It seems that Kapamilya singer Darren Espanto is not yet done engaging himself in a heated argument with his The Voice Kids co-finalist Juan Karlos “JK” Labajo on Twitter, as he now wants to meet the latter in court.
The word war between the two young artists started when JK allegedly tweeted on his account, “@Espanto2001 gayness at its finest.”
This tweet is now deleted from JK’s account, but Darren was able to take a screenshot of the tweet and posted it along with a caption, “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).”
Darren did not buy JK’s excuse when he said that his account was hacked. On his part, JK said he tried settling the issue privately with Darren.
In his now-deleted tweet thread, JK said, “nirespeto kita at kinausap in private but orayt ayaw mo so gawin nating public okay (I respected you and talked to you in private but alright, since you do not want it, then let’s make it public, okay)?” the Buwan singer posted this tweet along with screenshots of his private conversation with Darren.
Included in JK’s thread was him bringing up the issue back when he was in Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) where he talked about a certain “papa biritera [na] marunong mag-piano (guy who know how to play piano).” Although he did not drop a name, Darren’s fans, he said, suddenly bashed him even calling him a “traitor.”
In their chat, meanwhile, JK suddenly retracted his explanation earlier that he thinks someone uses his Twitter account as he then floated the possibility to Darren that the “gayness at its finest” was “edited.”
On Tuesday, Darren posted new tweets again, explaining that he did not mean to use the word “bakla (gay)” as a “derogatory term.”
“I’m sorry if this has offended anyone. And to the people who say I have ‘fragile masculinity?’ I’ve been bashed with this since I was in The Voice Kids (I was 12) pero wala kayong narinig (but you did not hear anything from me). I’m 17 now, [na]kakapagod na rin (It is already tiring),” the Kapamilya singer wrote.
After apologizing, Darren turned his head to JK as he questioned the latter’s claim that the tweet which ignited their word war was edited.
“Since pinost mo na din naman ‘yung chat natin dito (which you’ve deleted), nung una, hacker, ngayon, edited? Pero nag-appear sa mismong account mo (Since you already posted our chat here (which you’ve deleted), at first you said it was the hacker, and then now you are saying it was edited? But it appeared on your account)?” he said.
He went on saying, “And even if I wasn’t the one you were talking about in PBB, hindi pa rin tama ang magsalita ng masama tungkol sa iba. @KarlosLabajo (it is not right to say anything bad against others),” he said.
Darren also stressed that he will not compete with JK in terms of being ill-mannered because he knows that JK is as rude as the former previously said.
“‘Wag mo rin sasabihin na tinuring mo akong kapatid nung The Voice kasi ang plastic nun. Sa korte na lang tayo magkita kung ‘di ka masyadong busy. Sikat mo na eh, ‘brother’ (Also do not tell me that you treated me like a brother when we were in The Voice because that is being hypocritical. Let’s see each other in court when you are not busy. You are already famous, ‘brother’)!” Darren told his The Voice Kids batchmate.
As of writing, JK has not yet issued his statement regarding Darren’s latest remarks.