Seems like actress and vlogger Alex Gonzaga has been at the receiving end of a lot of netizens’ brickbats lately.
Netizens have been criticizing Gonzaga ever since she posted a disclaimer on the Oct. 10 episode of her vlog.
Here’s what she wrote in a mix of English and Filipino: “Warning: Watch at your own risk. This vlog is for entertainment purpose only. Not political, not religious, not thing (sic). If you’re sensitive, just watch the next video.”
Before Gonzaga came up with this disclaimer, a netizen got riled up when she made a joke in one of her vlogs which he thought was insulting to drug addicts.
In the video, she joked to a group of people around her: “Let’s pee, let’s have a drug test.” Gonzaga ended up apologizing for that joke.
But the appearance of the disclaimer on her vlog made some people feel that she wasn’t sincere in her apology.
One of them was @BryleLeano who wrote in a mix of English and Filipino: “Okay, officially, Alex Gonzaga is cancelledt (sic). So, she’s not sincere in her apologies and other replies? My God, so arrogant. She’s being taught to be sensitive because there are so many people concerned with her content then this is what she’ll answer.”
Okay, officially, Alex Gonzaga is cancelledt. So, hindi siya sincere do’n sa mga pag-sorry niya at iba pang mga replies? Maygad, sobrang arogante. Tinuturuan nga siya ng sensitivity kasi maraming concerned sa content niya para mas mapaganda, ta’s ito ang isasagot niya. Haisxt. pic.twitter.com/xJ73OPxm3e
— bryle (@BryleLeano) October 11, 2018
This gave @nonononoelle the opportunity to bring up another issue: Gonzaga is endorsing Jufran, a product manufactured by Nutri-Asia. A few months ago, the company was accused of violently dispersing groups of workers who went on strike. She was also criticized by other netizens for endorsing that product.
Wrote @nonononoelle: “Yikes, and she’s also an endorser of Jufran. What’s up girl.”
Yikes…tas endorser rin ng jufran. Anuna madz.
— noelle (@nonononoelle) October 11, 2018
@ScreenReblogs had a lengthy explanation why Gonzaga shouldn’t have come up with the disclaimer. He said that as a vlogger and actress, she should set an example.
You can’t say “If you don’t like it, then don’t watch it.” That’s not the whole point of why people are calling her out. Using that card is TIRING. I don’t watch her vlogs, but it reaches me bec she’s a known celebrity and everything gets spread on social media.
— Screen Tweets (@ScreenReblogs) October 11, 2018
Alex Gonzaga has a platform that reaches hundreds of people and her behavior SETS AN EXAMPLE. If her goal is to entertain, she can do it in a POSITIVE way. It’s obvious that she didn’t want to apologize. Her “apology tweet” was very condescending.
— Screen Tweets (@ScreenReblogs) October 11, 2018
However, not everyone thinks Gonzaga deserves the criticism. Wrote @bahalakayo101: “This is so shallow. Will you just criticize everything that you don’t like? For what? For fame? Did she attack you personally for you to be so affected? You’re so sensitive. This is crazy.”
Grabe nang kababawan to. Lahat nalang ba nang makitaan nyo ng di nyo gusto, papatulan nyo? Para san? For the fame? Inapakan nya ba pagkatao nyo kaya sobra kayong affected?? Napaka sensitive nyo. Kaloka.
— Pauline’s Random Thoughts (@bahalakayo101) October 11, 2018
User @imangelikajarin agrees with her. She wrote: “You (critics) are so toxic, really.”
ang totoxic niyo sa totoo lang
— 💎 (@imangelikajarin) October 11, 2018
@vander_plank doesn’t understand how the disclaimer made Gonzaga arrogant.
Not a fan of alex of gonzaga! Could u please enlighten me how that statement make her arrogant? How did u come up with a conclusion that she’s not sincere with her sorries?
— VanderPlank (@vander_plank) October 11, 2018
Like other local actresses, Gonzaga has been actively vlogging on YouTube, where she found a certain level of success. Her relatively new channel now has 1.7 million subscribers and on Twitter, she has 1.17 million followers.
It remains to be seen if she’ll apologize to fans for this issue, but one thing’s for sure: All the hubbub has just been making her blog even more popular.
Do you think there’s something wrong with the disclaimer? Let us know by leaving a comment below or tweeting to @CoconutsManila.