Stell Ajero of SB19 | Image: Instagram/@officialsb19
After admitting that he underwent surgical enhancements, Stell Ajero of SB19 reminded his fans to “ignore” the bashers who try to insult him by pointing out the procedures he had undergone.
Stell addressed the criticism during his recent live as he urged the fans to not give the bashers any attention, or give their platforms any “clout”.
“’Stell nagparetoke,’ napakaluma, wala bang bago? ‘Stell retokado ang ilong,’ oh tapos? Tapos ‘yung iba pagtatabihin ‘yung picture noon saka picture ngayon. Marunong rin naman ako mag-edit, mas maganda pa,” he remarked.
(“Stell had a retouch,” that’s so old news, is there anything else? “Stell had a nose job,” so what? And then others would put my old and new pictures side by side. I also know how to edit, even better than others.)
“Kahit anong sabihin mo kung wala naman silang pakialam kung hindi sila makikinig parang mapapagod lang tayo nang kasasabi nang kasasabi. So kapag hindi natin pinansin mafefeel nila na parang ‘Ay wala palang effect,’ sila na lang ‘yung mapapagod so hayaan na lang natin sila,” added the singer.
(Whatever other people would say, if nobody would care about it, or listen to their bashing, they will just tire of saying it soon enough. So fi we don’t give the bashers any thought, they will feel that, “Oh, the bashing has no effect,” then they will leave us alone, so let’s just let them be.)
The “Room” singer underscored that he knows that what the bashers are doing is “wrong,” but that’s their main goal to elicit reactions so the fans should not give them the satisfaction.
“I know mali ‘yung ginagawa nila, mali ‘yung bullying, mali ‘yung bashing pero kasi tayo lang ‘yung mapapagod kung paulit ulit nating sinasaway… at mas naano pa sila kasi ‘yon ‘yung goal nila asarin ka…‘yung mag-react kayo sa mga post nila, ‘yung platform nila mabibigyan ng clout,” he explained.
(I know what they are doing is wrong, that it’s bullying and bashing, but we don’t need to spend too much energy trying to stop them. They would just be emboldened if we mind them, because their goal is to provoke you. Reacting to their posts or platforms will just give them clout.)
Stell asserted that he feels “happy and proud” whenever he would see old images of himself, even if the bashers use them to insult him.
‘Yung picture nga na kumakalat, ginagamit talaga ng lahat to make fun of me, ‘yung parang picture ko nung pre-debut ba namin ‘yon. Ginagamit nila kahit saan, sa mga meme, kinocompare nila sa ibang artists, tapos parang sinasabi nila maasim mga ganon,” he stated.
“Hindi ako nasasaktan kasi unang-una sa lahat proud ako sa photo na ‘yon though ‘di lang sa make-up pero kasi kahit anong gawin natin part pa rin siya ng past ko and ‘yon ‘yung reason bakit ako nandito ngayon,” continued the singer.
The SB19 member emphasized that he understands that the fans wanted to protect SB19, but they cannot totally do away with bashing so they should just try to be the bigger person.
“Pero ‘yung mga fans, ‘yung A’TIN, I totally understand ‘yung mga nararamdaman niyo kasi you want to defend us, gusto niyo mawala ‘yung mga bashing. Una sa lahat ‘yung bashing at mga bully hindi talaga natin sila maaalis dito sa mundo,” he stated.
“Kesa ibalik natin ‘yung energy na binibigay nila, kesa awayin natin pakitaan na lang natin ng magandang bagay kasi kapag pinatulan mo mas lalo silang matutuwa. Kung pakitaan niyo ng magandang bagay marerealize nila ‘Ay ang bait pala nito. Ang sama ko palang tao,’” continued the singer.
Stell currently serves as one of the celebrity judges in the new season of “The Voice Kids Philippines.”