Actress Cristine Reyes addressed the backlash over her now-deleted social media post, which featured a photo of herself with Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu— best known for her role as Shancai in “Meteor Garden”— who had passed away last Monday.
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In a post on Wednesday, February 5, Cristine, who was celebrating her birthday that day, wrote a tribute and a birthday greeting to herself.
“Rest in peace, Shancai, our childhood favorite. Also, happy 36th to me today, 2•5•25,” she wrote in the deleted post.
While the social media post was deleted, many online users reposted it and called her out.
“Main character syndrome,” a Facebook user said.
“2 in 1 pagbati: condolence na, birthday pa,” another wrote.
“[Real-life] mixed emotions,” a Facebook user commented.
In a follow-up Instagram story, Reyes addressed these criticisms, lamenting that it has become wrong to make a mistake nowadays.
“Maligayang kaarawan sa akin. Yun na lang… oks na?” Cristine wrote.
“Kailangan palaging perfect. Bawal magkamali nowadays…May kalupitan na kapalit sa mga bagay kapag nagkamali, e, ‘di ba?” she added.