Richard Juan who is a ‘foreignoy’ expressed his thoughst regarding the latest “racist” controversy of Robin Padilla
As the controversy of the alleged “racist” remarks of ‘Pilipinas Got Talent’ judge Robin Padilla continues to be viral, more netizens react to this and even celebrities such as TV personality Richard Juan.
On his Twitter account, Juan posted what he thought about the statement of Padilla to the Korean magician Jiwan Kim as a contestant of the Kapamilya talent search.
It can be recalled that the PGT judge stated that despite being criticized for his statement, he is still standing by his words, based on a previous report.
In line with the said controversy, Richard Juan with a Chinese descent who grew up in the Philippines, the statement of Padilla to the PGT Korean contestant is something that made him out of words.
According to a report of Trending News Portal, the TV personality took to Twitter what he felt regarding the controversial statement of the action movie actor.
Wow just saw the video on the Robin Padilla controversy…as a “foreignoy”, I’m not sure how to feel!!
— Richard Juan (@richardjuan) January 14, 2018
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsDue to his thoughts about Padilla’s alleged “racist” controversy, the Twitter post of Juan received conforming comments from netizens, based on the report.
Twitter user @onspiration said that what the actor did to the Korean aspiring star is not an act of patriotism but an act of humiliation while Twitter user @clevinger_chris said that ‘foreignoys’ can relate to what happened.
Furthermore, Twitter user @paumanliclic said that Padilla’s act was very disrespectful and it is something that made her disappointed with the Kapamilya star.
On the other hand, there is one netizen in the person of Twitter user @Kaolayaw who defended the actor and pointed out that the Korean contestant should already know how to speak Filipino since he has been staying in the country for several years now.