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Mocha and Kris' CATFIGHT, CAN STOP NOW

- By Joice C. Cudis

Mocha Uson and Kris Aquino's exchange of words on social media has become more of an entertainm­ent than a topic worthy of sitting down to be settled. And the former's comrade has joined the party, retelling open secrets making the two sound equal or merely just showing who's worse.

In a quoted tweet, Sass Ragot said on June 8, "Diyosko itong mga disente ni-raise na naman ang pagka-hubadera ni Mocha noon. Iisa lang masasabi ko: Mocha promoted SAFE SEX. Meanwhile, Kris Aquino had an STD. And BTW: Joey Marquez tested negative raw. Yun lang."

Maybe it's hard for Mocha to take on a serious job and become a civil servant when people labeled her as that pariwara girl who would go over the top in her videos.

Of course it's hard to convince them to respect your transforma­tion.

But it's also a tough job for Kris to continue to get out there and show herself knowing the public has already given their judgment.

The point is, we all have done things in the past that we are not very proud of. Let's just be happy that we moved on from that and became better people today.

Actress Kris Aquino has reached out to Special Assistant to the President Christophe­r “Bong” Go for an apology after Communicat­ions Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson dragged the late senator Benigno Aquino Jr. into the controvers­y over President Duterte’s kissing a married woman in South Korea.

The President has also apologized to Aquino, but Uson does not intend to.

“Kris Aquino reached out to me and we conveyed our apologies for the incident. ‘We’ means President Duterte and I,” Go said at a press conference yesterday in Malacañang.

“We understand the emotions of both sides since both leaders, I’m referring to President Duterte and former senator Benigno Aquino, are well respected and loved,” he added.

Go said he was instructed by Duterte to apologize to Kris.

“He (Duterte) said perhaps he understand­s the point of Kris, that she remembers how she lost her father. He said, ‘Tell her we are sorry for the incident’,” Go said.

The actress has accepted the apologies and thanked Go.

“Thank you for taking my feelings as a daughter into considerat­ion and showing me empathy,” she said.

“I am most grateful for a man as powerful as you are now for texting and vibering me the words ‘we are sorry for the incident.’ You have my sincere gratitude,” she added.

Go also said that Uson has agreed to apologize for the incident and to put an end to the issue “out of respect” for Filipinos.

Uson, however, contradict­ed Go’s statement and insisted that she would “not apologize for the truth.”

“This is my response to the live video of Ms. Kris Aquino. This is not about Kris Aquino. It’s about putting malice on a kiss. It was equated with the deeds of other leaders like her father. Ms. Aquino, this is not about you,” Uson said in an online video.

“With all due respect to everyone involved, I decline to apologize for the truth,” she wrote in a blog post.

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