Candy Pangilinan could not hide her distress last Monday, August 1, when PEP.ph (Philippine Entertainment Portal) rang her about the cussing incident involving IC Mendoza.
On that same day, Juicy Express had reported: "IC Mendoza crying, pinagmumura daw siya ni Candy Pangilinan last night sa isang event. Wala raw siyang puso, unlike his mom and Inday Badiday. Minura rin daw ni Candy ang TV5 and Juicy."
In the phone conversation with PEP.ph, the comedienne confided, "Lasing ako nun," and remembered saying the curse word. But she only allowed a few words to be quoted.
She said, it was fueled by hurt, "Nadamay kasi yung anak ko, e. Special child yun."
And this she echoed in the statement emailed by her manager Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano of Manila Genesis Entertainment and Management.
It read: "My son is a special child and it hurt me so much that he has been looked down on by many already to begin with, and some members of the media affiliated with TV5 issued stories about us which, for me, were uncalled for."
But she also realized she was "barking up the wrong tree" when she cornered the Juicy host in an event last July 31.
The statement mentioned: "After much prayer and thinking and counsel, I realized I had associated IC unfairly with the group that hurt me and for this I am truly sorry. "
Here's the comedienne's statement in full:
"I never realized the bitterness that I had in my heart until this recent incident happened. I am deeply grieved and offer my sincere apology to IC Mendoza and his mother Dolly Ann Carvajal.
"Admittedly, I had gone beyond my normal limits in drinking and am so sorry for all the pain I caused, having barked up the wrong tree.
"In all honesty, my pain is for my child who was included in some media attacks on me this year.
"My son is a special child and it hurt me so much that he has been looked down on by many already to begin with, and some members of the media affiliated with TV5 issued stories about us which, for me, were uncalled for.
"I kept my silence for months, but now I realize that I had harbored ill-feelings which I never should have done.
"After much prayer and thinking and counsel, I realized I had associated IC unfairly with the group that hurt me and for this I am truly sorry.
