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Rafa Santos thankful to Eugene Domingo for forgiving him: "Ngayon pa lang, mahal na kita."

William R. Reyes

Monday, July 25, 2011 @ 05:15PM | 14444 views

"What I wanted to say was, 'I love working with theater actors...' That's what I wanted to say. Na-misconstrue lang. Poorly worded... exactly. Poorly worded. Wrong choice of words, from the very start," says Rafa Santos about his "Skyflakes and catfood" remarks about theater actors.

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Agad nagkaroon ng positibong reaksiyon mula mismo kay Rafael "Rafa" Santos ang pagkabanggit ni Eugene Domingo ng sabi nito'y "forgiveness" sa indie filmmaker sa ngalan ng mga aktor ng teatro sa Pilipinas. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

Kagabi, July 24, matapos ang Cinemalaya Filmfest awarding ceremonies ay nakausap ng PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) sa CCP Complex promenade para sa post-awards night cocktails ang kontrobersiyal na direktor ng Cinemalaya Shorts entry na Samarito.

"Nagpapasalamat talaga ako... nagpapasalamat ako sa kabutihan ng pagkatao ni Ms. Eugene Domingo," nakangiting banggit ni Rafa sa PEP.

"I mean, how kind she is... I never took it against anyone talaga," sabi pa ng 21-year old filmmaker.

"It's just... Ang sa akin, because it was my passion that I was talking about.

"But then, she [Eugene] was able to find it in herself to forgive me, and that was very commendable.

"And she included me in her speech, and she was very formal. Parang I can never... I don't know if I'll ever get to pay her back for that.

"Pero hopefully, one day. Sabi niya, baka maging love team [kami]!" Rafa also said with a laugh.

"So, baka gano'n na lang. Baka ma-repay ko siya. Gano'n."

Si Eugene ang itinanghal na Best Actress sa New Breed Full-Length category para sa pagganap niya sa Ang Babae sa Septic Tank. (CLICK HERE to read related story.)

MISCONSTRUED. Muli ay naungkat sa informal talk ang tungkol sa naging statement ni Rafa sa Cityscape ng ANC on June 24, eksaktong isang buwan na ang nakararaan.

Ang naging kontrobersiyal na statement ni Rafa sa TV interview, which caught the ire of the entire local theater community, ay: "Personally, I find the theater actors better to work with because they don't complain; you can feed them Sky Flakes three meals a day, and pay them in catfood, basically."

Pahayag ni Rafa sa PEP, "What I wanted to say was, 'I love working with theater actors...' That's what I wanted to say.

"Na-misconstrue lang. Poorly worded... exactly. Poorly worded. Wrong choice of words, from the very start.

"My choices [of words]," sabi pa ni Rafa, apologetically. "I shouldn't have said anything like that. Poorly worded from the very start."

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pepster69

07/26/2011 | 01:49 PM

gwapo tong si rafa ha..buti na lng si uge open minded..di katulad ng iba masyadong mkapag react

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inquisitive

07/26/2011 | 09:20 AM

Kasi naman daming balat sibuyas dito he intended it as a joke and there was a grain of truth in what he said..he is young and he has asked for forgiveness.. So next topic pls..he is the son of Katrina Legarda so I'm sure he was brought up well by his mother

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lefty

07/25/2011 | 08:11 PM

next tym na wag ka na lang mag joke kung hindi ka naman komedyante..

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chikorita_pikachu

07/25/2011 | 06:00 PM

no.1 - cnong RG?? Hmmmm

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ike

07/25/2011 | 05:43 PM

Great! Eugene is one talented actress na matalino na mabait pa. No wonder kinakapitan lagi ng swerte.

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rotoscaper

07/25/2011 | 05:23 PM

lol mahal daw.so, aside from skyflakes,cat food ba ipapakin mo kay uge on the first date? dude just shut up. hindi ka bagay na direktor, bagay sayo artista na pa-diva.hingi ka payo kay RG to get ya started.

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