyayari. I guess, I just felt the need to do that. I mean, some people are just really ignorant and really mean with the stuff that they say. I mean, tao rin kami, we get affected. Kahit hindi namin ipinapakita, we’re being professional and we don’t wanna show that we’re affected, deep inside we’re hurt because we’re still human. Every time we get bad comments about us, siyempre nasasaktan kami. So, I just felt the need to do that, because she can’t do that, she can’t say, ‘Stop guys! Stop doing this!’ So, I have to step in and say I know this girl, you guys need to stop doing that. I just have to show that this girl is real and iba sa mga sinasabi ng mga tao,” sabi ni Iñigo.

Anong klaseng tao ba si Julia sa pagkakakilala niya? “Julia is real. Julia is one of the kindest people. Na-misinterpret siya as mataray or whatever because she came from that type of family na they speak English. They’re actually kind, really down to earth people. It’s just the way they are. Just because people speak English doesn’t mean they’re mataray or snob. I speak English and mahirap i-express ang feelings namin in Tagalog. I have a hard time even if I want to speak Tagalog. It’s just I express it even better in English. That’s the thing that people tend to do, they stereotype. Mahirap magsalita sa trabaho namin. It’s really like that, so we just have to accept that.”
Incidentally, kasama ni Iñigo si Julia sa bagong ABS-CBN teleserye sa ilalim ng produksyon ng Dreamscape Entertainment Television, ang And I Love You So.