Vice Ganda. Image:Instagram/@praybeytbenjamin
Kapamilya comedian Vice Ganda showed yet again what he can do for his friend.
He recently made headlines for not letting a basher go away without a slam for wishing Hashtags member Jon Lucas should have died instead of Franco Hernandez.
For him, he only acted on his feelings and didn’t care how the public accepted it. He was just being a friend to his friend.
“At that moment, I was being myself, I was mourning, I was weeping, I was devastated because of my good friend’s death. That was the exact feeling na naramdaman ko. Feelingko nabastos ‘yung kaibigan ko, feeling ko OA, feeling ko na-violate niya ‘yung kaibigan ko. At right there and then hindi ako nag-isip, I have to be a friend to my friend. Itataas ko ‘tong kaibigan ko, kailangan kong ipagtanggol ‘yung kaibigan ko,” he said.
Vice Ganda said he has nothing against revealing his thoughts and emotions online. However, these posts should be put in the right context and should be sensitive enough to its readers.
“Pwede naman eh, na maglabas ng totoong damdamin, basta nasa tamang posisyon ka, hindi ‘yung nakapaglabas ka lang, o nakapangbastos ka lang, o nakapangbuwisit ka lang o nakapang-away ka lang. At that point, i-tu-tweet ko kung anong gusto kong i-tweet, at kung anong kahinatnan nito I will be responsible,” he added.
He also feels nothing could stop bashers.
“Sa mga tao, alam mo walang sapat na advice para ibigay sa kanila ‘di mo sila mababago ‘yun na sila, ‘yung mga bashers, kahit anong paalala mo sa kanila na please‘wag naman gagawin at gagawin nila ‘yun kasi unang una ‘yun ang gawain nila, pangalawa baka trabaho nila, baka kumikita sila kaya ginagawa nila at panalangin ko lang sana pagkatapos nila kumita magamit nila sa magandang bagay ‘yung pinagkakitaan nila at pagkatapos nila kumita maghanap na sila ng ibang trabaho kasi hindi maganda kasi masama ‘yun ayaw ‘yun ng Diyos,” he said.
A month after Hernandez’ death, his anger towards the basher has subsided. But at the height of everything he and some friends did their investigation. He eventually found out about the girl and to his surprise, even netizens conducted their own research. Many netizens found out about the controversial basher’s full name, address, school where she studied, what she does for a living and even her set of friends.
But he also believes that with everything that’s happened after the incident, she learned her lessons.