In the wake of the fallout over her “Our President is doing Hitler stuff in the Philippines remark,” Miss Philippines-Earth 2016 Imelda Bautista Schweighart posted an explanation-cum-apology on her Facebook page.
READ: Miss Earth contestant Imelda Schweighart: ‘Our President is doing Hitler stuff in PH’
First off, she declared, “Guys, I’m a Duterte follower.”
Then she addressed her reference to Adolf Hitler, saying, “I am half-German that is the reason why I talked to a fellow delegate about ‘Hitler’ so casually [because she is] Austrian. Because all my life I am always teased by fellow filipinos as ‘Hitler’ because they are not well informed that Hitler was not German. In fact, Hitler was Austrian. So , when I saw my fellow delegate I made a soft joke about it out of my excitement.”
Schweighart then went on to say, “I am an extremist (sic) so forgive me my fellow Filipinos and Duterte supporters if you didn’t understand how I am. I got that idea wherein I said, ‘Duterte is doing Hitler stuff’ from online news, newspapers with headlines saying he is Hitler-like but for the good.”
She ended her explanation-cum-apology with these words: “[I] hope you appreciate me explaining myself so that you understand more. Peace.”
Below is a screenshot of Schweighart’s entire explanation-cum-apology.
