Trigger Warning: Mention of depression
JERRY OLEA
Nagmamalasakit si Kim Atienza sa mga may pinagdadaanan, at ipinaparating niya iyon online.
“I know that as a celebrity, one small word can actually save a life, e,” malumanay na sambit ni Kuya Kim nang makatsikahan ng PEP Troika nitong Abril 13, 2026, Lunes, sa Sante Headquarters sa Eton Cyberpod Corinthian, Quezon City.
“‘Kumusta ka na diyan? OK ka lang?’ Ganun lang yun, ganun lang yun. Madalas akong nagko-comment diyan, e, lalo na sa Threads.
“Sa Threads kasi, very expressive ang mga bata diyan.”
May nag-post sa Threads, “Mama, Papa, hindi ko na po kaya. Sorry po.”
Nag-comment si Kuya Kim, “Watch tiktoclock live next week as my guest? I’ll wait for you ok?”
Lahad ni Kuya Kim: “Paggising ko kinabukasan, there were 4,800 — not likes, ha — comments. Not only from Filipinos but all over the world offering little acts of kindness.
“Nagulat ako. Mamaya nasa balita na, mamaya nasa 24 Oras na. Anong nangyari dito? Just one little comment made such big waves.
“But you can see, a little act of kindness goes a long way… pumunta sa Tiktoclock. So that Wednesday, pumunta sa Tiktoclock. I met him. I met his mom.”
Ni-refer niya kapagkuwan yung bagets sa psychologist.
Pagpapatuloy ni Kuya Kim: “A lot of these things I do online, DM [direct message] yan, e. DM yan. It’s not public.
“Kung public man yan, maliliit na comments lang. Whatever I say to these kids… dini-DM ko lang yan, e. Pina-public nila, e.
“Kaya kumakalat tuloy. I guess they see me as a safe space. And there’s a need for someone safe to express things.
“And they probably see that it in me because of what happened to Emman. It’s an honor, but it’s also a big responsibility.
“Because ohhh now I see the need, grabe! Grabe.”
Read: Kim Atienza describes daughter Emman as “so generous to a fault”
KUYA KIM ON DAUGHTER EMMAN
Mag-aanim na buwan na mula nang pumanaw ang bunso niyang si Emman Atienza sa edad na 19.
“Again, it goes to show that online comments can kill, and comments can save lives,” pakli ni Kuya Kim.
Dahil sa nangyari kay Emman, naging go-to person siya ng mga taong depressed.
“I’m taking a course next week. I met one of the professors of Psychology in UST,” saad ni Kuya Kim.
“I’m taking a course on mental first aid. Because I have to know what to say. And I have to know how to deal with suicidal person.
“I know that they want someone to hear, listen to them, I’m fine. Pero may mga scientific protocol pala diyan. May first aid pala diyan.”
Read: Social media influencer Emman Atienza dies at 19
GORGY RULA
New-found mission na ba niyang iparamdam online ang malasakit sa mga may pinagdadaanan, lalo na sa mga kabataan?
Tumango si Kim Atienza: “I think so. Nothing happens by accident.
"When Emman passed away, she’s really passionate about this, e. Lahat ng mga content niya, puro ganyan, puro ganyan.
“I guess, nilinaw sa akin ng Panginoon na doon din ako pupunta.”
KUYA KIM ON TROLL AND BASHERS
Naglipana pa rin ang mga troll at basher…
“Ay! Marami!” bulalas ng 59-anyos na TV host.
Rubbing elbows pa with powerful people ang ilan sa mga troll na ito…
“Yeah, yeah. Marami talagang basher. But a way to kill bashers… is not to bash,” sabi ni Kuya Kim.
“That’s the whole essence of Christianity. Christ allowed Himself to be crucified on the Cross despite the fact that He was bashed. Hindi naman siya bumawi.
“Pag binawian mo yung basher, gusto nila yan, e. Marami sa mga bashers, mga professional trolls din yan, e.
“Saka they want to acquire a personality that they’re human, when they’re not human. They’re multiple accounts, and they’re not human.
“Magre-rage bait yan. Pag pinatulan mo, akala mo ibang tao, tao yan. Hindi tao yan. But may mga tao rin naman.
“I believe that hurt people hurt. Those that hurt you are hurt people as well…”
ALLEGED SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST EMMAN
Nagagamit si Emman ng ibang bashers, at naiuugnay iyon sa politics.
Napabuntong-hininga si Kuya Kim: “Maraming bashers, nagagamit si Emman, because of politics. Because of Christianity, even religion. I call them evangelical bullies.
