ULYSSES “Dong” Lustre, the father of Nadine Lustre, has denied alluding to Kathryn Bernardo or “anybody in particular” after being the target of bashing over his cryptic post on Facebook last week.
The post, which he shared Wednesday, sparked speculations that he was aiming at Bernardo when he mentioned the words “high gross” in his rant, presumably describing the young actress’ two recent movies that became the highest-grossing Filipino film of all time in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
“I’m Flop and you’re High Gross, what are you afraid of? You feel so threatened, you’re desperate to break us apart,” he said.
“I hope someday you get what you deserve. What comes around goes around,” he added.
However, on Friday, Dong belied these rumors by stating he was not pertaining to anybody in particular when he shared the post on his Facebook account.
He said, “My posts are my personal opinion, and your comments are also yours. The sad part is people always have the tendency to hate rather than to understand.”
“My posts do not pertain to anybody in particular. The word ‘I’ means me as the writer, ‘us’ means ‘the two of us’ and ‘you’ is not a particular person…The words ‘flop’ and ‘high gross’ pertain to two things in opposite, which I chose to use simply because I was pertaining to the entertainment biz.”
He also came to the defense of his daughter by stating that Nadine “doesn’t have to prove anything to us anymore”.
“From nobody to somebody. Three major awards in a year. Actress, singer, dancer, artist, and director. Sold-out concerts and multi-media endorsements. And of course, she attained it with the help of a lot of good people including her partner. Don’t get me wrong again. I’m not bragging, just being proud,” he said.
“She has inspired people for who she is in her advocacies and ideas…What’s wrong with the haters and bashers, do you hate her because there is competition? There is no competition; it’s all in your heads. Filipino artists move as one to promote Philippine shows,” he added. (Push)
