Resbak ni Mike sa tirada ni Atom
Bumuwelta agad-agad si director Mike de Leon kay Atom Araullo sa sagot ng bida niya sa Citizen Jake sa Facebook account nito kahapon kaugnay ng birada sa kanya kamakailan.
“Thank you for breaking your silence, Atom. Many of the things you said are true – that I am a deeply troubled person, I accept that. I come from a crazy rich family anyway.
“But let me add that you forgot to mention a dew important events. I will mention just one.
“When we were shooting the last sequences with Teroy, you unexpectedly ignore my direction and did something that was not rehearsed nor agreed upon. Many people were witness to this.
“The following day, I told you that never in my career as a director has any actor disrespected me as much as you did. Then I told you that if you wanted to direct yourself, then by all means do it. You can overact if you want. I will just shoot whatever you wish to do and direct the other stars in the scene.
“Then you went into a meandering explanation about why you did it without really saying anything, not apoligizing. Then I said, ‘Bakit ganyan ka bakit ba ang yabang mo? Bakit ba ang tingin mo sa sarili you’re better than anyone else.”
“And you said: ‘No one has ever told me that before’.” So I concluded by saying ‘Well, it’s about time somebody did’. As an actor, you’re ok per marami ka pang kakaining bigas.
“I also told you in one my earlier ‘tirades’ that I find that you have no empathy so how can you be a journalist if you lack tis basic ability to understand people’s problems (not mine).
“Isn’t journalism about the story, not the journalist? But in your case, nobody is more important to Atom Araullo than Atom Araullo. And you say you cringe at being called a celebrity, a star? How hypocritical. Don’t bother to cringe anymore because you revel in it.
“You make commercials now and you exploited the Marawi bakwit by making that offensive commercial featuring yourself monologuing like Citizen Jake, all under the sponsorship of McDo.
“You consented to a magazine artcle whose title was ‘AA (abbreviation) promises to be the greatest storyteller of this generation.’ E wala ka pa namang real accomplishments except being the famous boy in the rain who braved the wrath of Yolanda, an unrelatable documentary on climate change shot in Scandinavia, and of course, Umagan Kay Ganda.
“I may have demons to deal with but you have yours too, my friend. So accept that you are a celebrity and don’t use the noble profession of journalism to hide your inadequacies as a human being...” bahagi ng paliwanag ni De Leon sa kanyang mahabang side.
Panghuling banat niya, “Having admitted that I’m a deeply troubled person, I will make no excises for it - not even the usual ‘artists are temperamental and accountable to no one but their art’ but please be kind to your soul and accept the reality – stop pretending to want to embrace the universe, when all the time, you ony want to embrace yourself. This is called narcissism. –Mike de Leon.”