Columnist earns ire of Dingdong Dantes over ‘malicious’ write-up about Marian Rivera

Dingdong Dantes  INQUIRER file photo

A calm but wrathful Dingdong Dantes took to Facebook to defend his wife, Marian Rivera, from a “malicious” write-up of columnist Ronnie Carrasco.

In a lengthy post, Dantes opened that news of the article reached him, which alleged that Rivera had offended her co-workers.

Being an actor, he shared that a production is made up of hundreds of talents, suppliers and some regular employees of a network.

“Nagsalita na ang ilan sa co-actors niya disputing your malicious allegations. I say malicious because your statements have not been proven by any reliable source. At kung mayroon mang ganitong kaganapan sa set ng kanilang show, hindi ba’t nararapat na manggaling ito mula sa top Executive-on-location?” Dantes wrote.

Doing his own investigation, Dantes sought confirmation from the executive producer of Rivera’s teleserye “Super Ma’am,” Nieva Sabit.

Sabit, who first worked with Rivera in the hit “Marimar” in 2007, testified to her true personality.

“…I can confidently attest that she has remained professional, passionate, and always willing to share her creative inputs to her shows. She has always been gracious and well loved in the set. With Super Ma’am, I’ve witnessed how she would willingly perform even the most dangerous stunts and execute each one to the best that she can. And despite the demands of being a mother, she is always willing to adjust to unavoidable production constraints,” Dantes quoted Sabit as saying.

Dantes pressed that if there would be anyone credible enough to give an opinion about Rivera’s relationship with her co-workers, that would be the show’s EP herself.

“Now, between this and your “source,” which you chose to hide, sino ang dapat paniwalaan?” he said.

Dantes said Carrasco did not seem too far from being a purveyor of fake news.

However, the Kapuso primetime king issued an unsolicited apology to the columnist.

“Pero wag po kayong magalala, Kuya Ronnie, pinapatawad ko na ang pagkakamaling ito na sa aking pananaw ay resulta lamang, maaari, ng kapabayaan.”

Dantes said he had read past articles of Carrasco about Rivera, which supposedly were insulting to his wife.

“Sa iyong tono, mukhang matindi ang pait sa puso mo. Hindi ko aalisin sa iyo yan dahil karapatan mo yan. Pero hindi ko hahayaang mabastos ang asawa ko, gamit ang iyong pananalita.

“Sayang, dahil sa ganitong kalidad ng pagpapahayag ay ibinababa mo ang standard ng entertainment writing. Hindi kasi ganyan ang pagkakakilala ko sa mga respetadong manunulat na marami sa kanila ay kaibigan ko at tinitingala ko.”

Admitting that everybody commits mistakes, Dantes said he had his share of them. But he reminded Carrasco that no one, including him who holds “accountability” to people, can abuse anyone, moreover his family.

“Hinding hindi ko papayagang may umabuso at bumastos sa pamilya ko— lalo na sa asawa’t anak ko.”

He reminded Carrasco that members of the media should be the source of “reliable information which can be educational and inspirational.”

In closing he said, “If this is the kind of entertainment you are into, then we do not want to be a part of it. I believe that our audience, our listeners and our readers deserve more, especially the young ones.”

Dantes’ post earned sympathy from netizens including celebrities such as Gladys Reyes. /ra

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