Convenient half-truths from actor with selective amnesia

Rushes Mole (RM) has been shaking his head over deceptively “empowering” public messages that Actor with Selective Amnesia (ASA) posted on his social media account recently. ASA has been “celebrating” his emancipation from people who he claimed were abusive to him before he got the success he’s enjoying these days.

But unknown to many, as RM aptly noted, ASA’s posts presented only half of the not-so-flattering full picture.

Indeed, there are two sides of a coin, and the “darker” but little-known part of it would certainly not look as flattering if ASA also mentioned it in those holier-than-thou messages.

For example, ASA conveniently “forgot” to mention that his “oppressors” may have only been reacting to his irresponsible—sometimes “criminal”—behavior in some of the high-profile projects assigned to him.

Sometimes, ASA would “report for duty” in the midst of those projects while under the influence of prohibited drugs—and that was just one of ASA’s many despicable “transgressions” against his so-called “oppressors.”

Lesson: Don’t believe everything you read! Sometimes, they’re just the “moderated,” more palatable portions of the complete story.

Nope, they’re not lies, just convenient half-truths. Unless ASA forgot about the other pertinent and juicier details because he was too “inebriated” to remember them at the time.

After all, too much of a bad thing can sometimes do that to one’s memory, right?

Sharon Cuneta (left) and aunt Helen Gamboa

TOP OF THE TABLOIDS

This week’s top show biz news from the tabloids (and why we are moved, if we are moved):

• Sunshine Cruz bilib sa pagiging kuya ni Diego sa 3 anak: Pag may manliligaw dudurugin daw niya yung mukha, pero joke lang yun! (As they say, jokes are half-meant.)

• Pagrampa ng Man of the World 2022 candidates nang nakabahag inireklamo: Nakakabastos nga ba? (Bastos, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.)

• Hugot ni Janice de Belen sa ‘cheating’: Ang daling magpatawad, sasabihin mong, ‘I’m sorry, hindi na mauulit uli’, pero ganu’n pa rin, eh! (Ang lalim ng hugot…!)

• Xian Lim biktima rin ng pambu-bully sa school; kumakain sa CR, ninanakawan ng pera, sinasaktan pa. (If it can happen to someone like Xian, it can happen to anybody. No to bullies!)

• Anak nina Sharon Cuneta at Kiko Pangilinan na si Miel umaming proud member ng LGBTQ community: Yes, I’m the gay cousin! (Brave decision. Way to go, Miel!)

• Janice de Belen sa kabit ng ex-husband: Pasalamat ka ako ang asawa dahil kung hindi, pwedeng patay ka na o na-deport ka na. (Nakup. She’s feisty, isn’t she?)

• Vilma Santos nanawagan sa mga fans na suportahan si Nora Aunor: There is a time for everything. (Good sport. That’s a very mature way of looking it.)

• Julia Barretto, Gerald Anderson magpapakasal na nga ba? (Thís we’ll have to see.)

Piolo Pascual (left) and Arci Muñoz

• Piolo Pascual, Arci Muñoz may ‘something’ nga ba? (Uh. We’ve read this line way too many times before.)

• Sharon Cuneta, Helen Gamboa nagkabati na, netizens nag-react: All’s well that ends well. (Well, blood is thicker than … uh … politics.)