“Pero hindi maiiwasan yan. Nandiyan sila lahat palagi.”
Pinangalanan ang isang social media strategist bilang mastermind sa smear campaign kay Emman.
Malakas daw ang kapit nito sa gobyerno, at kabeso-beso na rin daw nito ang executives ng isang TV network.
Reaksiyon ni Kuya Kim: “Hindi ko alam kung totoo yon o hindi. Kung totoo man yon, bahala na si Lord sa kanya.
“Pero hindi ko alam kung totoo yon o hindi. Kung totoo man yon, I always believe in Divine Justice.
“All you need to do is be still and know that there is God. And what can I achieve by going against all these people? Emman’s already dead.
“Mabubuhay ko ba yung anak ko? So whatever happens now, to keep my daughter alive, I’d be kind to all of you.
“That way my Emman lives.”
Read: Emman Atienza Bill, pananggalang ng mga tiwaling politiko?
NOEL FERRER
Magkakalahating taon na mula nang pumanaw si Emman Atienza, pero hindi pa nawawala ang pagdadalamhati ng kanyang amang si Kim Atienza.
“It never goes away,” sambit ni Kuya Kim.
“A lot of people think that grief is linear. That given time, you will heal. No. You will never heal. Especially death of a child. You never will heal.
“But what happens is, the grief is a gauze. This is my love for Emman. But it’s love unrealized. How can I love her? She’s gone…
“Grief can change you in a worse way, or it can change you to a better way. If I turn worse and I turn bitter, then my Emman becomes an ambassador of evil. Di ba?
“But if I’m a little kind and I’m better after what happened to Emman, that makes my Emman an ambassador of good.
“The grief is still there. A lot of mga kaibigan natin na namatayan, akala niyo, OK na. Hindi yon OK.
“They cope but they will never be the same.”
KUYA KIM ON DEALING WITH GRIEF
Importante ang tulog at physical activities ni Kuya Kim para sa kanyang mental health.
“Pag puyat ako, my gosh, my dream is bad. So I take my seven hours of sleep a night. Pag hindi ako naka-work out… I grieve,” pagtatapat ni Kuya Kim.
“Pero pag naka-work out ako, mataas ang endorphins ko, I don’t grieve at all. That’s one.
“One practical way that I’m dealing with grief, is I face it head-on. Ahm I was given advice by a co-parent, namatayan ng anak.
“Sabi niya, ‘A grieving person is full of wounds. Nasugatan yan, e. You have two choices. Either you bandage it up, matagal gumaling. Or you get rid of the bandage, expose it.’
“That’s why I talk about this… this wound… para masanay, para lumabas. At the same time, nakaka-affect ako ng tao sa magandang paraan.
“Emman’s room in our house is the same. Her things are still there. Yung whiteboard niya, her notes are still there.
“When I enter her bathroom, her toiletries are still there. Her makeup is still there.
“I have two choices. Do I enter the room or avoid it? If I avoid the room, I will never enter the room. But when I do, all my shoes are inside Emman’s room.
“Every single morning, to enter her room, my Bible is beside the bed. I sit by the bed, I read my passages, and I grieve openly.
“What happens is, gusto ko maiyak ako, e. Dahil pag umiyak na ako, hindi na ako iiyak nang isang araw. Nailabas ko na, e. Nai-release ko na, e.
“And I advise those grieving as well, that is the better way, I think. For me.”
Madalas pa rin na nalulumbay si Kuya Kim dahil sa pagpanaw ng anak.
Pagsisiwalat ni Kuya Kim: “Grief is like that, e. In the middle of a spiel, yung spiel mo tungkol sa family. O kaya eto lang, ahm ang guest namin, si Eman Pacquiao.
“Binabasa ko yung spiels, ‘Eman, Eman,’ puro Eman. Puro Eman Pacquiao. Gusto kong maiyak. Ganun ang grief, e.
“Minsan may P-pop group, guest namin. Kamukha ni Emman yung isa. Sumasayaw ka, dapat nagpapatawa ako. Sa gitna ng live show, gusto kong umiyak.
“Normal yan, normal yan. Ganun talaga. They always say that grief comes in waves, e. It’s not linear.
“The wave will come pag may naalala ka. Wala kang choice kundi maggi-grieve ka talaga.
“But I respect people who are hurt, and continue on it. Yung mga kaibigan natin na nasaktan pero tuloy.”
Siyangapala, kare-renew lang ni Kuya Kim ng kontrata bilang brand ambassador ng Sante barley. Bale 15 years na siyang endorser nito.
Read: Kim Atienza shares how he deals with death of daughter Emman