Kris Aquino on 2011 MMFF controversy

I don’t understand why people criticized Kris Aquino for being very vocal with her wishes about her movie to be No. 2 in the ranking and Dingdong Dantes to win the Best Actor award. Apart from being a sister of President Noynoy Aquino, she’s a showbiz personality entitled to express her ideas, views, opinions and even wishes to the public without us giving any malice on it. Let us not mix politics with showbiz, if we can (that’s what we call maturity).

If other personalities questioned that Kris’s wish for Dingdong came true, it is tantamount to saying that they don’t trust and respect the decision of the institution handling the MMFF. Are they also questioning why they won the awards for their movie? Artists involved in the recent festival did have their own wishes. Even Ms. Ai-Ai delas Alas vocally said that she wished for the Best Actress award. If she won the award, will others still question that? 

Let us not deprive Kris of what she’s entitled to as a showbiz personality, as sister of President Aquino and as an individual. I did like how Dingdong handled the issue by saying he respect the institution who gave him the award. End of story.

Kris defends self, Dingdong on 'best actor' controversy