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JK Labajo insists he is innocent over ‘gayness at its finest’ tweet
FILE: Singer Juan Karlos “JK” Labajo (Photo: karloslabajo/Instagram)
Even though the issue is no longer the subject of commotion in the Twitterverse, still, teen singer Juan Karlos “JK” Labajo wants clarify to the public that he was not the one who posted the “gayness at its finest” tweet that sparked the word war between him and his The Voice Kids co-finalist Darren Espanto.
JK insisted his innocence in an interview with Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) on Tuesday night, November 28, during a trade launch of ABS-CBN’s programs at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Tent.
“In the first place, hindi ako ang nagpalaki ng issue (I do not make the issue big). I didn’t know the issue in the first place,” the 17-year-old singer said.
“I privately messaged him. Kung ginusto ko na ‘yung issue lumaki, dapat ako na ang nag-post nung una, ‘di ba (If I wanted to make the issue big then I should have been the one to post it first, right)?” he added.
The tweet that caused the rift between the two artists has been deleted from JK’s account, but Darren was able to take a screenshot of it.
JK earlier explained that his Twitter account was hacked, but Darren did not buy his excuse and said, “Timing ‘no? Dinelete ng “hacker” mo ‘yung tweet na ‘to after kang kausapin ng management. ‘Pag nahanap mo ‘yung hacker mo puntahan niyo ako para malaman niyo kung sino ‘yung totoong BAKLA. @KarlosLabajo (Timing, isn’t it? Your ‘hacker’ deleted this tweet after the management talked to you. When you find your hacker, come to me so you will know who the real gay is).”
PEP.ph then asked JK about what he felt when Darren insisted that he was the one who posted the tweet and he deleted it after as he cannot take responsibility for his act.
As a response, JK said, “I didn’t feel bad kasi (because) I didn’t do anything. Hindi naman ganun kakapal ang mukha ko para magsinungaling to the extent na pati sa harap ng mga boss (my face is not that thick to the extent that I wil even lie in front of our bosses).”
The young artist added that he was not afraid of Darren’s threat of suing him over the issue.
“Bakit ako matatakot (Why should I be afraid)? For what? I will apologize if I did something,” he told PEP.ph
He went on saying, “Actually, mayroon pa nga akong death threat. ‘Pag namatay ako, naku, baka may lead na kayo… sinasabi ko lang (I even received a death threat. So if I die, then maybe you have a lead… I was just saying).”
After saying that he thinks someone used his Twitter account, JK, earlier, retracted his excuse and floated the possibility to Darren that the “gayness at its finest” tweet was “edited.” This, however, just made Darren more suspicious about JK.
“Nung una, hacker, ngayon, edited? Pero nag-appear sa mismong account mo (At first you said it was the hacker, and then now you are saying it was edited? But it appeared on your account)?” Darren tweeted in October.
Darren had already apologized to people who were offended by his tweet, stressing that he did not mean to use the word “bakla (gay)” as a “derogatory term.”
