Beauty queen-television personality MJ Lastimosa has apologized after earning backlash for criticizing Barbie movie.
The Miss Universe Philippines 2014 was heavily criticized following her remarks against the film adaptation of Barbie, making her trend on Twitter.
MJ Lastimosa on ‘Barbie’ Movie: “Parang school project film”
MJ Lastimosa earns backlash after criticizing the Barbie movie
MJ LASTIMOSA – The beauty queen-television personality faced heavy criticism for her remarks against the film adaptation of Barbie.
Barbie is a 2023 American fantasy comedy film, marking the first live-action Barbie film after numerous computer-animated direct-to-video and streaming television films. The movie stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, following the two on a journey of self-discovery after an existential crisis.
Prior to its release in the Philippines, the Barbie movie stirred controversy due to the “nine-dash line” issue. Recently, MJ Lastimosa, a TV host and beauty queen, expressed her thoughts about the movie on Twitter.
In a now-deleted post, she tweeted: “Sobrang waley ng Barbie movie sayang 600 ko haha.” This tweet sparked numerous reactions from netizens, causing her name to trend on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Before it was taken down, MJ Lastimosa responded to someone who agreed with her point of view, stating that the movie was like a school project film.
After facing backlash from netizens, she took to Twitter again to apologize. In one of her tweets, she noted: “Wait lang naman sobrang online bullying naman agad kayo. Nakakatakot naman mag ka opinion dito minumura nako ng iba sa ibang socmed ko only because I did not like a film? I liked Little Women and Lady Bird naman, why attack me if I say I didn’t find it as good. It’s just my opinion and it has nothing to do about the movie being feminist, which is the only part that I liked, specially the speech of America Ferre, parang dapat nga wala na si Will Ferrell dun. But it’s just me, you’re entitled to like and dislike a movie. It’s not that deep mare.”
In another tweet, she stressed: “Wala akong inapakang tao (emoji) Natatakot din akong itweet to kasi magagalit nanaman kayo kasi dapat in unison ang opinion naten dito or else bobo na agad kami? sorry na agad mga mare kalma na maxado na kayong galit.”
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