Sarah Geronimo and husband Matteo Guidicelli are the latest celebrities to express their frustration with alleged corruption in government contracts linked to undelivered flood control projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), but actor-entrepreneur’s remarks backfired.

In separate instances, Geronimo and Guidicelli aired their sentiments, drawing a myriad reaction from their followers on social media.

Geronimo drew laughs as she was  engaging in banter with Drs. Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho about their aesthetic clinic’s beauty products, wherein she made a reference to the ongoing flood control projects issue.

“Yung ceramide sini-seal nya yng butas para di lumalabas yung tubig (Ceramide seals the holes to lock in moisture,” said Kho.

Geronimo interjected, saying, “Pero ‘yung kalsada d’un, hindi na-absorb ‘yung tubig kasi tinipid. Buti na lang ang [products], hindi tinitipid (But the roads couldn’t absorb water because of scrimping. It’s a good thing that your products are not made poorly),” the singer-actress said in a clip shared by Belo on Friday, August 29.

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‘Transparency, accountability, and integrity’

On the other hand, Guidicelli gave a more substantial remark about the issue, as he underscored the importance of “transparency, accountability, and integrity” in pushing for change.

“Real change begins with transparency, accountability, and integrity,” he said on X (formerly Twitter).

Guidicelli then explained why these aforementioned values matter in a series of follow-up posts, saying this leads to “corruption [being harder] to hide” and growth of “trust in the government.”

 

 

 

Guidicelli’s his lengthy posts, however, was met with a negative feedback as netizens pointed out his support for former president Rodrigo Duterte, during whose term transparency and accountability had allegedly been in question.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other netizens agreed with the actor’s remarks, with one @cliffhoodxx pointing out that Guidicelli seemingly had “a change of heart.”

 

Aside from Geronimo and Guidicelli, other celebrities who used their platforms to speak up about the ongoing issue are Gabbi Garcia, Edu Manzano, Nadine Lustre, Vice Ganda, Anne Curtis, Bianca Gonzalez, and Pokwang, to name a few. /edv