Kris Aquino apologizes for mixing politics with tirade vs Korina, Mar

The ‘Queen of All Media’ on Saturday let out a virtual tongue-lashing on Instagram against broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas and her husband, 2016 presidential candidate Mar Roxas. (Photo: krisaquino/Instagram)

MANILA, Philippines — Media personality Kris Aquino on Monday, April 23, apologized to politicians whose names she mentioned in a tirade launched on social media over the weekend.

The ‘Queen of All Media’ on Saturday let out a virtual tongue-lashing on Instagram against broadcaster Korina Sanchez-Roxas and her husband, 2016 presidential candidate Mar Roxas, over Sanchez-Roxas’s feature on Aquino’s ex-husband, James Yap, on her magazine show Rated K.

In her effort to “forgive regardless of the fact no remorse has ever been shown,” Aquino apologized for “including politics” in her attacks, in which she mentioned the names of President Rodrigo Duterte, her brother and former president Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, and Roxas.

“I do sincerely apologize to my brother. And I apologize to President Duterte. And Mar, to you I am sorry,” Aquino wrote in an Instagram post.

“My anger comes from the heart of a mother who has been unnecessarily stepped on by someone who has been blessed w/ a loving & devoted husband & does not know the hardship of having to go it alone,” she explained.

She also admitted guilt in dragging Roxas into an issue where he did not actively participated in, to begin with.

Aquino’s tirade stemmed from an April 22 episode of Rated K that featured celebrity kids, including Michael James, Yap’s son with his Italian girlfriend, Michela Cazzola.

Michael James was born in 2016, nine years after his elder brother, Yap’s firstborn and namesake James “Bimby” Aquino-Yap, was born.

Aquino and Yap are estranged and the former had criticized the latter multiple times in the past for allegedly being an absentee father.

The feature angered Aquino who said that Sanchez-Roxas, who’s also a producer of the show, “deliberately” aired it to hurt her.

She also recalled the favors she did for Roxas in his 2016 electoral campaign, and called out Sanchez-Roxas’s manner of returning those favors.

“Simple lang- minsan lang akong pinakiusapan ng kapatid ko- never para sa sarili nya pero para sa kandidatong inendorso nya. Dahil mahal ko sya ginawa ko. Lahat ng batikos ng dahil sa pagtulong na yon tinaggap ko (It’s simple — my brother seldom urges me — never for himself but for the candidates he endorsed. Because I love him, I did it. I accepted all the criticisms that stemmed from that help),” Kris said, referring to former president Aquino

“Yes, pinepersonal ko dahil binuwis ko ang kinabukasan namin ng mga anak ko ng walang inasahang kapalit (Yes, I took it personally because I sacrificed the future my children and I without expecting anything in return),” she added. “At ang ganti sa kin at sa mga anak ko ngayon ay binida pa ang deadbeat na tatay (And what she reciprocated to my children and I is she featured the deadbeat father).”

While Kris threw sharp words at Sanchez-Roxas, she, on the other hand, was all praises with Roxas’s rival in the 2016 presidential election, then Davao City mayor Duterte.

“Tatlong beses akong nagpunta sa Davao- sa kampanya nung 2010, kampanya 2013 para kay Sen Chiz & Sen Grace at nung nag Kris Tv. Si PRRD lahat nung pagkakataon na nagkaharap kami, mabuti ang pinakita sa kin. (I went to Davao thrice—during the 2010 campaign, 2013 campaign for Sen. Chiz and Sen. Grace, and when [we] did Kris TV. PPRD, in all the instances that we met, showed me kindness),” Aquino said.

“Klarong klaro sa kin kung bakit ang nanalong Pangulo ay si DUTERTE (It’s very clear to me why Duterte won for president),” she added, ending her post with a fist bump emoticon, the signature hand gesture of Duterte and his allies.

As of writing, the camp of the Roxases has not responded to Aquino’s statements.

‘Welcome on board’

Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque Jr. in a Monday press briefing welcomed Aquino’s positive feedback on the president.

“Welcome on board, Kris Aquino,” he said.

Roque also affirmed Aquino’s testimonial of the president’s kindness towards her which is attributed to the Dutertes’s support for the Aquinos.

“At alam mo yun din ang sinabi sa akin ni Presidente, ah. Kasi si Presidente nung ’86 revolution nag-suporta kay Cory, at lahat ng kampanya ng pamilyang Aquino suportado ni Presidente Duterte sa Davao (And you know, that’s what the president told me as well. Because the president in the 1986 revolution supported Cory, and all the campaigns of the Aquino family are supported by President Duterte in Davao). And the mother of course of the President,” Roque said.