Regine Velasquez and Sarah Geronimo’s first-ever collaboration concert in February 2020 was supposed to be a grand event, but it only took one post of Regine’s sister and manager Cacai Velasquez-Mitra for people to start labeling the Velasquez sisters as “credit grabbers.”
Cacai was overwhelmed to know that her sister’s upcoming collab concert with Sarah was almost sold out in less than 12 hours and posted about it on her Twitter account, tagging Regine but forgetting to tag Sarah.
#UNIFIED
Tickets as of Dec 15 11pm
Less than 12 hours and we're almost sold out except for the Upperbox and GA!!! Yehey!!! @reginevalcasid @vivaliveinc pic.twitter.com/juzgmFEZRT
— Cacai Mitra (@cacaimitra) December 15, 2019
Netizens started bashing and labeling Regine as a “credit grabber.” Here are some of the tweets:
https://twitter.com/iamMjohn15/status/1206339894970208256
https://twitter.com/almenanza_renzo/status/1206254493580480514
https://twitter.com/Aidylnufnad1/status/1206251840960180225
kapal nanf mukha niyo kong walang sarah g hindi mag mag sosold out yan bwesit ka….. kapal nang mukha… mangagamit…
— popsterdemple/Marielle/Jmielle (@SarahGGpopster) December 15, 2019
However, there were still fans who chose to be neutral and remind some of the Popsters that this should not be a big deal, as Cacai had only forgotten to tag Sarah.
Ang bait naman ni @JustSarahG pero bat ganon mga faney nya kulang sa aruga🐵Kilala nyo ba ang binabastos nyo?? She's Freakin' Regine Velasquez lang naman po. For all you know!!!
— Carren Gina Poh (@carrenginapoh) December 15, 2019
ang oa ng pagkasensitive. magalit kayo kung mukha lang ni regine ang nanjan. nagexplain pa si regine para sa mababaw na utak nyo.
— Harvyn Romanoff 𐋀 (@imsoharvyn) December 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/landritoheidyc/status/1206396422926430209
I’m a @reginevalcasid fan.. I always buy tickets all the nights of her concerts ever since I can remember and yes nasosold out sya maski solo nya.. And I know SG can also do the same… So bakit issue to? They both deserve the credit. Collab nga eh!
— jovivillanuevab (@jovivillanuevab) December 16, 2019
Regine did not hesitate to express her disappointment towards some fans of Sarah. She reiterated that Cacai probably did not know that Sarah had a Twitter account and that with all the concerts she has done through decades, this is by far the only concert she was labeled as a credit grabber.
Gusto ko lang sabihin na sa lahat ng concert na gagawin ito Lang ang may issue. My sister probably didn’t know Sarah has a tweeter account and you guys are making such a big dial about it. Obvious ba na collab ito naka tag viva right?
— regine alcasid (@reginevalcasid) December 15, 2019
Nakaka disappoint I have never experienced this. And I have worked with a lot of artists. sorry but you guys are breaking my heart 💔💔💔😢😢😢
— regine alcasid (@reginevalcasid) December 15, 2019
Sa dinami dami kong collab na ginawa ngayon lang kami na akusahan na we are taking all the credits.
— regine alcasid (@reginevalcasid) December 15, 2019
