SENATOR Robinhood Padilla on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, urged Filipinos to spare actors from politics even as he called for respect for their profession.
Padilla took up the cudgels for his fellow artists after an actress Maricel Soriano was implicated in illegal drugs based on a document allegedly coming from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).
The Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs was investigating the purported “leak” of confidential information from the PDEA.
“Hindi po por que artista, gusto namin ng publisidad. Masama o mabuti, nakakaapekto din sa amin ‘yan…Sana isipin ng lahat na trabaho po ang pag-aartista, hindi ito raket,” Padilla said during the hearing.
