It’s time to move on from Liza

By Ronnie CaRRasCo

EVEN words said in the simplest of ways can be the hardest to understand. This is how lady director Antoinette Jadaone views the situation involving Liza Soberano in the still-raging word war with former manager Ogie Diaz.

Admittedly though, the lady director purposely opted to reserve her comment on Liza’s tell-all This Is Me vlog that started it all, “Gulo, gulo, gulo... gugulo lang if I had spoken. No matter how well-intentioned you are, words will find a different meaning.”

For instance, Ogie’s advice to Liza to be grateful toward the people who helped her become the person that she is today was taken to mean lack of “utang na loob” by the 25-year-old actress herself.

Ogie insists that he doesn’t remember having said that Liza has none, “Magkaiba ‘yun sa sinabi kong ‘Be grateful’.”

For her part, Liza stands her ground that what she raised on her vlog were not complaints. She was merely stating facts.

There’s not a scintilla of doubt that Liza was — as far as she’s concerned — sticking to the basic facts, yet clearly in a complaining manner.

If at all she wasn’t whinging, why make an issue of only three alternating directors of the films she did under Star Cinema?

If she felt that every actor has the right to artistic freedom, why didn’t Liza exercise her carte blanche to select the director she wanted?

Also as important as her choice of director, why was Liza complaining about the only leading man she got paired with?

If the crux of the issue is about stating facts, Ogie parried Liza’s assertion by saying his ward was even offered to do a film with some other partner but the latter was apprehensive the LizQuen fans might not be ready for it.

Also, with nary an intention to ruffle her feathers, Ogie has time and again stressed that he wasn’t refuting every word Liza mouthed but was simply telling his narrative based on what he knew.