The Gift’s director LA Madridejos strongly denied the rumor about Senator Bong Revilla’s special guest appearance on the show. He reiterated that any information did not come from the network or from him as the director is definitely not true.
In response to now-deleted dismay post of Juan Miguel Severino, here’s what LA has to say:
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194199677349974022?fbclid=IwAR1EjHk-kaUwnfpUdDvCZpEl70j-HuGHpJyGRFst3f7SywuQZaaLKJkQHg4
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194203073117245440
Fans of Alden Richards also got the attention of Director LA by using the hashtag #TheGiftConflict to confirm whether or not Sen. Bong will really join the series as some fans of the show despise the senator which may affect the show’s rating.
Director LA explained that The Gift has a long arc, and it’s plot-based and it will not change the story instantly whenever a new character will come in, just like the rumor of Bong joining the series.
Based on the director’s statement, Alden’s series still has a number of episodes to release but none of need the special guest appearance of the senator.
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194207163192762368
Considering fans’ concerns on the issue, Alvin praised an OFW, who hates Bong due to the plunder case, for showing love for the country.
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194206186121224192?fbclid=IwAR3Hk876MMuGQ91PMBvH9uqb5LAY5iGoJzIrcEpprqtt4clfR7o17QlCekI
Furthermore, Director Alvin also apologized for generalizing fans who reacted negatively about the issue without a confirmation from them.
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194209629179269121?fbclid=IwAR1lQQv7odbC7Dmi5BbOb2YrXw1bbmSpRuOjsLxWGV1jV2g8qL0zfog_uC4
For the fans of The Gift, all they want is to prevent Alden from being associated with a plunderer or with someone that will just use the actor just to clean up their images. Here are some of the tweets and explanations of fans:
https://twitter.com/akosi_LA/status/1194203073117245440
Direk you don't know me enough to judge me na hindi ako nag-rereact about taxes going to waste. Simply because I tweet about Alden or Showbiz eh wala akong pakialam sa bansa. I don't have to account to you the things I do na socially relevant. Lagyan ko
HT#TheGiftConflict— SimplyClarityOfThought (@kipingittru) November 12, 2019
https://twitter.com/RaineFaulks02/status/1194216405354201089
True. Kung dahil lang kay Alden support pa rin kahit yang mandarambong pa na yan. But NO dahil hindi na tama.
— 🌸Cherryblue🌸 (@cherryblued) November 12, 2019
‘The Gift’ director’s Twitter account is now private.
