Roderick Paulate earned the ire of his fellow members of the showbiz industry for supporting Rep. Mike Defensor, who is running as Mayor in Quezon City.
On his social media accounts, comedian-actor Roderick Paulante endorsed the ‘Malayang QC’ party which is led by one of ABS-CBN’s biggest antagonists in Congress, Anakalusugan party-list, Rep. Mike Defensor.
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Paulate is also running for councilor under the same party.
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With this, ABS-CBN personalities expressed disappointment over Paulate’s choice.
ABS-CBN AdProm head Eric John Salut is disgusted with Paulate’s endorsement of Defensor.
https://twitter.com/ericjohnsalut/status/1457976708624093189?s=20
Producer Jerome Vargas and Writer Hyro Aguinaldo questioned Paulate’s choice in campaigning for Defensor.
Ano ba yan si Kuya Dick lerks
— H Y R O (@heyrow) November 9, 2021
https://twitter.com/TheJeromeVargas/status/1457977673855094787?s=20
Salut then wondered if Paulate could still look at his Kapamilya friends in the eyes after this campaign.
Kadiri! Nakakatingin kaya sya ng derecho sa mga naging kaibigan nya sa network?
— EJS (@ericjohnsalut) November 9, 2021
Former PBB housemate Justin Dizon also expressed frustration over Paulate’s choice.
Mga tae
— Justin Dizon (@iamjustindizon) November 9, 2021
Writer Noreen Capili is also dismayed on Paulate, who’s campaigning for Defensor, who was one of the reasons why ABS-CBN got shut down, leaving most Kapamilya employees jobless.
How can you support a person na dahilan para mawalan ng trabaho ang libo-libo mong kasama sa industriya?Ilang years din tumagal ang Tonight with Dick and Carmi sa 2! Anyare kay Kuya Dick? 😳😳😳 https://t.co/VNo4Sda1mu
— Noreen Capili (@noringai) November 10, 2021
Paulate’s impersonator Ate Dick also reacted to the comedian’s allegiance to Defensor.
https://twitter.com/_AteDick/status/1457996211584061442
Comedian John Lapus who is residing in Quezon City assured that Defensor will not win the election.
Sa dami ng empleyadong ng abs-cbn na nawalan ng trabaho, na nakatira sa QC (kasama na ako), hindi yan mananalo!!! #NeverForget https://t.co/5Yq2Se96Ne
— John Lapus (@KorekKaJohn) November 9, 2021
Other netizens and personalities also reacted when Defensor announced his candidacy on October 14.
Defensor was one of the politicians who aggressively opposed ABSCBN’s application for a new 25-year broadcasting license during the height of the Network’s franchise renewal campaign.
The non-renewal of the Network’s franchise pushed the media company to lay off most of its employees, causing Kapamilya workers to be jobless amid the pandemic.
On September 23, Defensor even urged presidential contenders to make the Kapamilya network’s franchise renewal a non-priority issue.
